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Saving a HABITAT: Moving the Healy Road Gravel Prairie.(Brief Article)
ELGIN, Illinois--Scientists, aided by more than 400 volunteers, appear to have saved a rare habitat in this part of the United States by moving it 6 miles away. By 1990, prairie habitats had all but disappeared from Illinois, often called the "Prairie State." So scientists felt it particularly urgent to save the Healy Road habitat.
The Healy Road Gravel Prairie, a small area of grasslands, was formed thousands of years ago over a large area of gravel deposits. When the grassland habitat was marked for destruction by a nearby gravel mining company, scientists decided to try to move the prairie to save it.
A prairie, like any habitat, is an area in which populations of both plants and animals make their homes. In order to save Healy Road Gravel Prairie, the scientists had to think not only about moving the soil and the plants but also about the animals that made their homes there. Before the grasses and low plants could be moved, the scientists and volunteers had to trap thousands of the insects and many of the small animals that made the prairie habitat their home too.
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