A controlled burn was conducted on the prairie restoration area at IDNR headquarters on April 2, 2011. You can follow the prairie's progress each month on this Web page and learn which plants are currently blooming. All images are copyrighted to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources except as noted below.

April 2, 2011 - images copyrighted to John Wilker

April 7, 2011 - images by Adele Hodde, IDNR

May 2011 - image by Adele Hodde, IDNR

June 2011 - images by Adele Hodde, IDNR

July 2011 - images by Adele Hodde

August 2011 - images by Adele Hodde

Blooming Now - Scroll over the image to see the name of the plant.

Row 1 images

left image - Photo © 2009, River Valley Photographic Resources, Ltd., rvprltd.com

right image - Photo © 2012, Adele Hodde, Illinois Department of Natural Resouces

Row 2 images © 2009, River Valley Photographic Resources, Ltd., rvprltd.com