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Re: County Project

You can add to list :
The Prairie Enthusists of NW Ill, and The Prairie Defenders of McHenry Co, Ill
and the FERMI Lab in Batavia, Illinois
In addition The Nature Conservancy (TNC) publishes a book call Prairie
University
which list several dozen prairie organization
There regional office is on Monroe st , Chicago, Illinois 
You may wish to investigate Hybreed-Poplars for stream bank erosion
they are known to grow 12 ft in a year....
If you are looking to plant prairie try to plant native genotype
It will be expensive.....particularly the forbs.....
To reduce your cost see if you can create a prairie orchard
with a non-profit  such as TNC , In exchange for seed you allow
the Non-profit to harvest the seed when the plants are established.
Todays prairie restoration is fractured compared to 200 plus species
that exist for native prairie...

A good prairie can reduce soil erosion from 2/10 of ton per year 
vs up to 9 tonnes per year if you were growing  corn
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>As a result of the very heavy rains and flooding in the DeKalb County,
>Illinois, area last year, we have been motivated to see what can be done to
>reduce the flooding of our area.  One suggestion has been to plant native
>prairie plants in areas where flooding is an issue to help retain water.  We
>are also hoping to start a program of growing plants along streambanks to
>help stabilize the banks and reduce erosion.

Kay Lancaster  kay@fern.com

Three Illinois places to ask: Nature Conservancy, Illinois Natural 
History Survey, and Morton Arboretum.  All have been active in 
working with prairies.



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I will follow up plant spec later .....that may work for you......
DB Sullivan
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