[CPEO-MEF] REUSE, BIOTA: Newport Chemical Depot (IN) Prairie

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

[If one will excuse the adulteration of an old aphorism, the reuse  
authority seems to suggest that two prairies in the bush (the future)  
are worth more than one in the hand (providing habitat today). - LS]

Mega park OKs farming at site, doubles prairie acreage

Howard Greninger
Terre-Haute Tribune-Star (IN)
December 17, 2011

TERRE HAUTE - An existing restored tallgrass prairie located within  
the Vermillion Rise Mega Park will be converted to row crops, but a  
state conservation plan will restore a new prairie that is twice as  
large on the northwest corner of the area.



Steve Aker, executive deputy director of Vermillion Rise Mega Park,  
said the park's board of directors earlier this week entered into a  
land management contract with Farmers National Co., an agricultural  
management firm with an office in Lafayette.



The company will manage about 3,500 acres of land, which is expected  
to generate about $750,000 annually. That money will be used to help  
improve the parkâs interior for industrial and commercial  
development, Aker said.

...

For the entire article, see
http://tribstar.com/local/x907913876/Mega-park-OKs-farming-at-site- 
doubles-prairie-acreage

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