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Prairie comeback on William Winkelman’s Iowa farm
Lohrville Iowa farmer William Winkelman restored more than 35 acres to native prairie habitat sparking a rebound of wildlife including pheasants badgers partridges and deer. He and his family planted prairie grasses and trees since 1972 using seeds from ISU and nearby prairie land noting the land could have been in natural state 200 years ago.
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Lohrville
Iowa
William Winkelman
Winkelman
Inkelman
Winkelmans
Iowa State University
Nebraska