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welcome!

Hello all,

Let's see...I'm currently a graduate student in geography who is planning 
to finish before the start of the spring burn season.  I got my undergrad 
in Natural Resources/Environmental Studies here at the U of I.

Since my freshman year I have been an environmental activist via the 
Students for Environmental Concerns (SECS).  With regards to prairies 
myself and two others started a group called Red Bison a couple of years 
ago.  We currently work a strip of prairie in the Village of Savoy along 
Rt. 45 between Windsor and Curtis Roads.  It is your standard railroad 
prairie in that it is very long (1 mile) and very narrow (apx 40 feet 
wide) and in bad shape.  If you've ever gone to the Savoy Billion screen 
movie theater you've passed it.  

The majority has been highly disturbed (as in dug up by IDOT) but there 
is a small remnant portion.  For the past 3 odd years we have been 
conducting burns, doing seed collection and re-planting, general clean up 
and assorted others things.  We have been talking with Savoy and IDOT and 
are hoping to obtain some sort of protection.  

Prior to our involvement the site was worked by Dave Monk, practically 
single handedly.  We also help him out during the spring burns and try 
and involve fellow students throughout the year.  

I'm sure i've left out lots of pertinent details and miss stated 
something according to some purist somewhere but oh well...

Douglas Chien

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