Prairie Crossing is a community near Chicago where residents have decided that they will maintain a certain amount of the surrounding land as a prairie preserve and they will cultivate prairie plants on their lawns. There is also a major prairie reconstruction within the site. To keep the prairie healthy, the residents do organized burns, that is they set a wildfire and control it, so that the plants and animals that used to rely on fires to reproduce, can survive. Although this is a very new kind of residential community, it is also very popular. Many of the houses are already sold.
Many people are interested in living in such an environmentally-sound community.
Write a short opinion piece about the article. Columnists and editors of the paper write about current issues, trying to present a perspective or opinion that couldn't be included in the news article itself. They present different points of view, analysis or speculation, rather than facts about the story. I've written an example of a Letter to the Editor here. As urban sprawl becomes a more significant problem in many of our cities, communities like this provide a valuable model of how to preserve the environment, protect our dwindling open space and safeguard environmental resources.