Planned Uses and Educational Opportunities
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- More than two
miles of new nature trails with interpretive signs and displays, shelters,
and Kaw River Valley overlook
- Prairie wildflower,
edible and medicinal plant gardens
- Wetland and other
habitat restoration areas for teaching and public demonstration
- Ongoing research
projects in habitat restoration, prairie and forest succession, and
grassland management
- Field trips,
classes, and informal instructional workshops
- Opportunities
for the public to participate in research, restoration, future development,
and educational programming
- Public access
for nature-based recreation
- Wildlife habitat
conservation
- Establishment
of "Friends of KSR" to build community relationships and
assist KSR with directing new programs
- Compatible links
with recreation and open-space planning for future growth in Lawrence
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Future Enhancements and Features
| 1. Cultures of native prairie plants |
7. 80 acres retained by seller |
| 2. Forest succession and wildlife study |
8. Experimental succession |
| 3. Prairie restoration |
9. Wetland restoration |
| 4. Rockefeller Native Prairie |
10. Grassland management |
| 5. Shelter, parking, restrooms |
11. Gardens--wildflowers, edible and medicinal plants |
| 6. Two miles of new nature trails |
12. Kaw River Valley Overlook |
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| Forest succession area, to observe the spread of forests into prairies
and its effect on animal life. |
Rockefeller Prairie, continued as a reserve with protected boundaries
and more close but non-contact public viewing. |
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| Experimental succession plots (upper left); grassland management area
(upper right); wetland restoration area (lower left); native plant gardens
(lower right). |
Shelter, parking area, restrooms, and information signs serve visitors.
Throughout the entire area there will be places of solitude to sit and
enjoy nature. |
