KCPL Kids - Habitat Restoration

Habitat Restoration

To supply a consistent and reliable source of energy, Kansas City Power & Light has large tracts of land around our generating stations and smaller tracts around our substations. As stewards of our environment, we find ways to restore native prairies and forests on the land we own.

But our habitat restoration efforts go far beyond the boundaries of our own property. We find Lanesfield School ways to restore other public lands to their original levels of biodiversity. We also support efforts in areas such as reforestation of rain forests that benefit all of us, no matter where we live.

Individual employees' commitment to habitat restoration redouble the efforts we make as a corporation. Our employees actively support efforts by Boy Scout and Girl Scout groups, Camp Fire Boys & Girls, Ducks Unlimited, the national and local Audubon Society chapters and many, many other groups actively working to preserve our environment.

Whether looking to restore a prairie or to reduce greenhouse gases in the atmosphere by protecting tropical rain forests, KCPL and its many environmental partners work to maintain and protect our environment:

We donated the use of equipment to remove invasive trees at the Jerry Smith Farm Park in Kansas City, Mo., so it could be restored to a natural prairie condition.
At the historic Lanesfield School, a Johnson County Museum near Gardner, Kan., KCPL took crop ground and turned it back into prairie, creating an island of habitat.
Working in partnership with other local organizations, KCPL created 23.6 acres of wetlands in three cells on a former substation site near Gardner, Kans.
In the heart of the city, we are helping create a bounty of biodiversity at the Blue River Glade in Kansas City's Swope Park, the second largest urban park in the United States.
At the Stilwell Prairie, we're helping re-create the natural prairie that once covered much of Missouri.
KCPL's participation in UtiliTree involves planting trees, rain forest preservation and innovative forest management in the Mississippi River bottomland and at selected spots worldwide.

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