What remains of the stunning shortgrass prairie of eastern Colorado is at even more risk of die-off than previously thought, threatened by increasingly common extreme droughts. The same fate awaits ...
Boulder County Parks and Open Space will host an event to showcase shortgrass prairie ecosystems on Aug. 15. According to a release, rangers invite community members to participate in “The Hidden ...
Before European settlers came to North America, bison migrations were essential to the annual renewal of shortgrass prairie ecosystems, says EarthWatch chief scientist Cristina Eisenberg. By nipping ...
Prairies used to cover a swath of America from Mexico to Canada. But not all prairies are the same. Different conditions dictate each prairie ecosystem, and thus what plants and animals exist in each ...
The Hidden Worlds of the Shortgrass Prairie talk: 6 p.m. Thursday, Longmont Public Library, 409 Fourth Ave., Longmont. Discover the quiet beauty of the shortgrass prairie in Boulder County. Prairies, ...
The Great American Prairie is anything but boring. The American Prairie protects over 3.2 million acres of shortgrass prairie in Montana. With wildlife like pronghorn, eagles, and buffalo, it's one of ...
The Hidden Worlds of the Shortgrass Prairie: 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Sandstone Ranch Visitor Center, Sandstone Drive, Longmont. Discover the quiet beauty of the shortgrass prairie, a native ecosystem in ...
Across the Great Plains, including Texas, there are a gradient of physical conditions going from west to east as you cross the shortgrass prairie through the mixed grass prairie to the tall grass ...
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... EADS — Standing under cottonwood trees with conservationists and tribal leaders, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland on Wednesday announced an expansion of ...
KIMBALL, Neb. (AP) - Although Shaun Evertson was born on the Great Plains hundreds of miles from the nearest ocean, he began his career in the Navy. As a search-and-rescue paramedic, he served for 14 ...
We've been braving the wind in Doney Park for 11 years now. We had hardly any neighbors when we first moved in, and were surrounded by open fallow fields, which used to be pinto bean farms and sheep ...