Prairie grass and forbs make for excellent pasture - and great eye appeal, drawing in all kinds of birds. I have planted acres of prairie in restoration projects in Illinois using seed from old railroad right-of-ways. Better to see giant whitetail bucks in big and little bluestem, wild strawberries, blazing star, prairie dock, compass plant, cup plant and such than bare ground and fast food litter.
Nice. Herd animals like bison are a necessary part of a prairie, a counter-intuitive fact discovered during desertification research in Africa. I don’t get the hostility to this being expressed by some here, especially since this project is done by a private group. Native prairies improve soil and water retention and give wildlife a place to thrive. Some of us actually like being able to see some of the flora and fauna that Audubon witnessed. Too bad the America chestnut can’t be on that list.
“seed from old railroad right-of-ways”
Do you find native grasses on railroad rights-of-way? Why didn’t non-native invasive grasses take over on the rights-of-way?