About this event
Join us for our new monthly hiking group here at Merry Lea, the Merry Lea Milers! During our time together, we will hear from a guest speaker about various nature-related topics while eating some lunch. Afterwards, we will spend the rest of our time hiking and exploring around the property. Please wear weather appropriate clothing, closed-toe shoes, bring a sack lunch and a water bottle.
Join us at the Goodrich Prairie to see firsthand how fire, grazing, and soil health work together on working lands. We will tour an existing field experiment to investigate “prairie strips”. You’ll learn how these strips act as safe havens for wildlife and help trap nutrients to keep the soil healthy and the water clean. This talk will explore how common tools like controlled burns and grazing can be used in patches of prairie to create a multifunctional landscape.