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JOURNAL-THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1997
resident volunteers at Tallgrass
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Preserve,
be held
7:00 to 8:30
20) at the
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6:30 to 8:30
25) at the
Center, 222
W. Main St.
Like the other volunteers, Ms.
McPherson drives to the prairie's
headquarters about once a
month to work with a team, giv-
ing tours and maintaining a
small book arid gift shop. She
also coordinates special activi-
ties.
About 12,000 visitors come
each year to the prairie. Its
37,000 acres are now a labora-
tory of sorts, where scientists are
studying 250 different species of
grasses, 80 species of mammals,
300 species of birds and un-
counted other plants and crea-
tures.
Tallgrass prairie used to
stretch from Canada to the Gulf,
but now it is rare, much of it
plowed for wheat and corn. No
complete tallgrass ecosystem
now exists with its full commu-
nity of plants and animals, so the
The Conservancy invites scien-
tists to use bison and controlled
burning to re:establish that eco-
system on former ranch land.
Visitors often know more than
the docents about birds or about
the old days on the Chapman
Barnard Ranch. Docents get to
share stories with cowboys and
scientists.
Visitors have come from 48 for:
eign countries, and 32 percent of
all visitors are from outside
Oklahoma. "I find it very inter-
esting to visit with people who :"::::
have made a special trip from (.
somewhere far away just to see ....
ille (left) and Iris McPherson will help
C docents at The Tallgrass Prairie north of
County ranching and oil history,
the Osage Tribe and The Nature
Conservancy's work
Other volunteers join work
crews at the prairie or help at
other nature preserves through-
out Oklahoma. For infi)rmation,
call Mary McIntyre at The Na-
ture Conservancy, (918) 585-
1117, ext. 22.
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the prairie," McPherson said.
Mary Mchityre, education and
outreach coordinator of the Con-
servancy, said she hopes to re-
cruit enough docents to keep the
visitors' office open every day
this spring and summer. Last
year, 90 docents greeted visitors
five days a week through the
spring andevery day from Me-
morial Day in late May through
()ctober.
I)ocents will take 16 hours ot
required training in April. They
learn about the prairie, Osage
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