In case someone might be interested, a prairie remnant is for sale in Story 
County.  It's a potential building site near Ames and Nevada, and is priced 
accordingly.  There are a few acres of cropland next to a road where a house 
could be built without damaging the prairie pasture and creek that comprise most 
of the property.  As is often the case, certain parts of the pasture are of 
much better quality than the rest, but the entire pasture has potential to 
improve a lot when managed well.  

Below is the ad that appeared in the Ames DAILY TRIBUNE on 11/18/05.  Below 
that are just a few of the flowers I saw during a quick survey about a month 
ago.  If you know a good potential conservation buyer, please inform that 
person.  (The Story County Conservation Board knows about but is unable to buy the 
property.)

Cindy

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NEW TODAY -- Fifty acre prairie building site along West Indian Creek north 
of Nevada.  $160,000.  785-532-9074 or [log in to unmask]

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Leadplant
Bottle gentian
Culversroot
Wild rose sp.
Pale purple coneflower
Prairie larkspur
Marsh milkweed
Round-headed bushclover

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Cindy Hildebrand
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Ames, IA  50010

"Worthy of remark that the Grouse or Prarie hen is Booted, the Toes of their 
feet So constructed as to walk on the Snow, and the Tail Short with 2 long 
Stiff feathers in the middle."  (William Clark)    


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