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Jo Daviess County Prairie Sites Map. A tool for locating potential praire remnats.

Praire Remnant Project Wins National Award.

by Dan Harms

August 29, 2006

GLIS contest winner at the Jo Daviess Carroll Area Vocational Center.

 

As part of the second year CAD/GIS program at the AVC, Margaret Grommes worked on a cooperative program with the Jo Daviess County Conservation Foundation and the Northwest Illinois Chapter Prairie Enthusiasts.  Her  project developed a GIS to help identify locations that might harbor remnants of prairie.

An article about the project can be accessed at: http://www.webmazine.org/issues/bull222/documents/glis_giscomp.pdf

See a slide show about the project. GLIS Entry - Slideshow

 

GLIS Project Description

 

 

 

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