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DGF students help restore prairie near their school Fargo Forum article here
The Educational Prairie Trail near DGF High School on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026.Sam Weber / WDAY
The Educational Prairie Trail near DGF High School on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026.Sam Weber / WDAY
By Isak Dinesen
August 26, 2026 at 10:25 PM
GLYNDON, Minn. — A patch of prairie near Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton High School has been restored for conservation and education.
The Educational Prairie Trail is located just west of the school's football field. The land is 6 acres of locally restored prairie plants, along with an orchard and sweet corn patches.
Community members were invited Wednesday evening, Aug. 26, to learn how students will play a part in preserving the prairie, and also tag butterflies.
It's part of a greater initiative to restore prairie land across the region.
"We run combines through real prairie to get this seed, and they look just like this, so we're trying to emulate what was here originally, and we need to come back to that point of management in our environment," said John DeVries, founder of the United Prairie Foundation.
Sweet corn from those fields will be available to pick up through early September, with a free-will donation, supporting the school's conservation club and the FFA club.
Get inspired to help your students "think globally and act locally"! MAGE Steering Committee member Kerri Westgard's collaborative, hands-on school prairie restoration project at Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton (DGF) Middle and High School in Glyndon, Minnesota, guides students in transforming former agricultural land into a 6-acre native prairie alongside active school agricultural plots. Learn more at the DGF Outdoor Classroom website HERE and from a recent Fargo Forum Press article HERE.
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