Close-up of fluffy dried seed heads on tall prairie wildflowers amid golden autumn grasses.

River Forest students restore Thatcher Woods with native seeds

Seventh-graders from Roosevelt Middle School collected pale Indian plantain seeds in Melrose Park on Oct. 7 as part of a three-year partnership with Trailside Museum to restore a one-acre native prairie plot in River Forest's Thatcher Woods.

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