Quoting KENNETH LARSON <[log in to unmask]>:
> How many acres of "Native Prairie" are there left in Iowa.. ? I
> heard a figure of a tiny fraction of 1% of the total area of Iowa is
> "untouched" by tillage or development..(woodlands, prairie and
> water). Can you provide me with a credible source of how much
> "native prairie" is left to protect?
Hi, Ken. The latest, generally accepted figure is about 1/10 of 1
percent, or about 33,000 acres of tall grass prairie. Note, however,
that this does not take into account discoveries from more recent and
ongoing surveys of such areas as the savannas of the Southern Iowa
Drift Plain (potential recovery of 10,000? to 20,000? acres) and the
grasslands of northwest Iowa (Clay, Osceola, Calhoun, Ida, Sioux, etc
counties) whose potentially recoverable acres may be >10,000. Still,
if all these acres were restored, we'd still only be roughly doubling
our protected acres, to around 2/10 of 1 percent.
Bill Witt
So the idea of asking the
> Governor to be a "protector" may be nearly a mute point. Certainly
> we should ask for measures to protect the few remnants that are
> left, but perhaps SC should start promoting the restoration of
> "native prairie" or the sloughs that go with them. SC needs to be a
> positive force, not just against actions of others.
>
> Horicon Marsh in Wisconsin (north of Madison ... northwest of
> Milwaukee) is a great example of restored land that provides habitat
> for waterfowl and other wildlife.. Horicon is partially State owned
> and partially Federal Wildlife Preserve.. Of course there are those
> who would ask, "How many acres of cattails does a state need... ?"
> but it sure is a magnet for tourism in that area of Wisconsin.
>
> I remember the great drainage ditches and tile fields of Humboldt
> County in North Central Iowa, where I grew up. They drained the
> sloughs to get a few more acres of corn ground in those days.
>
> Just as developers now are required to have retention basins on site
> to reduce runoff, just as contractors are required to practice
> anti-erosion techniques on road and building construction sites,
> farmers should practice those same measures as they "develop" the
> ground each year.
>
> Ken Larson
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Charles Winterwood<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
> To:
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> Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 1:02 PM
> Subject: Re: Iowa's governor listed as not protecting native prairies
>
>
> e-mail the Governor at
> [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> and ask him to sign-on
> to the sodbuster provision of the federal Ag bill to prevent
> farmers from receiving federal payments if they plow pasture or
> native prairie.
>
> Charlie Winterwood
>
>
>
>
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> From: Cindy Hildebrand <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
> To:
> [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 5:35:47 PM
> Subject: Iowa's governor listed as not protecting native prairies
>
>
> "Native Prairie Finds No Protectors Among Governors"
>
> from SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN
>
>
> http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=native-prairie-finds-no-p<http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=native-prairie-finds-no-p>
>
> Note that Governor Culver could still sign on if he so chose. It
> might help if he heard from more Iowans who would like him to do so.
>
> Cindy Hildebrand
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> 57439 250th St.
> Ames, IA 50010
>
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