[Magdalen] The Prairie in Winter

[cantor03 at aol.com]

This is probably part of the so-called "Prairie Wedge," which is a belt of grassland
that cuts through parts of Northern Illinois and Southern Wisconsin.  This was theway it was before European arrived, but it was actually an artificial situation
maintained by American Indians (fire) in order to encourage wildlife that they preferred.
The non-human natural condition of the Prairie Wedge would be deciduous forest.
The "restoration" of prairie has been big stuff in Southern Wisconsin, especiallyaround Madison, for years.  There has been trouble when someone in a blockof manicured lawns decides to do the prairie restoration thing.  Most urbanitesdo not care for prairie. 

The UW-Madison Arboretum has done a lot of work on this subject.


David Strang.





In a message dated 12/27/2018 9:15:02 AM Eastern Standard Time, jhandsfield at att.net writes:

Matthew and I have been in Mahomet, Illinois for Christmas. The county has a project of restoring and maintaining tall grass prairie in its natural form.