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Re: Welcome

I too saw a couple of compass plants at Meadowbrook in Fall '96 as a part 
of Terry Harkness' LA 252 planting design class. That is a precursor to 
my background with prairies.  I am a senior in Landscape Architecture at 
the University of Illinois.  My degree will have a specialization in land 
resource management that I am recieving by taking additional classes.  
Some of these include: Dr. Tony Endress' Restoration Ecology, Land 
Resource Evaluation and Environmental Impact Statements.  Many of my 
classes have had a prairie emphasis, such as Restoration Ecology where we 
came up with a management plan for a section of prairie at the proposed 
University Arboretum.  Hopefully in May I will be able to secure a 
position doing actual restorations and related work.

Rob Sperl

On Tue, 14 Jan 1997, Bob Vaiden wrote:

> Me again....
> 
> I was interested in your statement(Lynelle) that you saw your first
> compassplant at Meadowbrook "last year".... do you mean 1996?  We had an
> almost total failure of compassplant at Meadowbrook in 1996...there were a
> very few....all at the east end.  The rest aren't dead....just didn't bloom.
> In 1995, virtually ALL bloomed- we had a terrific display of many hundreds.
> This same thing happened about 5 or 6 years ago...almost none bloomed
> anywhere in the county at that time (after a very good display the year
> before).  They must just "exhaust" themselves sometimes...anyone else notice
> this??
> 
> Dave Monk has connections with some areas north of Rantoul, and others keep
> an eye on it too....some areas need burning.  They put a fiber optics cable
> through some of it last year.   There are nice stands of Liatris, Pale
> Purple Coneflower, and Gentian in places.
> 
> A litle about me: I live on an acre in northeast Urbana, where I wander
> about my woodland and prairie gardens...added a 25' by 25' "meadow garden"
> for my 11 year old daughter last year...will add a pond and more plants this
> year.  I try to come up with more ways to destroy more of my lawn  :)  I
> have some nice stands of Blue Lobelia, Royal Catchfly, Pentstemon, Culvers
> Root, Golden Alexander, etc.  As for formal education ....I've never even
> had a botany class (don't tell anyone).
> 
> Bob Vaiden
> ____________________________________________________________________________
> 
> At 10:06 AM 1/14/97 -0600, you wrote:
> >Hello all-- 
> >
> >Like Sandy, I am not certain that I belong on this list, being quite the
> >prairie novice.  I am sure that I will learn much more from all of you
> >than I will contribute.
> >
> >I have no formal education in any plant-related field of study.  I grew up
> >on a farm in Iroquois County (Sandy, we should talk!), which borders the
> >Iroquois River and has a beautiful wood lot where my parents still harvest
> >firewood.  This timber is filled with quite a diverse number of prairie
> >plant species (at least to my untrained eye), hence my interest in this
> >list.  It was "accidentally" burned in the fall of '95, and I was amazed
> >at the difference in the plant growth the following spring.  Any hints on
> >when and how often we should burn?  Incidentally, this area is also great
> >hunting ground for morel mushrooms--we usually get several pail-fulls
> >every spring.
> >
> >I love walking through Meadowbrook.  I saw my first compass plant there
> >last year!  I am a lawyer, and have a private practice in Watseka, Ill.
> >with my father.  I am also studying Library Science at the Univ. of Ill.,
> >so I feel as though I know Rt.45 between Champaign-Urbana and Iroquois
> >County by heart, I've driven it so often.  Does anyone know if the
> >roadside along Rt.45, north and south of Rantoul, is maintained by anyone?
> >It was extraordinarily beautiful this past year, especially when the
> >asters and goldenrod were in bloom.  The railroad right-of-way on the west
> >side of the highway seems to be very well-tended.
> >
> >That's it for me.  Please excuse any gaffes I may make out of ignorance,
> >or any uninformed questions I may ask.  Am looking forward to learning
> >much from all of you.
> >
> >Lynelle Looker
> >
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