NRES students will work with Grand Prairie Friends to restore a sustainable prairie on 2.5 acres at the southwest corner of Florida Avenue and Orchard Street in Urbana. Work will begin on this area, currently a "no-mow" zone, this fall and be completed by summer 2011. The Office of Sustainability, based on a recommendation from the campus Student Sustainability Committee, awarded funding to Tony Endress, Professor of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, for the effort. The funds came from the student Clean Energy Technology and Sustainability Fee.