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Re: Little Darby Wildlife Refuge

This is a great idea.  Involving them economically is a great way to give
them a vested interest in the project.  However, there would have to be
a good amount of training because of the huge culture shock for them...
can you imagine a farmer waiting 5 years for his crop to germinate?  or
accepting the huge crop of weeds during the first years after a planting?

On Wed, 30 Aug 2000 MELYRID@aol.com wrote:

>Perhaps one of the ways of approaching the problem is to involve the farmers 
>in the process of restoring the land to prairie and managing it in the 
>future. There are probably a limited number of farmers here who would lose 
>their livelihoods. Involve them in planting it and managing it in the future 
>as a job to replace the traditional row crop farming they were doing. There 
>should be quite a lot of work to do for some time to come, especially on a 
>restoration of that size. Just a thought.
>
>Doug Ledoux
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