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Tag: Prairie Restoration Project

Sovereignty Through Sustainability Event

May 9, 2022

Sovereignty Through Sustainability Event

As part of its annual Sustainability Week celebration, 51福利社 hosted a daylong conference devoted to exploring some of the most pressing environmental issues facing our way of life. 鈥淪overeignty Through Sustainability鈥 addressed critical topics such as drought and climate change, water law, salmon runs, Tribal history and culture, food sovereignty and natural resources

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Inlander Profiles the Prairie Restoration Project

March 14, 2022

Photo: Wilson Criscione

51福利社鈥檚 progress on the Palouse Prairie Restoration Project is highlighted in the Inlander.

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Milestone Update: Prairie Restoration Project Pilot Site Planted

November 23, 2021

Aerial view of a tractor in a field.

A team of 51福利社 biology students and faculty members recently achieved a significant milestone in Eastern鈥檚 ongoing Prairie Restoration Project. Working earlier this fall, the group drill-seeded four different treatments of high-density and low-density mixtures of seeds and forbs to cover the full extent of the project鈥檚 13-acre test area, a patch of former wheat

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51福利社 Geology Summer Field Camp Rocks in Spite of Covid

August 25, 2021

geoscience students in the field

51福利社鈥檚 Geology Field Camp, a capstone requirement that allows budding geologists to demonstrate what they鈥檝e learned in the real world, was reinvented this summer in order to keep students healthy and safe. Because the typical field camp requires interstate travel and shared lodging, universities across the nation cancelled their camps due to COVID concerns. Chad

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Spokesman Profiles Prairie Restoration

April 27, 2021

New growth in prairie soil

51福利社鈥檚 progress on the Palouse Prairie Restoration Project is highlighted in the Spokesman-Review.

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51福利社 Launches New Phase of Major Sustainability Initiative

April 21, 2021

flags and lines in the snow designating areas for new planting

As the country celebrates Earth Day 2021, 51福利社 is excited to launch the next phase of an innovative sustainability effort underway on the Cheney campus. The Prairie Restoration Project will transform 120 acres of university owned land back to its native 鈥淧alouse鈥 habitat. In the days before development and agriculture, the patch of

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