by Cliff Wallis | Mar 29, 2017 | News
The Nature Conservancy of Canada has announced a non-profit land conservation project near Grasslands National Park. The project, Wideview Complex, provides habitat for animals that are registered under the federal Species at Risk Act. Several species can be found at...
by Cliff Wallis | Feb 15, 2017 | News
Genetic recapture identifies long-distance breeding dispersal in Greater Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) Todd B. Cross, 1,2* David E. Naugle, 2 John C. Carlson, 3 and Michael K. Schwartz1 1USDA Forest Service, National Genomics Center for Wildlife and Fish...
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...
