Burns Prairie Preserve features restored planted prairies and seasonal wetlands and alongside a one-time gravel pit. Summer flowers galore. The properties had been fairly devastated by human exploitation but are now, with human help, rejuvenating.

Burns Prairie Preserve may not be a remnant of the original prairies that bison roamed, but it is being actively restored to resemble such an ecosystem. The Preserve boasts native prairie grasses, such as big bluestem and Indian grass, as well as an abundance of summer-blooming wildflowers, including black-eyed Susan, purple coneflower, and butterfly weed. A seasonal wetland was also re-established in a drainage area that bisects the preserve.

https://www.chikamingopenlands.org/our-preserves/burns-prairie

The above description is courtesy of Pat Fisher, HCH President