Wetland and Watershed Seminar at Wolf Road Prairie
Presenters/Opening Comments
Q and A
Plant Propagation and Transplanting Demonstration
Wolf Road Prairie and Buffer Restoration Field Trip
Wrap Up Session
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Wrap Up Session 10 Hickory Lane Buffer Site 
Murray - I think that one of the most important things we can do as resource managers is to develop a seed swap program. This seed exchange is an easy way to save indigenous plants and establish new populations to protect local genotypes. Propagation beds are excellent for seed production. Historically, the plants on the buffer site are the same as those at Wolf Road Prairie because of nature preserve status. But seed swaps are a very good way for non-dedicated restoration site managers to collaborate with other managers to enhance biodiversity at their sites. Swano - Restoration at this site is being funded for the next two years by an IEPA 319 grant. This area lies within the Salt Creek Watershed and is actually a headwater to Salt Creek. The stream corridor here flows eastward through the Wolf Road Prairie wetland and into Salt Creek. The purpose of the grant is to reduce erosion and sedimentation and improve water quality by using native plants to filter contaminants and slow run-off during heavy storm events. 
Pizzo - The soils at the buffer site are pretty much in original condition and still stratified as they were laid down following the retreat of the last glacier. This makes our job to restore the ground easier as compared to ground that has been regraded or disturbed. return to main page, Save the Prairie Society |