Thanks, Daryl.  You are right about Iowa prairie math, of course  -- less 
than 1/10th of one percent of the original prairie is left.   Using 3/10ths was 
wishful thinking on my part.
 
Speaking of prairies, for anyone interested, help is needed on a  field trip 
that is aimed at learning and teaching more about prairie  remnants that are 
threatened by a proposed lake in Madison County.    For more information, 
please contact Roslea or Laurie per below.   (Free lunch!)
 
 
June 17 (Saturday), Madison Co., 9:30 AM, Prairies of Madison  County (and 
free lunch!) - Plan to see scurfy pea in bloom as you tour  the prairies and 
savannas of Madison Co., and assist the tour leaders as they  work to compile a 
plant species list for these sites. Meet in Peru: Truro/G-68  exit off I-35, go 
W to 4 way stop in Peru, the L on block and R to church  parking lot. Contact 
Laurie ( [log in to unmask] (mailto:([log in to unmask]) , 
515-967-4167) or  Roslea Johnson (515.276.7351) for more info and/or if you?d like to join 
the  group for lunch.



Cindy  Hildebrand
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Ames, IA  50010

"The heaviest  timber land can be purchased for from $5.00 to $12.00 per 
acre. There are black  and white walnut, basswood, different kinds of oaks, elms, 
etc....Of the  fertility of the soil -- it can't be excelled. The prairie is 
rolling, a most  magnificent sight." (Arden B. Holcomb describing Boone County, 
Iowa, in  1855.)

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