29 May 1998 - mow the prairie

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A scientific study discovered that grasslands which are mowed maintain more plant species.

Science is the closest thing we have to truth, so we’d better do what it says. To save valuable biodiversity we’ll cut the wild prairies, and to keep the weeds down you should let your lawn grow wild.

clue:

You don’t believe me? See “Modulation of diversity by grazing and mowing in native tallgrass prairie”, by S.L. Collins and four others, in the journal Science, 1 May 1998, pages 745-747.

give me a clue so sweet and true

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