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Prairie Restorations. Inc. Company Profile Prairie Restorations, Inc. (PRI) is a 33 year old business that has dedicated itself to the restoration of native plant communities. The work activity includes both services (installation and management) as well as materials (seed and plants). Although a wide variety of projects have been completed, the most typical work has been with prairie and wetland planting. About half of this work has been in the private sector and half in the public sector. Project size ranges from a few hundred square feet up to several hundred acres. The PRI staff currently consists of 45 full-time professionals and about an equal number of seasonal employees. Most of the staff has B.S. degrees in resource related fields such as biology, forestry, horticulture or wildlife. Because this is specialized work, most of these people have unique areas of expertise such as the propagation of native plants or seeds, installation of native plant materials, or the specification of the procedures and materials to implement successful restoration projects. There are presently six PRI facilities. The main office and original production farm is located on the edge of Princeton, MN. This 400 acre farm is set up with plant production capabilities (greenhouses) and also has many seed production fields. A second, newer farm (500 acres) is located on the edge of the Red River Valley near Moorhead, MN. The facility has a permanent staff of three and other seasonal employees as needed. It is a seed production center as well as a base for contracted services. The third PRI site is a small service base located south of the Twin Cities metro area near Northfield. Although this site has a permanent staff of five, they do not produce seed or plants and concentrate completely on installation and service projects. Our fourth site near Duluth, named Boreal Natives, is set up to grow plants and provide contracted services for the northern areas of Minnesota and Wisconsin. Our fifth site is located in Watertown, MN and much like our site near Northfield, focuses on providing installation and management services. Our sixth and newest site is located in Scandia, MN. In addition to providing installation and management services, this site will serve as retail location for the sale of seed, plants and other nature related items. All of these sites are equipped with trucks, trailers, tractors, seed drills and other needed equipment. Over the past 33 years, PRI has led the way in the development of restoration techniques and in the production of quality materials for the Upper Midwest. This expertise has been successfully put to good use on hundreds of projects under a wide variety of field conditions. In addition, the plants and seeds produced at PRI have been planted by hundreds of other people and/or companies. The company brochure provides more information.