A colleague of Leopold had found that he got closer to a more authentic prairie by planting prairie seed in a weedy field, rather than in a newly plowed field, as Leopold had first done.

• 利奥波德的一位同事发现，通过在杂草丛生的土地，而不是像利奥波德那样在新开垦的土地上播种北美草原的种子，能够获得更接近真实的北美草原。