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Oak Savanna RestorationBefore the advent of modern agriculture, oak savanna was the predominant habitat in much of southern Wisconsin. It is now considered the most endangered habitat in North America. The oak savanna grazing project aims to achieve both environmental and production goals: restoring degraded oak savanna by grazing it with specially selected beef cattle. The rustic Scottish Highland cattle that are used in this project browse shrubs that have invaded most remaining oak savanna—brush that may be rejected by other cattle breeds, and that otherwise requires intensive human effort to remove. The meat from these cows is currently being direct-marketed to consumers as organic, “sustainable,” “low fat,” or otherwise depending on other production practices and meat characteristics. For further information contact Josh Posner at the UW-Madison Agronomy Department: jlposner@facstaff.wisc.edu or: John Harrington (harring@calshp.cals.wisc.edu)—vegetation |
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