The Fall issue of Woodlands and Prairies Magazine has featured a Prairie Works project. The story highlighted the ‘Moone’ project at Apple Canyon Lake. It was a good one to feature.
This project represents a great relationship between the client and contractor/consultant, the local land trust and a property owners association. The local land trust, The Jo Daviess Conservation Foundation, initially got the ball rolling in 2006. The Moones hired Prairie Works to plan the project, perform the initial ground work then utilized Prairie Works consultations to assist on the ongoing maintenance requirements. The project served as a catalyst for the Apple Canyon Lake Property Owners Association to implement the Greenway Stewardship Program, which allows homeowners to voluntarily increase the ecological health of their neighboring open space areas at Apple Canyon Lake. With many facets involved, this project showed that several entities can work together to achieve one common goal.
However, the Moones work ethic is the true story here. Quite inspiring.
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