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] href="mailto:([log in to unmask]">[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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