Tag: Grasslands
Texas fires: With over 1 million acres of grassland burned, cattle...
Karen Hickman, Oklahoma State University
Strong winds spread the largest wildfire in Texas history across more than 1 million...
Arbor Day: Why planting trees isn’t enough
Karen D. Holl, University of California, Santa Cruz and Pedro Brancalion, Universidade de São Paulo
For 151 years, Americans...
In protecting land for wildlife, size matters – here’s what it...
David Jachowski, Clemson University
Driving north on state Highway 66 through the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation in central Montana,...
Is the Western drought finally ending? That depends on where you look
Dan McEvoy, Desert Research Institute
After three years of extreme drought, the Western U.S. is finally getting a break....
Raising cattle on native grasses in the eastern U.S. benefits farmers,...
Patrick Keyser, University of Tennessee
Early on a cool June morning, heavy dew lies on the grass of rolling...
Arbor Day should be about growing trees, not just planting them
Karen D. Holl, University of California, Santa Cruz and Pedro Brancalion, Universidade de São Paulo
For 149 years, Americans...
Animals large and small once covered North America’s prairies – and...
Joel Berger, Colorado State University and Jon Beckmann, University of Nevada, Reno
In the grip of winter, the North American prairies can look deceptively barren....
Bison are back, and that benefits many other species on the...
Matthew D. Moran, Hendrix College
Driving north of Pawhuska, Oklahoma, an extraordinary landscape comes into view. Trees disappear and an immense landscape of grass emerges,...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
