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John Skinner, owner of Skinner Native Seeds south of Roblin, inspects the rows of prairie grasses in a section of land that he and his team have worked to restore in protected Manitoba prairie in the RM of Ellice known as the Ellice-Archie Pasture. This is the third year in a five-year project for Skinner, in which he has reintroduced native grasses and flowers to sandy soil that was once broken as potential cropland. While still ongoing, the restoration has been successful in that approximately 95 per cent of the plants growing int he field are native to the province. (Matt Goerzen/The Brandon Sun)