Carving up the prairie
JAKE PARRISH/Press File Burning, which is no longer permitted on the prairie and vast amounts of farming activity, are nearly non-existent now. In this Oct. 22, 2015, file photo, Don L. Butler sits on the tailgate of a pickup truck as he lights a wheat field on fire using a wheat burning torch to help the field recycle its crops near the intersection of Greensferry Road and Hayden Avenue north of Post Falls. 150 acres of the city-owned land were burned.
Over 60 acres of prairie land was rezoned from agricultural to rural during a Kootenai County community development meeting as the area continues to move away from its farming roots. ...
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