This cache is next to the Heartland Prairie in Gordon Moore Park. This is a 27 acre prairie restoration. Before settlement, 60% of Illinois was tallgrass prairie. Today less than 1/100 of 1% of Illinois is in prairie. This site contains 132 prairie species. It almost always has spectacular displays. I have uploaded an example picture.
This site used to be a farm field. Around 1975, the Sierra Club started the restoration project. Hundreds of hours were spent gathering seeds from local sources. Then they had to be stored over winter. Many had to be rubbed with sand paper. Then the seeds were planted. And finally, the area has been burned several times. The Nature Institute eventually took over the restoration project.
The cache has a logbook, pen and some pictures. One picture is planting the prairie and the others are burning it. Please keep them in the cache.
The entrance for the site is across the highway from the main entrance to Gordon Moore Park. Park near the Heartland Prairie sign. The cache is off a trail/road that starts at the SE corner of the prairie. The trail through the prairie will take you to this corner. Please stay on trail.