savanna restoration

I spent my Saturday morning at a place called Rollins Savanna, learning about how they restored the site from cornfields and cattle pasture to prairie and savanna - it's really a work in progress. I met the man of my dreams - the guy in charge of the restoration, who really understands about how ecosystems work and also knows an awful lot about the individual species that go into it. He's very honest about the mistakes they made at Rollins, and it's obvious that he works hard and is devoted to the site. He's also very deferential - by the end of the session, he was directing people's questions my way - i guess i can be sort of a loud mouth about ecology.

Now i'm off to the evanston art fair. I hope it doesn't rain on me!