[PCA] NEWS: First Couple Sees Progress in Effort to Reintroduce Native Plants to Texas Ranch

[Jason Spangler]

Some additional information:

In the video associated with the article, the first couple talk with 
Mike Williams, member of the Native Prairies Association of Texas 
(NPAT), a PCA Cooperator and land trust, about prairie restoration, 
Simpson Prairie, and NPAT. 

Mike Williams leads the prairie restoration project at Prairie Chapel 
Ranch, and uses native prairie plant seed from Simpson Prairie, a 
tallgrass prairie remnant he has permanently protected via a 
conservation easement with NPAT.

Read more about it at: http://www.wumple.com/?p=125

Watch the video at: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,325568,00.html#

Olivia Kwong wrote:
> http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,325568,00.html
>
> First Couple Sees Progress in Effort to Reintroduce Native Plants to Texas 
> Ranch
> Friday, January 25, 2008
> By Laura Bush
>
> As part of FOX News' feature on President Bush, I spoke with Bret Baier 
> about our ranch in Crawford, Texas. We love our home -- and one of the 
> things we're proudest of is our project to restore the Prairie Chapel 
> Ranch to its original landscape.
>
> See the link above for the full article text including mentions of PCA 
> Cooperators and the Seeds of Success program.
>
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