If Bell Bowl Prairie is new to you, read more about the campaign to Save Bell Bowl Prairie and why the prairie is important here: https://www.savebellbowlprairie.org/about

You can also view the timeline of events: https://www.savebellbowlprairie.org/timeline

Around Save Bell Bowl Prairie efforts.

One of the last remaining prairies in Illinois, Bell Bowl Prairie, is slated for destruction as part of the expansion of the Chicago Rockford International Airport. Rare, threatened, and endangered species will be destroyed.

Expansion at the Chicago Rockford International Airport can be done responsibly and in ways that do not negatively impact the Bell Bowl Prairie or its rare plants and animals. Feasible, alternative plans exist and can be implemented to benefit the prairie and the Rockford community.

What’s at stake

Bell Bowl Prairie is a Category I Illinois Natural Areas Inventory (INAI) site, a designation granted by state biologists that reflects the site’s very high ecological quality. State-recognized natural areas such as this can and should be protected with conservation easements and dedicated nature preserve status. Several state and federally Threatened and Endangered species occur at Bell Bowl Prairie.

A federally Endangered rusty patched bumble bee (Bombus affinis) was found at Bell Bowl Prairie in 2021. The site also supports habitat and contains many plants that co-occur with the federally Threatened prairie bush clover (Lespedeza leptostachya), which is known to occur in the region. As of the November 2019 Environmental Assessment, no search for this rare species had been conducted. A more complete list of Threatened and Endangered species seen at Bell Bowl Prairie can be found.

Link – https://www.savebellbowlprairie.org/about

What You Can Do: https://www.savebellbowlprairie.org/home/#what-can-i-do

Please feel free to Tweet, by saying the following: Endangered species and ultra-rare habitat are under threat in Illinois! Protecting this prairie does not mean stopping development. @FlyRFD can do both! @GovPritzker @SecretaryPete @SenatorDurbin @SenDuckworth #SAVEBELLBOWLPRAIRIE https://t.co/MUrwmAQSRF

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