University of Illinois: Decadeslong Effort Revives Ancient Oak
October 30, 2020
October 30, 2020
CHAMPAIGN, Illinois, Oct. 30 (TNSJou) -- The University of Illinois System Urbana-Champaign campus issued the following news release on Oct. 29:
Vestal Grove in the Somme Prairie Grove forest preserve in Cook County, Illinois, looks nothing like the scrubby, buckthorn-choked tangle that confronted restoration ecologists 37 years ago. Thanks to the efforts of a dedicated team that focused on rooting up invasive plants and periodically burning, seeding native plants and culling deer, . . .
Vestal Grove in the Somme Prairie Grove forest preserve in Cook County, Illinois, looks nothing like the scrubby, buckthorn-choked tangle that confronted restoration ecologists 37 years ago. Thanks to the efforts of a dedicated team that focused on rooting up invasive plants and periodically burning, seeding native plants and culling deer, . . .