by Cliff Wallis | Nov 30, 2016 | News
By Chelsea Harvey November 29 at 10:35 AM Irrigation units prepare to deliver water to farmland in southwest Kansas near Dodge City, Kansas in 2012. (Reuters/Kevin Murphy) This story has been updated. The Great Plains lost more grassland to agriculture in 2014...
by Cliff Wallis | Nov 30, 2016 | News
Temperate grassland ecosystems are the least protected biomes on the planet. Worldwide, these important habitats are being lost at an alarming rate due to a number of factors that include the production of food and fuel for a growing human population. Their decline is...
by Cliff Wallis | Sep 30, 2016 | News
The report “American Prairie Reserve: Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation through Large-Scale Grassland Conservation” discusses the effects of climate change on grassland ecosystems and the effect of land use in the Great Plains on green house gas...
by Cliff Wallis | Sep 30, 2016 | News
18 black-footed ferrets transplanted to the Crow Reservation in continuing restoration efforts. Click here for video of release
by Cliff Wallis | Sep 15, 2016 | News
In Union of Concerned Scientists “Why the Loss of Grasslands Is a Troubling Trend for Agriculture, in 11 Maps and Graphs.” Click here to read article.
