The Natural Land Institute purchased the Pecatonica Ridge Prairie at auction
June 19, 2005.  NLI staff and volunteers spent over 300 hours collecting native prairie seed and clearing an access lane during the winter of 2005 - 2006.  On April 29, 2006, kids and volunteers began to restore two acres adjacent to the native prairie by broadcasting a mix of the collected native seed at the Pecatonica Ridge Prairie Festival.

As of March 1, 2008, NLI holds a mortgage of $65,143 on this prairie, please contact us to support the preservation of this native prairie.

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