About 15 years ago, Flint Hills rancher Bill Sproul was given an oak sapling, sprouted from an acorn dropped beneath the tree ...

Citizens can help monitor the prairie and bison, and Native Americans can reconnect to their roots under a community science ...

Native prairies, probably the single most endangered ecosystem in the Northwest, were historically shaped by fire, but in the future they may be brought back to health by - of all things - the ...

Inspired by a Hale County farm that became a national birding destination, a new $17.5 million initiative seeks to help landowners restore disappearing grasslands across the state. When Christopher ...

PLUMMER, Idaho -- Almost $1 million is coming to the Coeur d'Alene Tribe to help restore the Palouse native grassland. $937,212 was awarded to the Tribe by the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation to ...

A Story County farmer is working to restore Iowa’s native ecosystems with the help of a bison herd. Jathan Chicoine is a Story County farmer who is working to restore Iowa’s native ecosystems with the ...

These fungi boost plant growth and restore depleted ecosystems, but federal funding for a library housing them has been cut – and it may be forced to close ...

Swift foxes are among the many species that rely on healthy grassland ecosystems. Image: Roshan Patel, Smithsonian National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute From the savannas of Sub-Saharan ...

Grassland ecosystems support globally important biodiversity, ecosystem services, and socioeconomic and cultural values for many communities. Restoring landscape-scale and resilient grassland ...

Cattle ranchers like Bill Sproul have translated this conservationist philosophy into land management by adopting practices ...