Environmentalists work to save Bell Bowl Prairie, some of Illinois’ last remaining prairieland
They say the construction of a road through the prairie violates the Endangered Species Act by impacting the rusty patched bumblebee.
Only one hundredth of one percent of Illinois’ original prairieland still exists today. And a rare dry gravel prairie still left in Rockford is at risk of being destroyed if the Chicago Rockford International Airport goes ahead with its current expansion plan that will build a road through the prairie.
Reset hears from an organizer and steward of the land about their efforts to save the prairie.
GUESTS: Kerry Leigh, executive director, Natural Land Institute
Robbie Telfer, Save Bell Bowl Prairie campaign manager with Friends of Illinois Nature Preserves
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Environmentalists work to save Bell Bowl Prairie, some of Illinois’ last remaining prairieland
They say the construction of a road through the prairie violates the Endangered Species Act by impacting the rusty patched bumblebee.
Only one hundredth of one percent of Illinois’ original prairieland still exists today. And a rare dry gravel prairie still left in Rockford is at risk of being destroyed if the Chicago Rockford International Airport goes ahead with its current expansion plan that will build a road through the prairie.
Reset hears from an organizer and steward of the land about their efforts to save the prairie.
GUESTS: Kerry Leigh, executive director, Natural Land Institute
Robbie Telfer, Save Bell Bowl Prairie campaign manager with Friends of Illinois Nature Preserves