Prairie Restoration Project at Perry Farm:

 

One Saturday the club helped out The Nature Conservancy with some prairie restoration work at Perry Farm in Bourbonnais, IL.  The restoration process has been going on for a few years now and the native plants are starting to gain a foothold.    

         Here's a picture of part of our crew. (L-R:  J.B. (club veteran), Jen, Brent, Brock, Beth, and Wayne.) (Picture by Steve Barrick)

    Brock Schroeder and Wayne Patterson spent the day collecting and spreading native prairie seed. (Picture by Steve Barrick)  

     JB is busy spreading his seed among the native prairie grasses.  (Picture by Steve Barrick)

  Work being done in every direction. (Picture by Steve Barrick)      Steve decides to sit down while doing his job. (Picture by Brock Schroeder) 

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