Orland Grassland after a controlled burn

Sure this scene looks bleak, like something out of the post-apocalyptic movie The Road.

But by midsummer this restored prairie in Orland Park, Illinois after this spring's controlled burn will be beautiful.

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• (Photos) Orland Grassland in winter
• After a prescribed burn: Morton Grove's brown lands
• (Photos) A prescribed burn in progress

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