European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 06, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse Kansas konza7 Grassland Laboratory weathered Windmill stand a lonely reminder of Man to past intrusion into the a photos by John i by Scott Kab associated pre�3 the ventured Aci Plains he acres of coarse stems erupted Only occasionally by Dar Ordry Ravine. Almost All of that is gone reap the Harvest of the i but Konza Prairie remains soil that has become the Grassland Laboratory. Konza is an 8.616-acre pal Hills in Kansas. From the in stale 70. It extends four Manhattan where the Biol Konza Tench at Kansas state Konnii is a soothing sight for Lomed to the Concrete cover of the manicured lawns of these it Prairie grass moves in Waves i Kansas wheat. From the air pm tie undulations look desolate be and plateaus appear to have Ben up by hoi desert winds. Puffy Clouds cast eerie ing shadows and dark or off carrying evening Raios Are vow Miles before they arrive. Scientists Glide Over therral Fuci Trie powered vehicle s Wilh tire soft Ber to protect the grass. 1t j among thin stalks a to six feet. Take samples of the dark he of soil or snip a few strands of a till elem grass in Lloyd c Hulbert. A of surrounds his desk with Pampa my and Dusty books directs the Kuffle research natural area. Her to recent interview in a stifling from a partly open window air conditioners like some other ments Man makes on nature fit style. The acquisition of the targe natural Prairie in the coup try beginning for Hulbert. Who Kansas state University 22 y session where Progress often i in centuries. A Hundred years ago never dreamed of the Condit Ojeil and sometime toffs he says. Years the r. A having some Esthe there s a pretty Good a aesthetic Benefit weather station is Only the Prairie was an i ral ecosystem before it from Texas to Kansas to Indiana this. Bane lira ii hop in Muir a we a sign of Man for Miles on Knorn T1 T plants animals and Bac Lerui Konza near Manhattan Kan Spondin pm Cal and Chernaj Ull. A no i ii Newt men became the most Page 10 the stars and stripes
