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Maps
Bell Bowl Prairie overlaid on an expansion plan from 2021.
White dotted boundary outlines Bell Bowl Prairie (mixture of high, medium, and low quality), green area depicts the Illinois Natural Area Inventory site.
The high, moderate, and degraded sections of Bell Bowl Prairie according to a 2018 ENCAP report.
FY 2023-2027 Transportation Improvement Proposal (dated October 18th, 2021). Click to view the full document and description.
The airport's 2008 masterplan calls for significant land acquisition and an additional runway.
Rockford Airport boundry, totaling about 3000 acres of land.
The updated construction plan (as of March 2022) that puts a road through high quality prairie.
An airport-proposed construction alternative that aligns the road to the north of the high-quality prairie, instead putting it though moderate-quality prairie.
An airport-proposed construction alternative that aligns the road to the south of the prairie.
An airport-proposed construction alternative that moves the road to the southeast of the prairie.
An airport-proposed construction alternative that would build a bridge over the high-quality prairie.
Profile Pictures
Graphics
Aerial photo from October 2021 showing the road the airport wants to build through the prairie, annotation and illustrations by Liz Anna Kozik
Flyer formatted for printing two on a sheet of 8.5 x 11" paper (click to download)
Links to savebellbowlprairie.org. Illustration by Liz Anna Kozik, @chase_prairie
Illinois prairie in the early 1800s vs. total Grade A and Grade B prairie remaining today; graphic by cassi saari
By Karen Johnson
By Mark Blassage
By Liz Anna Kozik, @chase_prairie
By Liz Anna Kozik, @chase_prairie
By Liz Anna Kozik, @chase_prairie
By Liz Anna Kozik, @chase_prairie
Graphic by Andrea Wallace
Graphic by Andrea Wallace
Graphic by Andrea Wallace
Graphic by Andrea Wallace
Graphic by Andrea Wallace
Graphic by Andrea Wallace
Illustration by @infurnalyote
By Liz Anna Kozik, @chase_prairie
By Liz Anna Kozik, @chase_prairie
By Liz Anna Kozik, @chase_prairie
A flyer formatted for printing two on a sheet of paper (click to download)
A Rockford-focused flyer formatted for printing two on a sheet of paper (click to download)
A to-scale depiction of the land acreage owned by the Rockford Airport versus total remnant prairie in Illinois. Graphic by Jillian Neece with illustrations by Liz Anna Kozik.
A to-scale depiction of the acrage of land owned by the Rockford Airport versus the total size of Bell Bowl Prairie as of 2019. Graphic by Jillian Neece with illustrations by Liz Anna Kozik.
A to-scale depiction of the total land area of Bell Bowl before construction began, compared to the current land area. Graphic by Jillian Neece with illustrations by Liz Anna Kozik
Lawsuit: Explained graphic by Jillian Neece. Page 1
Lawsuit: Explained graphic by Jillian Neece. Page 2
Lawsuit: Explained graphic by Jillian Neece. Page 3
Lawsuit: Explained graphic by Jillian Neece. Page 4
Lawsuit: Explained graphic by Jillian Neece. Page 5
Lawsuit: Explained graphic by Jillian Neece. Page 6
Lawsuit: Explained graphic by Jillian Neece. Page 7
Lawsuit: Explained graphic by Jillian Neece. Page 8
Ellen Rathbone's comments to GRAA Board. Page 1
Ellen Rathbone's comments to GRAA Board. Page 2
Ellen Rathbone's comments to GRAA Board. Page 3
Ellen Rathbone's comments to GRAA Board. Page 4
Ellen Rathbone's comments to GRAA Board. Page 5
Ellen Rathbone's comments to GRAA Board. Page 6
Ellen Rathbone's comments to GRAA Board. Page 7
A collection of responses to "Why do we love prairies?"
A collection of responses to "Why does Bell Bowl matter?"
A collection of responses to "What inspires you to keep fighting?"
Photos
Eastern pasqueflowers (Pulsatilla nuttaliana) at Bell Bowl, photo by Ron Panzer
South end of prairie, facing northeast (October 2021)
South end of prairie, facing northeast (October 2021)
Northwest end of prairie facing southeast (October 2021)
Prairie dropseed (Sporobolus heterolepis), by cassi saari
Prairie gentian (Gentiana puberulenta), by cassi saari
Prairie sage (Artemisia ludoviciana), by cassi saari
October 2021
Native cactus (Opuntia sp.), by cassi saari
Aromatic aster (Symphyotrichum oblongifolium), by cassi saari
Heath aster (Symphyotrichum ericoides), by cassi saari
Leadplant (Amorpha canescens), by cassi saari
Prairie dandelion (Nothocalais cuspidata), by Edward Cope
Fringed puccoon (Lithospermum incisum), by Jeff Skrentny
Construction at Bell Bowl (October 2021)
Prairie smoke (Geum triflorum), by Derek Ziomber
Sandy, gravelly soil at Bell Bowl, by cassi saari
Road bed construction at Bell Bowl (October 13th, 2021)