[To see photos and stories about this prairie from other years, go to the main Volvo Meadow page.]

In 2000 and 2001 Volvo meadow still had it’s volvo – a very old one that had been abandoned long ago by a farm worker.

And the surrounding fields – Western Prairie and Buffalo Ridge Prairie – were planted in soybeans.

Looking north-west from Buffalo Ridge, across Volvo Meadow to Western Prairie.

Looking north-east across Volvo Meadow from Western Prairie.