Bell Bowl Prairie information

Bell Bowl Prairie
Bell Bowl Prairie
Prairie
	Prairie dropseed (Sporobolus heterolepis) at Bell Bowl Prairie
	Bell Bowl Prairie
	Coordinates: 42°11′N 89°06′W / 42.19°N 89.10°W
Location	Rockford, Illinois

Bell Bowl Prairie is a remnant dry gravel prairie located on public land in Rockford, Illinois (Winnebago County).^[1] It is considered a Category I Illinois Natural Areas Inventory (INAI) site due to its high quality natural community of native flora and fauna.^[2] It is currently owned by the Greater Rockford Airport Authority (GRAA), a public taxing agency in Winnebago County.^[3] According to GRAA, the prairie is "one of the best-preserved prairies in northern Illinois – a glimpse of the Rockford area prior to colonization".^[4]

Assessed in 2018, 5 acres of the approximately 22-acre prairie were considered high quality (roughly corresponding to the INAI area), and 4.2 acres were considered "moderate quality".^[5] In 2021, most of the prairie was expected to be demolished as part of the Chicago Rockford International Airport's expansion plans and the northern part of the prairie was irreversibly disturbed by construction activities.^[6]^[5]^[7] Environmental organizations, ecologists, and conservationists working to stop construction within the prairie area argued that the Greater Rockford Airport Authority could redesign the expansion plan without impacting the high quality prairie.^[8]^[9]^[10] After the Natural Land Institute filed a lawsuit against the airport board and several governmental agencies in October 2021, the airport halted construction to begin a renewed round of environmental consultation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.^[11]^[12]^[13] When construction activities were authorized to continue in March 2023, the southern portion was bifurcated by bulldozer in preparation for an access road on March 9, 2023.^[14]

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Bell Bowl Prairie
Prairie
Prairie dropseed (Sporobolus heterolepis) at Bell Bowl Prairie
Bell Bowl Prairie
Coordinates: 42°11′N 89°06′W / 42.19°N 89.10°W / 42.19; -89.10
Location	Rockford, Illinois