Seed Collecting at Sweet Fern Savanna

Few people today have glimpsed true Illinois: the unbroken land that first met the eyes of European settlers 150 years ago. But stand in a cemetery prairie and you might find yourself experiencing a portal through time.

In cooperation with many agencies, Friends of Illinois Nature Preserves have readied tools, plans, and authorizations to do the “eco first aid” that will save these areas from loss by neglect. Friends are launching a month-long marathon of cemetery prairie eco-restoration workdays across the northern half of the state to care for these irreplaceable sites.

Calling all nature lovers, action-takers, people who like to work together to make change: all are invited to join in to cut brush that shades out prairie plants at Sweet Fern Savanna for important seed sharing!

For more information about this and other dates to help at other cemetery prairies in October and to register visit: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeP655fXz0FKDcBgXB3nAxQYJy1vXISZxEvkKpPWV5gaomqnw/viewform?usp=header
Or email Rebeccah at [email protected]