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Re: Idea's welcome Geoff's first reply

The scrapped out area is about 20 yards by 20 yards.  There is room for
more.
The area that drains to this is about 500 acres.  Also wondered about 'MUD
FLATS'..??
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Please respond to prairie@mallorn.com

To:   prairie @ mallorn.com
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Subject:  Re: Idea's welcome          Geoff's first reply




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

gstanf@swbell.net


-----Original Message-----
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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