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Grigsby Prairie 15th Anniv People
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Grigsby Prairie 15th Anniv People
The 15th anniversary of CFC's first purchase at what would become our headquarters and largest property, Flint Creek Savanna, was a big success. Held July 12, 2003, there was great weather and a variety of activities. Here Waid Vanderpoel looks over the pond that was dedicated to him in 2002 for his ceaseless efforts and considerable vision over the years for this property and for CFC in general.

Grigsby Prairie 15th Anniv People
People and events at the Grigsby 15th Anniversary, Saturday, September 28, 2002, which included tours and seed collecting. The prairie is beginning to show a wide range of fall colors.

Grigsby Prairie 15th Anniv nature
Scenes of native plants and animals at Grigbsy Prairie, during Grisgby's 15th Anniversary event, Saturday September 28, 2002. The bumblebee finds fringed gentians are still in bloom, at left, as fall colors predominate.

Steyermark Woods
Several pictures from a workday of pulling garlic mustard at a small, rare ecosystem in North Barrington. Some area residents also pitched in on this steep north-facing slope near Indian Creek (east branch of Flint Creek), Saturday, June 8, 2002.

NPLD at Grigsby Prairie
A collection of photographs of volunteers collecting seeds at Grigsby Prairie on National Public Lands Day, Saturday, September 29, 2001.

Brush clearing at FCS
Volunteers on a snowy winter workday, clearing brush as the first step in restoring prairie and savanna landscapes in northeastern Illinois, on a Saturday in February, 2000.

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