Published May 21, 2017

Nature: Fertile prairie near Dayton produces rare fern

Heads up! This article was published 8 years ago.

Last spring, I was excited to see a report from Dave Nolin about his discovery of a rare fern. Nolin is a former administrator for Dayton’s Five Rivers MetroParks and a consummate naturalist.

He is passionate about Huffman Prairie, which occupies nearly 100 acres at the southern end of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. This prairie has a storied history, as it was here where Orville and Wilbur Wright honed their flying machines and housed their original flying school.

Read the full article on Dispatch.com.

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