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People Speak of Prairie
Young Spencer Carmichael knows the quack of a duck. And if you were to ask him, he could show you where the wood frogs hop. Spencer can spot a hawk soaring high in the prairie sky. And because Spencer has scrambled atop the big buffalo rocks, he'll tell you all about them. Spencer is a young
elementary school student who, with his friend Sarah at his side, loves to play in the natural playground of the prairie. For a kid, Spencer says, the prairie is fun. Period.
Jessica Gregory grew up in Grand Forks but it wasn't until she reached her twenties that she began exploring local prairies. As a graduate student who studies wetlands ecology at the University of North Dakota, native grasslands have become a living laboratory for her teaching. And of course, it's also a great place to simply explore.
For some 40 years, Vince Ames has walked the prairie. Looking out across Oakville Prairie, he watches waves of grass and dreams of the sea. His days beneath the prairie sky are not exercises in solitude, however. Vince is a hands-on teacher, and the prairie has always been an extension of his classroom.
Generations of his biology students are fluent in the science of our local flora and fauna, much as if it were a second language. And why not? Listen closely. The prairie has a language all its own.
elementary school student who, with his friend Sarah at his side, loves to play in the natural playground of the prairie. For a kid, Spencer says, the prairie is fun. Period.
Jessica Gregory grew up in Grand Forks but it wasn't until she reached her twenties that she began exploring local prairies. As a graduate student who studies wetlands ecology at the University of North Dakota, native grasslands have become a living laboratory for her teaching. And of course, it's also a great place to simply explore.
For some 40 years, Vince Ames has walked the prairie. Looking out across Oakville Prairie, he watches waves of grass and dreams of the sea. His days beneath the prairie sky are not exercises in solitude, however. Vince is a hands-on teacher, and the prairie has always been an extension of his classroom.
Generations of his biology students are fluent in the science of our local flora and fauna, much as if it were a second language. And why not? Listen closely. The prairie has a language all its own.
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