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Re: Idea's welcome Geoff's first reply

What is the area of your scrapeout?    What is the upstream catchment area?

gstanf@swbell.net


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From: Alan_Rider@ILLINOVA.COM <Alan_Rider@ILLINOVA.COM>
To: prairie@mallorn.com <prairie@mallorn.com>
Date: Sunday, October 04, 1998 9:34 PM
Subject: Idea's welcome


>I have created  (hopefully) a  modest sized 'wetland'  by scraping out
>dirt and building a dyke/dam in a bottom land area that gets it's water
>from farm field run off.  I considered the area, before this effort to be
>'WET MESIC'.  It is damp/wet all winter and rarely dries out in the summer.
>This 'wetland' is 'upstream' to my pond.  So there is water close all the
>time.  An added benefit is that this area will catch sediment/field erosion
>before it gets to the pond.
>
>I am looking for any ideas on what to do , if anything, in terms
>wetland/sedge-meadow/???   seeding....Particularily in the area that is now
>dirt/mud where the dirt was moved from.   My objective on my property is to
>manage it for wildlife habitat, which includes native plants and prairie.
>
>This property is rural in central ILLinois.  Next to a river, rolling hills
>for quarter mile from the river.
>
>All thoughts, comments ideas and suggestions desired....thanks
>
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