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Nature Reserve Dedication September 30, 2007
The dedication of the Suzanne Ecke McColl Nature Reserve to the KU Kansas Biological Field Station and Ecological Reserves.
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Jason Koontz, left, and Hanna Koontz, 7, walk through prairie grass Saturday, Sept. 29, 2007 during the dedication of the Suzanne Ecke McColl Nature Reserve to the KU Biological Field Station and Ecological Reserves.
Jason Koontz, left, and Hanna Koontz, 7, inspect prairie grass Saturday during the dedication of the Suzanne Ecke McColl Reserve, about three miles north of Lawrence, to the KU Field Station and Ecological Reserves. The McColl Reserve provides an important buffer zone for the county's shrinking prairie land.
"They're called turkey's foot because they stem out into three like a foot of a turkey," Helen Alexander, a professor of the KU department of Ecology, said Saturday, Sept. 29, 2007 at the Suzanne Ecke McColl Nature Reserve. The prairie grass is also known as big blue stem and is the primary prairie grass in the area, Alexander said. In the 1800's, the majority of eastern Kansas was covered by prairie and big blue stem grass. Fewer natural burns and agriculture have diminished the natural prairies. She said only 5 percent remain.
People attending the dedication stop to look ever the prairie Saturday, Sept. 29, 2007 at the Suzanne Ecke McColl Nature Reserve.
A pedestrian path carved through trees leads to open prairie at the Suzanne Ecke McColl Nature Reserve.
Kelly Kindscher, left, an associate scientist for the Kansas Biological Survey, and Sharon Ashworth, a restoration project coordinator for the KBS, stand in the open prairie and wait for tour members Saturday, Sept. 29, 2007 at the KU Biological Field Station and Ecological Reserves during a land dedication of the Suzanne Ecke McColl Nature Reserve.
People gather for the dedication of the Suzanne Ecke McColl Nature Reserve.
The Suzanne Ecke McColl Nature Reserve seen over a tree line.
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