It’s Not Always Pretty – Restoring Native Prairie After the Plow – National Geographic and the American Prairie Reserve

As the prairie prepares for winter slumber, Ellen Anderson is ramping up her efforts in time for spring. There’s a farmer to hire, a seed mix to order, and lots of paperwork to complete while snow starts to fall outside her home on American Prairie Reserve http://www.americanprairie.org/

Ellen oversees the Reserve’s largest and most complex habitat restoration project to date, the sort of endeavor that inspires the perfect combination of worry and excitement. Returning hundreds of acres of plowed land back to native prairie isn’t easy, fast, or cheap, but Ellen is optimistic and ready for the challenge.

By Sean Gerrity

Full Story: http://voices.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/11/restoring-native-prairie-after-the-plow/