Kristin Violante, the superintendent of parks and recreation, said plans call for dredging the pond and planting native prairie grasses and flowers around the... (articles.chicagotribune.com)
A final significant finding, Vogel says, is that yields on farms using fertilizer and other inputs, such as herbicides and diesel fuel for farm machinery, were as much as six times higher than yields on farms that used little or no fertilizer, herbicides, or other inputs to grow a mixture of native prairie grasses. (sciencemag.org)
The new interpretive center has earned certification from the Sustainable Sites Initiative, and features a green roof planted with native prairie grasses. (treehugger.com)