pounds, and the fields blossomed, none of it would be possible without a corps of volunteers, like jay stacy. >> so what are you cutting today? >> this particular forb is called prairie coreopsis, scientific name corpeopsis palmata. >> how long have you been doing this? >> i've been doing this, this is my 21st year. >> i'm a prairie barber! >> all the tall grass planting was a little too successful. >> we just needed something to level the playing field. >> what they needed was something to thin out the grass, like an enormous vacuum. the solution? not a dyson, but a herd of bison. a posse of 800-pound grazing machines. >> we've just arrived at the nachusa grasslands and i am seeing these bison for the first time and i feel like i have been transported back 150-200 years. its pretty remarkable to see these enormous animals that were almost wiped out from north america. oh there's a baby, there's a little one. oh, a couple of them. bison have been part of the vision of the project since the very beginning, but it has taken us close to 30 years to be able to put together enough of a landscape

stacy kratzer has been charged with using money for herself. jayenson was diagnosed with advanced pancreatic cancer. she set up a web site. the donations became pouring in from family friends and strangers but when the family didn't receive that money and couldn't reach kratzer they called the police. >> with someone that's that sick and watching them go through what he's going through and then to have someone do something so evil to you and bring more stress into a very horrible stressful situation is devastating. >> kratzer is due in court next thursday. she's charged with felony theft and theft by deception. >> outrage continues on social media concerning a puppy that was shot and killed in a public park in roxborough. no charges have been filed because the shooter had a permit to carry a weapon and claims the dog growled and lunged at his wife. the dog's owner claims the 11 month old pup was 20 feet away from the couple wasn't never a danger. despite strong reactions on facebook, police say no crime was committed. >> ♪ >> happening today, the 1