Powelson, Jannifer

Jannifer Powelson was raised on a farm in West Central Illinois. She graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in Biology from Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois, where she first started to get interested in the prairie. She received her Master's Degree in Biology from Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville. It was during her thesis research, which took place in Northern Illinois, that she began to learn, identify, and photograph prairie plants. She conducted research on wild raccoons and also had a few "incidents" with skunks, and that is how the characters from "Rachel and Sammy Visit the Pra...