Productive Conservation on Working Lands

"Productive Conservation provides sustainable economic opportunities while offering environmental benefits to the natural resources of our state without idling land."

PCWL Project Photos

mmm, biomass! Large round bales of straw biomass Native Prarie plants at Prarie Horizons Farm Native Prarie plants at Prarie Horizons Farm Native Prarie plants at Prarie Horizons Farm Native Prarie plants at Prarie Horizons Farm The View from Prarie Horizons Farm The View from Prarie Horizons Farm The View from Prarie Horizons Farm Native Prarie plants at Prarie Horizons Farm Native Prarie plants at Prarie Horizons Farm Native Prarie plants at Prarie Horizons Farm Native Prarie plants at Prarie Horizons Farm Sharon Weyers USDA Agriculture Research Service Soil Scientist Sharon Weyers USDA Agriculture Research Service Soil Scientist Sharon Weyers and Mary Jo Forbord Blazing star in full bloom Lead plant Native prairie test plots for biomass. Native prairie test plots for biomass. Mary jo Forbord discusses their virgin prairie. Boer goats being used for invasive tree and shrub control Gary Wyatt, University of Minnesota Extension discussing woody floral production. Woody floral planting on Forbord's Prairie Horizons farm. 7 Stories Farm Jeff Jensen planting hazelnuts Heidi & Simon in newly planted berries Penner field day holding potted plant Moritz rows of hazelnuts Juneberries Penner group photo

Simon with a transplanted hazel thmb

Heidi Morlock