At Issue
S30 E31: Dixon Waterfowl Refuge at Hennepin and Hopper Lakes
Season 30 Episode 31 | 26m 44sVideo has Closed Captions
Guests discuss the conversion of farmland to a wetlands area in Putnam County.
Chicago-based Wetlands Initiative returned 3,000 acres to nature after it was farmed for a century. The organization turned off the pumps that formerly drained the land, and seeds germinated that had lain dormant for nearly a hundred years. Then 276 species of birds made it their destination. It’s the Dixon Waterfowl Refuge at Hennepin and Hopper Lakes along the Illinois River in Putnam County.
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At Issue is a local public television program presented by WTVP
At Issue
S30 E31: Dixon Waterfowl Refuge at Hennepin and Hopper Lakes
Season 30 Episode 31 | 26m 44sVideo has Closed Captions
Chicago-based Wetlands Initiative returned 3,000 acres to nature after it was farmed for a century. The organization turned off the pumps that formerly drained the land, and seeds germinated that had lain dormant for nearly a hundred years. Then 276 species of birds made it their destination. It’s the Dixon Waterfowl Refuge at Hennepin and Hopper Lakes along the Illinois River in Putnam County.
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