"Private landowners in the Prairie Coteau region of South Dakota... have been awarded grant funds to undertake conservation projects for endangered, threatened and other at-risk species.
Acting Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks Matt Hogan said $6.9 million is going to landowners in 35 states. The Nature Conservancy will receive $171,000 to initiate a program to restore tallgrass prairie over a large landscape through the use of prescribed burning and patch grazing. The techniques mimic historic processes that shaped the tallgrass prairie landscape and will restore habitat for numerous species of state and federal concern, including ... prairie white-fringed orchid [Platanthera leucophaea ?] and small white lady's slipper [Cypripedium candidum]." source : http://www.plainsman.com/main.php?story_id=9201&page=23 ********** regards, VB _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [email protected] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
