MO-Welsch+Tract


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Dade County
=Welsch Tract= County Road 41 Lockwood, Missouri 65682 Welsch Tract webpage

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Welsch Tract
Coordinates: 37.5054966, -94.0003324 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

About Welsch Tract
Purchased in 2010 thanks to a generous gift from Dr. Clifford Welsch, the 80-acre Welsch Tract lies immediately west of MPF’s Coyne Prairie.Since 2010, MPF has performed intensive restoration of the tract, which contained a historic but degraded 16-acre savanna, 17 acres of impenetrable brush and invasive exotic plants, and a 47-acre crop field. The savanna has been thinned, revealing the original canopy structure. In early 2013, 15 mixes of locally harvested prairie plant seed were seeded to the former crop field. Brush, honeysuckle, and other invasives have been tackled. Additional work is needed to complete restoration, including seeding herbaceous plants in the savanna. Witnessing the recovery of this tract of land is exciting, and we invite others to tour the land.

Directions: Welsch Tract is located in Dade County on County Road 41, about 15 miles east of Lamar. Drive 3 miles west of MO-97 on Highway E, then south on County 41 for 1 mile. Parking is available on the rough gravel lot on the east side of County Road 41. The savanna and prairie reconstruction are immediately northeast of this area.

MPF’s Prairie Operations Manager Richard Datema hand cut invading trees from this 16-acre historic savanna on the Welsch Tract. Unwanted trees were removed from the 16-acre savanna. The transformation of the area from thick woody growth to an open canopy structure is evident in this sequence of photos. Susan Parrish photos. From Welsch Tract webpage



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