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Finding native plants can be a challenge as many retail nurseries in Colorado stock limited native plants at best.
As Independence Day dawns under the “Stars and Stripes forever,” rural America stands tall as the “Land of Opportunity.” In ...
The Nachusa Grasslands, a 4,000-acre plot in Franklin Grove, Illinois, is home to a herd of 100 wild American Bison, which ...
Under the Great Plains, there's an aquifer powering the region's agriculture system. But it's running out of water, prompting farmers in middle America to consider more environmentally friendly crops.
Amid funding fears, Great Smoky Mountains Conservation Association points ... Frank Niceley, a Republican from Strawberry Plains in Jefferson County who died June 19, is being remembered for being ...
Lesser Prairie-Chicken Landowner Alliance provides landowners with incentives that help ranchers and bird habitat, Dave Bergmeier writes.
RAPID CITY, S.D. — Grasses and vegetation native to the Great Plains will be on display Friday and Saturday at the Great Plains Botanic Garden open house. The Great Plains Botanic Garden sits about ...
The interaction between bison and prairie vegetation significantly influenced carbon storage and nutrient cycling across the Great Plains. Contrary to common assumptions, moderate grazing by bison ...
Great Plains grid operator asks to fast-track power plants By Jeffrey Tomich | 05/30/2025 06:41 AM EDT Southwest Power Pool’s proposal is billed as a one-time, short-term fix to meet the need ...
Young elephants. Image via Unsplash. Elephants could provide profound ecological services to the Great Plains ecosystem. As “ecosystem engineers,” elephants physically alter their environment in ways ...
Still, temperatures across the Plains as well as the West and Southwest will remain 10 to 25 degrees above average Sunday afternoon.
In the Great Plains, Landowners Are Banking On the Lesser Prairie-Chicken’s Survival The best bet to save the imperiled species may be a system that pays farmers and ranchers to protect its grassland ...