A Taste of Prairie Restoration

Preserved in some pioneer cemeteries deep in rural Illinois are some of the last fragments of the “sea of grass” that greeted pioneers and used to cover 20+ million acres of the Prairie State. The survival of these never-plowed patches to the present day is nothing short of miraculous, and forms a precious link with our past. Join local people at one of these special sites, to gather rare seed, cut brush that shades out prairie plants, prepare for a prescribed burn, and think about nature‘s future in Illinois – and our own.