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Activists Consoled with Corner of Terry Prairie

Volunteers conducted a plant rescue at one of the largest unprotected calcareous wet prairies in this region — a site called Terry Prairie in Bridgeview, Illinois — because most of the site, located across from the courthouse on 76th Street, will soon become a residential development. The owner, Concord Homes, has pledged to protect 8 to 10 acres in the northwest corner of the 36-acre site. But activists are dismayed that the Army Corps of Engineers issued a permit in late April allowing the developer to fill in precious wetlands. “The unique hydrology of this site demonstrates the problem with wetland delineation as currently practiced,” said Doug Chien of the Sierra Club.

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