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Preserving taligrass prairie <br /> western prairie rlhe western prairie fringed orchid and the piping Indian grass <br /> fringed orchid 1 plover,pictured at left, are just a couple of exam- <br /> ples of rare plant and animal species that can be V <br /> . found m the tallgrass prairie areas of western and . <br /> Yi , `i southern Minnesota. ' <br /> ;t - Today,less than 1 percent remains of that once vast <br /> Jl`. -� acreage,much of it in rock-strewn rises or small =' <br /> d, . C corner pastures. <br /> 114. ,T i Last week,the U.S.Fish and Wildlife Service was ?t <br /> ir <br /> r given$470,000 to buy easements to native prairie from ' <br /> •1-3/41- 5 , ' willing private landowners in Minnesota and Iowa. 1 '`saR,. <br /> i n{ Jim Leach,refuge supervisor for the agency's >•,,_ <br /> A Region 3 office,estimated the money will protect up to 1 <br /> 1l , ?# 5,000 acres,to go with 2,000 acres already protected. 1 <br /> '' JOE ROSSI,PIONEER PRESS <br /> R`, ti' The agency is authorized to buy up land or ease- <br /> y ' y . ments to 42,500 acres of native prairie in the two <br /> L states. That land will become part of the Northern <br /> r' Tallgrass Prairie National p <br /> rairie smoke <br /> f -.,x_ •J Wildlife Refuge. <br /> JACKIE LORENTZ, The service and such conser- <br /> GRAND FORKS HERALD ,vation groups as the Nature <br /> Conservancy are focusing on rk��, <br /> piping plover protecting the .T, <br /> remaining remnants I � . <br /> of prairie and <br /> �.-7 4`• 4 - connecting them to + t " 4 r, L - Gk, <br /> �xT existing wild areas. ' ' ,} <br /> 4' " —DennisLien it � V1 " l` f 1, YY t.: st f�� <br /> i ; 41g}47 fr . <br /> "s ii L .',t I�j �j., a�e'�`",.r Rf' <br /> P +f T <br /> CHRISTINE HURA,THE NATURE CONSERVANCY <br /> RICHARD KUZMINSKI <br /> oxe-eye sunflowers <br /> - - false sunflowers, also known as oxe-eyes; stand beneath <br /> the dusky sky on Western Prairie, west of Rothsay in <br /> Original extent of - western Minnesota. <br /> tallgrass prairie <br /> • <br /> `� A <br /> N g, <br /> MANITOBA A N A D A <br /> 'L y =rte r ONTARIO <br /> ,_' NORTN MINNESOTA d' - ''•. ... _ <br /> ?F�` DAKOTA - ' _ F ,s- <br /> - <br /> i WIS. <br /> E' Sour,. , <br /> r DAKcJA , "• . <br /> l - - - - - <br />