Quercus Blog

We recently took you all on a journey through the Natural Prairie Communities of Wisconsin via our social media. Through definitions and …

Quercus Has Expanded!

Big things have been happening at Quercus! Not only have we been growing in staff number, but we have added a new location! …

Why Native Plants

By Kailey Yaun “If half of American lawns were replaced with native plants, we would create the equivalent of a 20-million-acre national park, nine …

Old Sauk Trails

Quercus restores natural systems through many methods, and one includes clearing areas for proper storm water management. We were able to demonstrate …

Our big news is that as of January 1, 2020, Quercus Land Stewardship Services has a new owner. I’ve been working on …

By: Bill Ishmael, Retired Wildlife Biologist of 30 years White-tailed deer are the most widely-distributed and numerous big game animal in North …

Every winter the Quercus crew has a few projects removing fencelines. In the midst of the project, it is not unusual to …

Prescribed Burning and Deer Hunting

We have had many prospective and existing clients that are concerned about the affect of restoration practices on deer hunting, especially in …

2017 Spring Burn Season in review

The 2017 spring burn season started out pretty wet. We would get a few days of rain followed by a day or …

2016 Spring Burn Season

The spring 2016 burn season has arrived and the Quercus Crew has been updating burn plans, applying for burn permits, preparing equipment, …

Is your land due for a Prescribed Burn?

Is your land due for a prescribed burn? Quercus has begun the process of installing firebreaks and composing burn plans for the …

Looking back on the burn season

This spring the Quercus Crew had another excellent burn season and we were able to check off all of our burns on …

On Wednesday Quercus burned at Holy Wisdom Monastery in Middleton, WI and had another safe, successful day on the job. The Monastery has …

Last spring a UW Madison student, Elizabeth Wadium filmed a short documentary that features Quercus burning at Pheasant Branch and Lakeshore Nature …

The 2015 Spring Burn Season has ARRIVED!

Today marks the first day of the Spring Burn season for the Quercus Crew! We are all excited to get started on …