[BCNnet] good news for Bartel and Orland Grasslands

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Thanks to John Sheerin for sharing the following good news on Bartel =
Grasslands, Orland Grasslands and other FP areas to Friends of the =
Forest Preserve listserv.   Since so many birders (Marianne Hahn, Judy =
Pollock, Wannetta Elliott and Wes Serafin among the many) have been =
involved in the saving and restoring habitat at these locations over the =
years, I thought I'd share it with BCNnet.

Alan Anderson, casresearch@comcast.net,  Des Plaines

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STROGER ANNOUNCES THREE FPDCC NATURE PRESERVE HONORS

September 19, 2003

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE=20
Contact: Steve Mayberry, 312.603.0026=20

Cook County Forest Preserve District Board President John Stroger has=20
announced that the Forest Preserve District of Cook County's (FPDCC) =
Bartel=20
Grasslands in Matteson and Orland Grasslands in Orland Park have been =
designated as=20
Land And Water Reserves and accepted for protection by the Illinois =
Nature=20
Preserves Commission. Also, 150 acres of the District's Camp Sagawau in =
Lemont has=20
also been designated as a buffer to the existing Sagawau Canyon Nature=20
Preserve.=20

"I am thankful to the Illinois Nature Preserves Commission for helping =
the=20
District to further protect its lands, recognizing the invaluable nature =
of=20
these truly wonderful holdings," said Stroger. "These designations will =
not only=20
benefit our lands in an ecological sense, but help to ensure that our =
children=20
will enjoy them for our generations to come."=20

All three recognized areas are undergoing wetland and grassland habitat=20
restoration, with funding assistance from the United States Army Corps =
of=20
Engineers' Material Services Corporation Settlement Fund, administered =
by Corlands.=20
Audubon of the Chicago Region is also a partner in the restoration =
activities,=20
providing planning, contract management and volunteer assistance for the =

projects. Additionally, District volunteer have logged hundreds of hours =
working on=20
all three areas.=20

Both the 585-acre Bartel Grassland and 960-acre Orland Grassland (of =
which=20
898 acres were designated for protection) are remnants of what were once =
vast=20
prairies. Before settlement by farmers in the 1830's, the U.S. Land =
Survey found=20
virtually no trees on either property, and listed much of the land as =
"rich=20
soil but too wet for agriculture." Farmers overcame that problem with =
miles of=20
drain tiles, and planted trees around homesteads. The FPDCC planted =
trees on=20
part of the lands after acquisition in the 1960's, primarily around the =
edges,=20
while leasing much of the interior for hay crops. An inadvertent benefit =
of=20
haying was that grassland birds continued to use the sites. Designation =
as Land=20
and Water Reserves will provide additional legal protection for these=20
habitats, while allowing uses like small public parking lots and walking =
trails that=20
are not permitted in Nature Preserves.=20

These sites provide unusual opportunities for the District to provide =
large,=20
unbroken grasslands to benefit grassland bird specialists, especially =
the=20
state-endangered Henslow's sparrow.=20

Restoration at the Bartel Grassland has included disabling old =
agricultural=20
drain tiles to restore a more natural hydrology, removal of over 5 miles =
of=20
interior fence row trees, and seeding and planting native species, =
providing=20
about 375 acres of habitat for open-area birds. Most of the remaining =
areas on the=20
borders of the property will retain the mixed woodland that was planted=20
shortly after the District acquired the property.=20

Management at the Orland Grassland will include removal of some interior =

trees planted in the 1960's, planting trees to enhance the buffer areas =
bordering=20
major streets, disabling old agricultural drain tiles, and enhancing=20
vegetation with native species. Both sites host breeding bobolinks, =
savannah sparrows,=20
and grasshopper sparrows, among other grassland specialists.=20

The District's goal at the Camp Sagawau site is to preserve and restore =
rare=20
dolomite prairie and graminoid fen habitats. In the lower Des Plaines =
River=20
valley, these habitats provide homes for a number of unusual species of =
plants=20
and insects, including the federally-endangered Hines Emerald dragonfly. =
While=20
the dragonflies have not yet been seen at Camp Sagawau, they have been =
found=20
in similar habitats nearby, and expansion of potential habitat for them =
is a=20
goal of the recovery plan for the species. This site is a buffer to =
Sagawau=20
Canyon, the only natural rock canyon in Cook County, which hosts a rare =
dolomite=20
cliff plant community . The canyon was granted nature preserve status in =
1984.=20

For more information about these sites contact the District's Department =
of=20
Resource Management at 708-771-1335.=20

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From: <Johngsheerin@aol.com>
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Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 9:04 PM
Subject: [fpfriends] Orland Grasslands - Very positive Daily Southtown =
story from Sunday

{One small correction - the former Orland Tract is now officially called =
the=20
Orland Grasslands per a resolution sponsored by Commissioner Liz Gorman =
and=20
others at the last FPD Board meeting - please make a note of it}

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Local Editions    South | Southeast | Back to main news=20

Prairie partners=20

Pair determined to see Orland Tract restored=20

Sunday, October 5, 2003

By Kimberly A. Brehm
Special to the Daily Southtown

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It will take at least 10 years for volunteers at the Orland Tract to =
return=20
the land back to its native state, but Joe Stanton is determined to see =
it=20
completed.
The 94-year-old Oak Forest man, who has spent the past 22 years working =
to=20
entice endangered birds to the area, cannot wait to see the land =
restored to its=20
natural beauty.

But the patriarch of the Orland Grasslands volunteers won't be able to =
see=20
the fruits of his labors. He is legally blind. That doesn't stop him =
though from=20
working almost daily at the 960-acre grass prairie.

"As long as I could walk, I have been involved in prairies," Stanton =
said.=20
"It's in me. I would cry if I couldn't get into the fields. To feel the =
wind,=20
hear the birds, smell the plants - that's what keeps me going."

Stanton and his best friend, 57-year-old Wannetta Elliott, spend much of =

their time working at the tract - known as the Orland Grasslands to =
volunteers who=20
are trying to have it renamed. The area is bordered by LaGrange Road on =
the=20
east and 104th Avenue on the west, and runs between 167th and 179th =
streets.

Elliott helps guide Stanton through the grasslands and he helps her =
identify=20
native flowers, plants and wildlife.

Stanton doesn't need his eyesight to do the work. He is so knowledgeable =
that=20
he can simply touch, smell and even taste a plant to determine what it =
is and=20
if it is native to Illinois.

"There is nothing that Joe doesn't know about the plants out there," =
said=20
volunteer Suzanne Koglin, who is generally recognized as the leading =
Orland Tract=20
guardian and heads the volunteer group. "He's just amazing."

The prairie restoration is an undertaking being carried out by the =
Audubon=20
Society of Chicago, CorLands, volunteers and the Forest Preserve =
District of=20
Cook County, which owns the land.

The parcel is the district's single largest grassland holding and the =
only=20
site authorized for frog monitoring, officials said.

Using $614,000 in CorLands money last year the district cleared trees =
from=20
the site's interior to create one large continuous grasslands area. The =
open=20
space is a natural home for certain species of migratory birds.

Planners are now awaiting word on a $1 million federal grant through a=20
"cost-sharing program" from the Army Corps of Engineers to fund the =
removal of=20
thousands of drainage tiles buried when the land was farmed. Removing =
the tiles=20
would turn some areas back into wetlands.

In the meantime, volunteers last month spent two weeks cutting out =
teasel, an=20
invasive European plant, and are now in the process of gathering native =
plant=20
seeds from other areas to distribute in the grasslands.

"We're hoping to make it look like Illinois prairies of 100 years ago,"=20
Elliott said. "That will bring back birds like Sandhill cranes and other =
wildlife=20
that have disappeared over time."

Stanton began building and hanging bluebird houses 22 years ago, hoping =
to=20
entice the at-the-time endangered birds.

A former woodcarver who helped established the Woodcarver's Museum in =
South=20
Holland, Stanton now has more than 80 houses at the site and has been=20
successful in creating a home for the migratory birds. Last year, 72 =
bluebirds were=20
hatched on the land.=20

"People said they hadn't seen a bluebird in the area in 50 years. Now we =
have=20
more than 70 there. They raise their young and come back in the spring. =
That=20
was our dream - to see them come back," Stanton said. "To see a rare =
bird is=20
such a thrill. It's everything to me."

Seeds from native plants such as rosenweed, golden rod, prairie =
sunflowers,=20
bergamot, cream gentian and compass, which has leaves that follow the =
sun, will=20
be planted this month and should be blooming by next spring, volunteers =
said.

"I love being a part of anything conducive to bringing back these =
flowers and=20
birds," Stanton said. "I love nature and want to make the most of =
whatever is=20
left."

About two years ago, Koglin established the Orland Grasslands =
Volunteers, a=20
group of about 100 who are committed to doing whatever is necessary to =
restore=20
the prairie.

And Stanton, through his dedication, vast knowledge and sheer =
determination,=20
is showing them the way, she said.

"Joe is the poster boy for volunteers," Koglin said. "He works =
tirelessly and=20
he's fun to be with. He doesn't think about age. If you get up and go, =
you're=20
alive, he says. He's very inspirational. We say if Joe can do it, we can =
do=20
it."

Stanton's love of nature began when he was a small boy being raised in =
an=20
orphanage. He still clearly remembers his first sighting of a rare bird, =
the=20
black burnion warbler, in the orphanage's yard.

"People today have never seen it and it's a beautiful bird," Stanton =
said.=20
"That's when it became an adventure to me to see a new bird or new =
plant."=20

Elliott, who has also led an interesting life as the first female mail=20
carrier in Tinley Park and once played semi-professional baseball, met =
Stanton 26=20
years ago on the tennis courts and they have lived through many =
adventures=20
together ever since.

The pair still canoe and backpack, and Elliott taught Stanton to =
downhill ski=20
when he was 78 years old. Two years ago, Stanton became the oldest =
person=20
ever to hike through Boundary Waters in Minnesota. That was the last =
year Stanton=20
was able to ride on the back of Elliott's motorcycle, which is how they=20
usually traveled.

"Joe is a super guy. There is not a negative bone in his body," she =
said.=20
"Restoring the grasslands is a minimum 10-year project and Joe plans on =
being=20
around to see it. I don't doubt him for a minute."=20

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<DIV>Thanks to John Sheerin for sharing the following good news on =
Bartel=20
Grasslands, Orland Grasslands and other FP areas to Friends of the =
Forest=20
Preserve listserv.&nbsp;&nbsp; Since so many birders (Marianne Hahn, =
Judy=20
Pollock, Wannetta Elliott&nbsp;and Wes Serafin among the many) have been =

involved in the saving and&nbsp;restoring habitat&nbsp;at these =
locations over=20
the years, I thought I'd share it with BCNnet.</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>Alan Anderson, <A=20
href=3D"mailto:casresearch@comcast.net">casresearch@comcast.net</A>,&nbsp=
; Des=20
Plaines</DIV>
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<DIV>STROGER ANNOUNCES THREE FPDCC NATURE PRESERVE =
HONORS September 19,=20
2003 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Steve Mayberry, =
312.603.0026=20
 Cook County Forest Preserve District Board President John =
Stroger has=20
 announced that the Forest Preserve District of Cook County=92s =
(FPDCC) Bartel=20
 Grasslands in Matteson and Orland Grasslands in Orland Park have =
been=20
designated as Land And Water Reserves and accepted for protection by =
the=20
Illinois Nature Preserves Commission. Also, 150 acres of the =
District's Camp=20
Sagawau in Lemont has also been designated as a buffer to the =
existing=20
Sagawau Canyon Nature Preserve. =93I am thankful to the =
Illinois=20
Nature Preserves Commission for helping the District to further =
protect its=20
lands, recognizing the invaluable nature of these truly wonderful =
holdings,=94=20
said Stroger. =93These designations will not only benefit our lands =
in an=20
ecological sense, but help to ensure that our children will enjoy =
them for=20
our generations to come.=94 All three recognized areas are =
undergoing=20
wetland and grassland habitat restoration, with funding assistance =
from the=20
United States Army Corps of Engineers=92 Material Services =
Corporation=20
Settlement Fund, administered by Corlands. Audubon of the Chicago =
Region is=20
also a partner in the restoration activities, providing planning, =
contract=20
management and volunteer assistance for the projects. Additionally, =
District=20
volunteer have logged hundreds of hours working on all three areas.=20
 Both the 585-acre Bartel Grassland and 960-acre Orland Grassland =
(of=20
which 898 acres were designated for protection) are remnants of what =
were=20
once vast prairies. Before settlement by farmers in the 1830's, the =
U.S.=20
Land Survey found virtually no trees on either property, and listed =
much of=20
the land as "rich soil but too wet for agriculture." Farmers =
overcame that=20
problem with miles of drain tiles, and planted trees around =
homesteads. The=20
FPDCC planted trees on part of the lands after acquisition in the =
1960's,=20
primarily around the edges, while leasing much of the interior for =
hay=20
crops. An inadvertent benefit of haying was that grassland birds =
continued=20
to use the sites. Designation as Land and Water Reserves will =
provide=20
additional legal protection for these habitats, while allowing uses =
like=20
small public parking lots and walking trails that are not permitted =
in=20
Nature Preserves. These sites provide unusual opportunities for =
the=20
District to provide large, unbroken grasslands to benefit grassland =
bird=20
specialists, especially the state-endangered Henslow's sparrow.=20
 Restoration at the Bartel Grassland has included disabling old=20
agricultural drain tiles to restore a more natural hydrology, =
removal of=20
over 5 miles of interior fence row trees, and seeding and planting =
native=20
species, providing about 375 acres of habitat for open-area birds. =
Most of=20
the remaining areas on the borders of the property will retain the =
mixed=20
woodland that was planted shortly after the District acquired the =
property.=20
 Management at the Orland Grassland will include removal of some =
interior=20
 trees planted in the 1960's, planting trees to enhance the buffer =
areas=20
bordering major streets, disabling old agricultural drain tiles, and =

enhancing vegetation with native species. Both sites host breeding=20
bobolinks, savannah sparrows, and grasshopper sparrows, among other=20
grassland specialists. The District's goal at the Camp Sagawau =
site is=20
to preserve and restore rare dolomite prairie and graminoid fen =
habitats. In=20
the lower Des Plaines River valley, these habitats provide homes for =
a=20
number of unusual species of plants and insects, including the=20
federally-endangered Hines Emerald dragonfly. While the dragonflies =
have not=20
yet been seen at Camp Sagawau, they have been found in similar =
habitats=20
nearby, and expansion of potential habitat for them is a goal of the =

recovery plan for the species. This site is a buffer to Sagawau =
 Canyon, the=20
only natural rock canyon in Cook County, which hosts a rare dolomite =
 cliff=20
plant community . The canyon was granted nature preserve status in 1984. =

<BR><BR>For more information about these sites contact the District=92s =
Department=20
of <BR>Resource Management at 708-771-1335. =
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<DIV>----- Original Message -----=20
<DIV>From: &lt;<A=20
href=3D"mailto:Johngsheerin@aol.com">Johngsheerin@aol.com</A>&gt;</DIV>
<DIV>To: &lt;<A=20
href=3D"mailto:fpfriends@yahoogroups.com">fpfriends@yahoogroups.com</A>&g=
t;</DIV>
<DIV>Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 9:04 PM</DIV>
<DIV>Subject: [fpfriends] Orland Grasslands - Very positive Daily =
Southtown=20
story from Sunday</DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><BR>{One small correction - the former Orland Tract is =
now=20
officially called the <BR>Orland Grasslands per a resolution sponsored =
by=20
Commissioner Liz Gorman and <BR>others at the last FPD Board meeting - =
please=20
make a note of=20
it}<BR><BR>--------------------------------------------------------------=
----------------<BR>--<BR>&nbsp;<BR>Local=20
Editions&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; South | Southeast | Back to main news=20
<BR><BR><BR>Prairie partners <BR><BR>Pair determined to see Orland Tract =

restored <BR><BR>Sunday, October 5, 2003<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>By =
Kimberly=20
A. Brehm<BR>Special to the Daily=20
Southtown<BR><BR><BR>----------------------------------------------------=
--------------------------<BR>--<BR>It=20
will take at least 10 years for volunteers at the Orland Tract to return =
<BR>the=20
land back to its native state, but Joe Stanton is determined to see it=20
<BR>completed.<BR>The 94-year-old Oak Forest man, who has spent the past =
22=20
years working to <BR>entice endangered birds to the area, cannot wait to =
see the=20
land restored to its <BR>natural beauty.<BR><BR>But the patriarch of the =
Orland=20
Grasslands volunteers won't be able to see <BR>the fruits of his labors. =
He is=20
legally blind. That doesn't stop him though from <BR>working almost =
daily at the=20
960-acre grass prairie.<BR><BR>"As long as I could walk, I have been =
involved in=20
prairies," Stanton said. <BR>"It's in me. I would cry if I couldn't get =
into the=20
fields. To feel the wind, <BR>hear the birds, smell the plants =97 =
that's what=20
keeps me going."<BR><BR>Stanton and his best friend, 57-year-old =
Wannetta=20
Elliott, spend much of <BR>their time working at the tract =97 known as =
the Orland=20
Grasslands to volunteers who <BR>are trying to have it renamed. The area =
is=20
bordered by LaGrange Road on the <BR>east and 104th Avenue on the west, =
and runs=20
between 167th and 179th streets.<BR><BR>Elliott helps guide Stanton =
through the=20
grasslands and he helps her identify <BR>native flowers, plants and=20
wildlife.<BR><BR>Stanton doesn't need his eyesight to do the work. He is =
so=20
knowledgeable that <BR>he can simply touch, smell and even taste a plant =
to=20
determine what it is and <BR>if it is native to Illinois.<BR><BR>"There =
is=20
nothing that Joe doesn't know about the plants out there," said =
<BR>volunteer=20
Suzanne Koglin, who is generally recognized as the leading Orland Tract=20
<BR>guardian and heads the volunteer group. "He's just =
amazing."<BR><BR>The=20
prairie restoration is an undertaking being carried out by the Audubon=20
<BR>Society of Chicago, CorLands, volunteers and the Forest Preserve =
District of=20
<BR>Cook County, which owns the land.<BR><BR>The parcel is the =
district's single=20
largest grassland holding and the only <BR>site authorized for frog =
monitoring,=20
officials said.<BR><BR>Using $614,000 in CorLands money last year the =
district=20
cleared trees from <BR>the site's interior to create one large =
continuous=20
grasslands area. The open <BR>space is a natural home for certain =
species of=20
migratory birds.<BR><BR>Planners are now awaiting word on a $1 million =
federal=20
grant through a <BR>"cost-sharing program" from the Army Corps of =
Engineers to=20
fund the removal of <BR>thousands of drainage tiles buried when the land =
was=20
farmed. Removing the tiles <BR>would turn some areas back into=20
wetlands.<BR><BR>In the meantime, volunteers last month spent two weeks =
cutting=20
out teasel, an <BR>invasive European plant, and are now in the process =
of=20
gathering native plant <BR>seeds from other areas to distribute in the=20
grasslands.<BR><BR>"We're hoping to make it look like Illinois prairies =
of 100=20
years ago," <BR>Elliott said. "That will bring back birds like Sandhill =
cranes=20
and other wildlife <BR>that have disappeared over time."<BR><BR>Stanton =
began=20
building and hanging bluebird houses 22 years ago, hoping to <BR>entice =
the=20
at-the-time endangered birds.<BR><BR>A former woodcarver who helped =
established=20
the Woodcarver's Museum in South <BR>Holland, Stanton now has more than =
80=20
houses at the site and has been <BR>successful in creating a home for =
the=20
migratory birds. Last year, 72 bluebirds were <BR>hatched on the land.=20
<BR><BR>"People said they hadn't seen a bluebird in the area in 50 =
years. Now we=20
have <BR>more than 70 there. They raise their young and come back in the =
spring.=20
That <BR>was our dream =97 to see them come back," Stanton said. "To see =
a rare=20
bird is <BR>such a thrill. It's everything to me."<BR><BR>Seeds from =
native=20
plants such as rosenweed, golden rod, prairie sunflowers, <BR>bergamot, =
cream=20
gentian and compass, which has leaves that follow the sun, will <BR>be =
planted=20
this month and should be blooming by next spring, volunteers =
said.<BR><BR>"I=20
love being a part of anything conducive to bringing back these flowers =
and=20
<BR>birds," Stanton said. "I love nature and want to make the most of =
whatever=20
is <BR>left."<BR><BR>About two years ago, Koglin established the Orland=20
Grasslands Volunteers, a <BR>group of about 100 who are committed to =
doing=20
whatever is necessary to restore <BR>the prairie.<BR><BR>And Stanton, =
through=20
his dedication, vast knowledge and sheer determination, <BR>is showing =
them the=20
way, she said.<BR><BR>"Joe is the poster boy for volunteers," Koglin =
said. "He=20
works tirelessly and <BR>he's fun to be with. He doesn't think about =
age. If you=20
get up and go, you're <BR>alive, he says. He's very inspirational. We =
say if Joe=20
can do it, we can do <BR>it."<BR><BR>Stanton's love of nature began when =
he was=20
a small boy being raised in an <BR>orphanage. He still clearly remembers =
his=20
first sighting of a rare bird, the <BR>black burnion warbler, in the =
orphanage's=20
yard.<BR><BR>"People today have never seen it and it's a beautiful =
bird,"=20
Stanton said. <BR>"That's when it became an adventure to me to see a new =
bird or=20
new plant." <BR><BR>Elliott, who has also led an interesting life as the =
first=20
female mail <BR>carrier in Tinley Park and once played semi-professional =

baseball, met Stanton 26 years ago on the tennis courts and they =
have lived=20
through many adventures together ever since. The pair still =
canoe and=20
backpack, and Elliott taught Stanton to downhill ski when he was 78 =
years=20
old. Two years ago, Stanton became the oldest person ever to hike =
through=20
Boundary Waters in Minnesota. That was the last year Stanton was =
able to=20
ride on the back of Elliott's motorcycle, which is how they usually=20
traveled. "Joe is a super guy. There is not a negative bone in =
his body,"=20
she said. "Restoring the grasslands is a minimum 10-year project and =
Joe=20
plans on being around to see it. I don't doubt him for a minute."=20
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