One of the reasons there is so little natural prairie left is because of overfertilation touted, naturally, by the big fertilizer companies. Overfertilization permits weeds to flourish. Don't know if this could be the reason, but obviously, noone would fertilize a cemetery so maybe that's why they thought it would be a good place to let prairie return. Could it be that the cemetery preservationists will end up fighting the prairie preservationists? What a comment on our society. Well, all we can do is what we can do, and this group seems to do it pretty well. MaryAlice Parks ----- Original Message ----- From: <Pride1jw@aol.com> To: <INPCRP-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, April 05, 2002 8:35 AM Subject: Re: [INPCRP] St. John's / Barrens Cemetery > I agree with Sue about Jack and his endeavors to do what he feels is right > regarding the Barrens? Cemetery( and others as well)..I can't for the life of > me help but feel there is an eighth of an acre somewhere in the same area > that the DNR and Nat. Cons. could use as a plot to preserve native flora. Of > all the land the Nat. Cons. owns ...I will reconsider when I choose /choose > not to buy Enviornmental Plates for my vechicle and pay dues to the Nat. > Cons..Both of which I have done for years....Ruth Pride Wheatland,Knox Co.... > > > ==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== > Quote from William Gladstone (1809-1897), three-time Prime Minister of England > and Victorian contemporary of Benjamin Disraeli: > "Show me the manner in which a nation or community > cares for its dead and I will measure with mathematical > exactness the tender mercies of its people, their > respect for the laws of the land, and their loyalty > to high ideals." >