Growing Your Own Backyard Prairie Takes A Lot Of Patience, But The Results Can Be Rewarding
URBANA — Prairies once stretched across most of Illinois. Today, only about 6,100 acres remain of this natural habitat in the Prairie State. But it doesn’t take a tremendous amount of resources to restore a slice of the native Illinois prairie. Just ask Fred Delcomyn, who restored 2.5 acres of prairie on his Urbana property […]