Kent Fuller Air Station Prairie is a 32-acre remnant of a tall-grass prairie that once stretched for millions of acres across North America. Originally restored by the Village of Glenview, this preserved land allows visitors to gain a peek into the facility’s cutting edge “green” technologies and how our Earth’s ecosystem truly works.

The Evelyn Pease Tyner Interpretive Center is a unique facility located on the prairie that promotes and teaches the benefits of sustainable living. With the inclusion of environmentally-sound design attributes and use of sustainable building techniques, the Tyner Center is recognized by the United States Green Building Council as a LEED Platinum building — one of the first to achieve this rating in this area. The Tyner Center showcases how easy it is to be “green” and gives visitors the opportunity to learn how these progressive technologies can be incorporated into daily life. 

At the Kent Fuller Air Station Prairie, you can:

• View rare native vegetation close-up and find over 160 plant species via walking paths 
• Look for Red-Tailed Hawks circling in the sky 
• Discover the many “crayfish” that make their home on the prairie
• Learn about the history of the Kent Fuller Air Station Prairie and how it got its name
• See the rooftop vegetable garden at the Interpretive Center and understand why the building is “green”
• Learn what you can do to help our environment