2. Background Information
Prairies are an intricate ecosystem
with grasses, forbs, fungi and fires
working together.
Material for the prairies was
deposited during the last glacial
advance about 10,000 years ago.
75% of the biomass is below the soil
surface which helps reduce erosion
and keeps the plants coming back
after fires.
Today less that 1/10th of 1% of
native prairies remain in the US.
3. Why we need them?
A lot of different
species call it home
Filters runoff from rain
Beauty
Stops erosion
4. Hard Labor Experience
Firstmixed seed with sand.
Spread out certain seeds in a particular
area for their study.
After each section we had to remove all
the mud from our shoes with bare hands
so the seeds from a certain area wouldn’t
get mixed with different sections.
5.
6. The Project
The project that we worked for is mainly
about the small animal’s effect on the
prairie growth.
Some people say that prairies are what
small animals make them.
Open versus Fenced
7. Future Steps
The primary To get involved
objective is to contact:
continue to help Lauren Sullivan;
assist landowners laurensul@gmail.com
and organizations in Department of Natural
prairie restoration Resources:
projects. John Pearson; 515-281-
3891
Daryl Howell 515-281-
8524
