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| | Marianist Environmental Education Center |
 | | Restoration began at Mount St. John in the early 1990s after the Ohio Department of Transportation harvested 75,000 cubic meters of sand and gravel, deposited here by the Wisconsinan glacier 17,000 years ago, to build Interstate 675. |
 | | Don Geiger, the Society of Mary, past and present MEEC staff, and the generous involvement of hundreds of volunteers, the “borrow pit” is now a thriving Eastern tallgrass prairie and restoration efforts have been undertaken in the woodlands, wetlands and old fields on the property. |
 | | The property was declared an Ohio Natural Landmark by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources in 1988, recognizing it as “an outstanding environmental education area possessing exceptional value in illustrating and interpreting the natural heritage of Ohio.” This section explores our restoration efforts. |
| meec.udayton.edu /LandStewardship.asp (252 words) |
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