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Koochiching Soil and Water Conservation District

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Koochiching Soil and Water Conservation District
February and March are the lean time of the winter for many species of wildlife in the northern Minnesota forest. Much of the easily reached woody browse has already been fed on and snow and ice still cover any residual grasses and forbs at ground level. This time of the year you will see signs that white-tailed deer are expanding their food selection to conifers and traveling much further distances to attain enough. Another important species to think about in the winter is snowshoe hare. Hares are an interesting species to see while you recreate outdoors, especially as they deploy seasonal camouflage from gray-brown to white in the fall. They are also a fundamental prey species depended on by many predators such as forest hawks, owls, pine marten, fisher, bobcat, lynx, fox, coyote, and wolves.A great wildlife habitat project for northern Minnesota landowners at this time of the year is providing browse for hare during this difficult time in the winter. It is quite likely that many properties will have at least a small area of young (1-15 years) aspen forest. Because the primary propagation technique of quaking aspen is through root suckering, where the aspen organism under the ground sends up hundreds of shoots that become individual stems of the same tree, you can selectively cut weak stems without hindering future growth or productivity. As aspen colonies mature, the organism will cut-off resources to weaker stems or those growing in less desirable areas. Pick stems that are smaller in diameter and obviously too close to their more robust counterparts. The trimmings must be alive with a green cambium layer under the outer bark to be of any use to the bunnies though, make a test cutting with a knife if you’re unsure. Kick away the snow and cut a few of these to provide your property’s snowshoe hares with some much-needed food, these aspen stems would have been naturally thinned anyway. ... See MoreSee Less

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