Preserving the Prairie

Recently Ben Team Members, Hava, Jack, Gary and Steve volunteered their time to help clear portions of land owned by a local technical college.

Blackhawk Technical College, here in Janesville, is fortunate to have a large area of property that has remained virtually untouched over the years. It was discovered that this undisturbed land contained a prairie remnant. Unfortunately this remnant was slowly being consumed by an overgrowth of honeysuckle and buckthorn. A group of volunteers from the college decided it was time to act before the prairie was lost forever.

The Ben Team joined in the effort to remove some of the overgrowth. They also did a little product testing by bringing along some brush clearing tools found in our catalog.

The group was successful in clearing a path through the land which will be valuable to future efforts. A club, at the college, has been established to help further the progress that has been made to restore the prairie.