From White Heath west to Clinton a potential trail extends for twenty miles. This corridor is not available for use at this time but the rail trail political climate has been successful, as with the Kickapoo trail, and makes utilization of this bed an attractive project.
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Hi folks. It is spring and the Natural Areas Study Group went to Forest Glen in Vermilion County to commune with the skunk cabbage which is one of the earliest plants to appear in spring. Its habitat is a seep that is wet. The seep is nestled in a forest on the banks of Willow Creek that runs into the Vermilion River.
Site of relocated Pocket Prairie at the 2nd St Detention Basin with a pollinator plot in fore ground.
The Doris Westfall prairie at Forest Glen is d diverse reconstruction prairie. Part of the prairie has been burned recently. The stand lets you view the prairie. Much of the seed for this came from a railroad right of way near Oakwood where a wide rail trail may eliminate that prairie for all time. Let’s save the prairie by asking hikers and bikers to use the adjacent road.
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AuthorDavid Monk The Prairie Monk is engaged in prairie preservation in East Central Illinois where the soils are rich and little heritage ecology remains in a state that was once two thirds prairie.
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