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<br />axon ' Ie offers park managers u very prac- <br />ical . or overseeing conmactors who may <br />lave little understanding ofprairie ecology: <br />don't teach them to identify the dozens of <br />iative forbs,legutnes, and grasses ofresmred <br />arairie. Rather, teach contractors m recog- <br />uze the five or sis most prevalent weeds so <br />hey can quickly remove them. To dais end, <br />:he disaia has assembled a phoro collection <br />~f the most troublesome culprits. <br />n Jens Jenseds day, Chicago-area Forest <br />Preserves focused on preserving flood- <br />plains and river corridors. Today, these <br />irmanrres help to connect Independence <br />:rove with many other natural areas, <br />;ome less developed. Lake Counrys For <br />st Preserves are tied together with four <br />recreational trails, including the Des Pedestrian paths skirt the bays of <br />Plains River Greenway, a growing corn- the flooded quarry, above. Plantings <br />jot that runs the north-south length of include restored prairies as well as <br />the county and reaches north into south- mown lawns used for picnics. <br />CIRCI ]N READER SERVICE CARD <br />i <br />s { <br />i <br />9 , <br />$6 ~ L::etlsi8pe AsC kleP2e'~et;r FE BRUGRY 2004 <br />ern Wisconsin. Lake County and other Forest Pre- <br />serves are also seeking to purchase farmland, much <br />of which is Ear more costly Chan unbuildable flood- <br />plains. "We had henry competition with developers <br />