Service Learning Projects

I. At the Prairie

• cut invasive shrubs and trees along the riparian corridor and honeysuckle thickets; treat stumps w/ herbicide
• dig teasel in tallgrass areas
• cut and treat scattered dogwood shrubs in tallgrass areas
• chip the brush pile; move large debris to maintainance pile across creek

II. In the greenhouse

• plant seeds and maintain seedlings/plants of high-value wildflowers for installation in tallgrass areas in summer 2025
• during winter 2015, visit prairie remnants and obtain shrub stem cuttings for “cone-tainer” propagation for installation in riparian corridor in fall 2025

III. On the Prairie web site (PWS) and Social Media (SM)

• PWS: complete the bee survey research page on Prairie web site by copy/pasting species profiles from Ohio Bee Survey report
• PWS: present Kensel Clutter’s Sandusky Plains map and associated methodogy from his “How this Map was Made” report (requires permission from Marion County Historical Society and the Clutter family)
• PWS: add plant species profile pages to the Prairie web site (example: https://u.osu.edu/marionprairie/tradescantia-ohiensis/
• PWS: transfer content from three legacy site pages (“History,” “Plan Your Visit” and “Prairies Around Ohio” to current web site
• SM: add posts to our X account and Instagram
• SM: add species to our iNaturalist project