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Tallgrass Conversations: In Search of the Prairie Spirit

Book by Cindy Crosby · 5 quotes · Prairie, Tallgrass Prairie, Nature

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“When we commit to the easy way --- planting one kind of anything --- we gamble. It is simpler, isn't it, to know and promote only a few flowers or trees or grasses for our landscape? We know what they will look like, their requirements and habits. It's more comfortable. A no-brainer. But when we do, we lose the benefits of a vibrant, healthy landscape teeming with different trees, plants and their associated animals, birds, and insects. We lose diversity.”

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“ALMOST all of the original tallgrass prairie has vanished. Lost to the plow, to development, and to---perhaps---a lack of imagination.”

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“Prairies take an investment of time.”

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“Without imagination---without creativity---without courage---the best prairie restorations don't happen. The rewards don't always come in our lifetime... . We work, knowing we leave a legacy for those who will come after us. We think of them as we drip with sweat, freeze, or pull weeds...plant seeds.”

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“Although we think of restoration as a science, it's also about creativity. Prairie restoration begins with a vision. The dream of how the land might be healed, imagined in the mind of a steward or site manager.”

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