I have an affection for the St. James prairie, it was our first IBP (CT) success. Others were slow to follow. In fact, it soon became clear that we needed legislation to enable sites on Crown Land and elsewhere to be protected. During the process of obtaining legislation there were five changes in those holding the Minister of Natural Resources portfolio, and it was not until 1981 that the Ecological Reserves Act, Bill 39 was passed. By then we had six Ecological Reserves.