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Saturday, March 3, 2018

Tall Grass Prairie


Here in Fillmore County, Minnesota we live on an ecological dividing line between “Bluff Country, an unglaciated hill and valley region sweeping east to the Mississippi River and Wisconsin. To the west we find what was once the tall grass prairie, now almost entirely corn and soybean fields.  That is except for a few small remnants here and there tucked away or restored like my friend Mr. Science has done. Early fall this year we followed him on a few mowed trails to take a look…. Come on along. 
  
 
 
 
 
 
The tall grass prairie, except for the trees, add a herd of bison and it's  much as it looked to Lewis and Clark over two hundred year ago....:)   
 
 

12 comments:

  1. Hi TB - looks amazing ... and yes with a herd of bison would be somewhat different - cheers Hilary

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  2. Great work that your friend has done.

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  3. What a great are he has built. I miss all those blooms.

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  4. The prairie was beautiful!

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  5. Hi Ray, The prairies are such a great thing and it is just a crying shame that we (Americans) haven't done a better job of preserving more of it. I sure like your photos in this post. Going back a post or two I saw some thoughts about the current turkey in the White House. I am so with you on that. The man says he is smart but then, again, he lies about everything. The next thing you know he'll be trying to sell our National Parks to the highest bidder. Take care, Ray, and have a good week ahead! John

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  6. Hmmm made me wish I was there. City life has no appeal when there are such scenic spots to behold. Thank goodness for photographs!

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  7. Such wonderful flowers. You are making me look forward to spring! Loved taking a walk with you. :-)

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  8. Wonderful pictures, TB. EO Wilson has spent many years promoting to idea of giving half the land back to nature.

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  9. Beautiful remnants of the prairies and plants that once covered so much of Minnesota.

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  10. Awesome! That is a great photo of you two! I so enjoy the Tall Grass Prairies. I have read in old books that a Prairie Rattlesnake lived in some of them in Southern Minnesota. Many settlers children were bitten:(

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  11. It's wonderful that even a small portion of the prairie is being restored and preserved.

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