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urban ecology center opens arboretum

9/24/2013

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By Lee Bergquist of the Journal Sentinel
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When visitors walk through the stone archway of the 40-acre Milwaukee Rotary Centennial Arboretum, they'll be greeted by an endangered landscape.

The oak savanna in Milwaukee's newest park was built from massive piles of dirt that had to be trucked in and bulldozed into a cluster of undulating, grassy berms, arrayed with newly planted oaks.
Read more from JSOnline: http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/new-milwaukee-park-creates-an-oak-savanna-in-urban-area-b99100470z1-224745772.html#ixzz2gUW9ucBk 
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