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Dept. Of Natural Resources
Division of Nature Preserves
DNR
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Divided into divisions (depts.)
Enforcement—Conservation Officers
State Parks—State Park Management
Fish and Wildlife—Fish & Wildlife Property
Forestry—Fire Dept.
IN Natural Regions
Enforcement
Fish Bio. F&W Areas
Nature Preserve Division
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Managed by Regional Ecologists
8 currently in the state of IN
Coastal Program
Indiana Heritage Program
176 Dedicated Nature Preserves
Mission Statement
• Division of Nature Preserves Mission Statement
• The mission of the Division of Nature Preserves is to
identify, protect, and manage an array of nature
preserves and natural areas in sufficient numbers and
sufficient sizes to maintain viable examples of all of
Indiana's natural communities. Nature Preserves will
also manage and maintain viable populations of
endangered, threatened and rare species. These
activities will be conducted for the benefit of the natural
communities, their representative species as well as the
benefit of future generations of mankind.
Management Types
• Management—usually involves properties
owned for many years, and includes exotic
removal (manageable numbers)
• Restoration—either involves properties in
bad condition, or newly purchased
properties used for other uses (i.e. farm
field). Involves large numbers of exotic
removal, and may include planting
N.W. INDIANA
• 3 Regional Ecologists
• 6 County Region
LaPorte
Porter
Lake
Newton
Starke
Pulaski
Jasper
IN Nature Preserves
Regions
Other Agencies
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Shirley Heinze Land Trust
Save the Dunes
The Nature Conservancy
DNR—Division of Fish and Wildlife
County Park Depts.
Independent Contractors—3
Local—J.F. New
Grand Cal Region
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Clark and Pine
Clark and Pine Bongi
Gary Lagoons
Cline Avenue
Calumet Prairie
Other Grand Cal NP
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Ivanhoe (TNC)
Gibson Woods (Lake Co. Parks)
Tolleston Ridges (Lake Co. Parks)
Dupont
Seidner (Shirley Heinze)
Old NW Region (Kankakee)
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Conrad Savanna
Stoutsburg Savanna
Berns-Meyer
Biesecker Prairie
Round Lake
Koontz Lake
Other NW Reg. NP
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Teft Savanna (F&W—Jasper-Pulaski)
Bill Barnes (F&W—Willow Slough)
Beaver Lake (F&W)
German Methodist (TNC)
Fish Creek Fen (TNC)
Ober Savanna (TNC)
Sandhill (State Parks)
Tippecanoe River (State Parks)
Ciurus Park (Town of Demotte)
Coastal Region (Lake Michigan)
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Hoosier Prairie
McCloskey’s Burr Oak Savanna
Liverpool
Moraine & Suman Fen
Thompson Bog
Springfield Fen
Other Coastal NP
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Cressmoor Prairie (Shirley Heinze)
Coulter (Shirley Heinze)
Ambler Flatwoods (Shirley Heinze)
Indiana Dunes (State Parks)
Barker Woods (TNC)
Wintergreen Woods (LaPorte Co. Cons. Trust)
Little Calumet Headwaters (LaPorte Co. Parks)
TNC
TNC Preserves
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Ecosystems
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Oak Savanna
Prairie
Wetland
Fen
Dune and Swail
Year of Management
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Exotic Control
Maintenance
Burn Prep
Burns
Studies
Maintenance
• Least priority
• Mostly to manage for public
• Public not encouraged like state parks—
no rec., only nature
• Remove items, trail maintenance, etc.
Spring Exotic Work
Garlic Mustard
Mid-May to Late June
Controlled by spraying
2% glyphosate
Early Summer
• Canada Thistle
• Early June to Early
July
• Seed or vegetative
bug (hard to control)
• Roots up to 15 ft
• 5% glyphosate
Mid to Late Summer
• Purple Loosestrife
• Early July to Late
August
• Eurasian origin as
ornamental
• Takes over wetlands
• 2% glyphosate
Mid to Late Summer
• Phragmites
• Early August to Mid
Sept.
• Native or Non-native
• Clone—up to 6m high
• 3% glyphosate
Other Exotics
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Knapp Weed
Sweet Clover
Bittersweet
Privet
Japanese Barberry
Woody Exotics
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Autumn Olive
Buckthorn
Buttonbush
Grey Dogwood
Exotic Control Methods
Woody
• Cut and Treat
• Girdle
• Basal Bark Treatment
Herbicide License
• Administered by the Indiana State Chemist
• Consists of a CORE, then up to 14
different specialties
• Most DNR employees have Right of Way
Control--Spraying
• Foliar Spray Plant
• Needs 50-75% Cover
• Can Create “Collateral Damage”
Herbicides to Spray
Glyphosate (N-(phosphonomethyl) glycine,
C3H8NO5P)
Either Aquatic or Non-Aquatic
Determined by Surfactant
Brand Names are Roundup and Rodeo
Generic versions Aqua-neat, Glypro, and
Razor
Works by blocking aromatic amino acid creation
Herbicide—Sprays Con’td
• Garlon 3a
• Works by stimulating plant growth above
plants capacity
• More harmful to applicator and
environment
Herbicide Differences
• Triclopyr—selective—leaves forbs and
grass—both sold as ester and amine salt
• Glyphosate—kills anything green
Woody Herbicides
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Pathfinder—generic of Garlon
Garlon 4
50/50 Mix of a glyphosate
Garlon and Pathfinder both have the ability
to penetrate bark.
Sensitive Area Herb.
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Wic
Cut and Drip
“Death Glove”
Pull
Mow
Herbicide Tools
U.S. Bio Control
• Galerucella pusilla and G. calmariensis —
leaf eating beetles
• Hylobius transversovittatus —root boring
weevil
• Nanophyes marmoratus —flower feeding
weevil
Beetles
Biological Control
• European Loosestrife produces salicylic
acid to prevent beetle feeding
• U.S. had no predator, thus loosestrife put
no energy into defense, and energy into
reproduction
• U.S. introduced beetles and weevils
Burn Season
• DNR usually handles the bigger burns,
contractors are used for smaller burns
• October 1 begins burn season prep.
• Preserves are on a 3-5 year rotation
• Most burns are done on blocks, or other
easily identified areas
Certification
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Regulated by the Federal Government
Wild land Firefighters—Red Card
Red Card—Pass S111-191, and pack test
Not needed for state burns in prescription.
Needed for escapes, and wildland fires on
Federal Property
Inter-agency Cooperation
• The Nature Conservancy
• National Park Service INDU crew
• DNR—Dept. of Forestry Fire Headquarters
INDU
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18 total
10 firefighters
2 Fire Stations at Lakeshore
2 Large Engines, two smaller, plus ATV’s
Work with DNR, Shirley Heinze, etc. on Rx
Conduct own burns at National Lakeshore
Considered a National Resource—go to
Emergency Situations
Fire Headquarters
• Based in Martinsville, IN
• Usually has 2-3 engines, with ATV’s
• Engines usually carry 300-800 g of water +
foam
• Work on prescribed burns, and give grant
money to local fire depts.
Burn Lanes
• Most Fire Lanes are 5-15 ft wide
• Vegetation determines lane size
• Lanes are tied into something (i.e. river,
road, or some other permanent feature if
possible)
Fire Equipment
Lane Creation
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Mowing
Brush Cutters
Farm Disc
Hand Tools (Leaf Rakes, blowers, Wildfire
tools)
Burn Day--Prescription
• Check weather forecast—Relative
Humidity and Wind Speed and Direction
are most important
• Check Fuel Moisture
• Number of People
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Usually done with drip torch
Start at a corner, and burn out
Send out two crews, one from each corner
Each crew has 1-2 torches, 1-2 Engines or
mini-engines (ATV’s), and 2-4 spotters
looking for fire outside the burn block
Burn
• Need the right temp. burn—usually 4-6 ft
flame lengths
• May use backing—driving a fire into the
wind or downhill to achieve a slower fire
• Headfire—the hottest part of the fire—
usually when the block has been ringed
Mop-Up
• Move burning material away from lanes
• Go over the lanes, and look for burning
trees, standing or fallen on fire
• Cut standing trees
• Cool off trees on ground
Water
Foam
Dirt
Studies
• Line transect studying deer browse on
Baneberry, White Trillium, and Jack in the
Pulpit
• Exclosure study with White Trillium
• Orchid Counts