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GPCN Prairie Webinar Series - February is Bison Month!

Missed it? No worries, watch the recordings at the links below!

Canada's Wild Buffalo Summit, with Cliff Wallis (watch the recording)
American Prairie Bison Program, with Pedro Calderon-Dominguez (watch the recording)
The Southern Herd: Bison Recovery in Mexico, with Rurik List and Mirna Manteca (watch the recording)

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2025 News & Events

 

American Prairie’s grazing leases on BLM land are revoked

Scaling Up Conservation in a Connected World — A Paper by The IUCN/WCPA Large Scale Conservation Area Task Force

Buffalo Beyond Borders April 13-17, 2026, San Antonio, TX

New bison paper: Yellowstone’s free-moving large bison herds provide a glimpse of their past ecosystem function

Canadian Wild Buffalo Summit, February 4-5, 2025 releases final report

Prairie Conservation and Endangered Species Conference – May 5-7, 2026, Saskatoon, SK

The Grouse and Grazing Project: Effects of cattle grazing on demographic traits of greater sage-grouse

Bird Conservancy of the Rockies 2024 Annual Report

New on our Resources page: USGS Publication: Climate Change Impacts on Plant Communities in the Sagebrush Region

New Tools on the Working With Beavers website

New on our Resources page: 2025 Wyoming Fences & Wildlife Handbook

2025 State of the Birds report

Grasslands Roadmap 2024 Annual Report

Grasslands, Savannahs and Rangelands: A Call for Integrated Action Under the Rio Conventions