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Rebound, Decline and Reintroduction on the Plains: Grasslands News from January 2013
Posted by American Prairie Reserve on February 13, 2013 
IN THIS POST: Wood Bison in Alaska, Text Messages Versus Poachers, South American Tapirs, Linking Prairie Dogs and Grassland Birds, India’s Blackbuck, Biodiversity and Exotic Animals in Europe, Grasslands National Park – In an effort to increase awareness of grasslands issues and encourage you to fall in love with our world’s prairies, American Prairie Reserve compiles…
Brazil, Australia, India and Beyond: Grasslands News from November 2012
Posted by American Prairie Reserve on December 17, 2012 
In an effort to increase awareness of grasslands issues and encourage you to fall in love with our world’s prairies, American Prairie Reserve compiles a news roundup each month. These stories will introduce you to the organizations working to restore this endangered ecosystem, demonstrate the diversity of the plains and showcase the many different approaches…
Birds, Bison and Lions: Grasslands News from October 2012
Posted by American Prairie Reserve on November 12, 2012 
In an effort to increase awareness of grasslands issues and encourage you to fall in love with our world’s prairies, American Prairie Reserve compiles a news roundup each month. These stories will introduce you to the organizations working to restore this endangered ecosystem, demonstrate the diversity of the plains and showcase the many different approaches to…
Should Conservation Look Back? Examining Historic Wildlife Populations of America’s Serengeti
Posted by American Prairie Reserve on August 15, 2012 
“Immense” was the word Meriwether Lewis used repeatedly to describe the abundance of wildlife on the prairie during his transcontinental expedition with William Clark from 1804 to 1806; “We saw immence quantities of game in every direction around us as we passed up the river: consisting of herds of Buffaloe, Elk and antelopes with…
American Prairie Reserve, a Vast Grassland to Fill Your Soul
Posted by American Prairie Reserve on July 3, 2012 Despite our different approaches, conservationists in the West can all generally agree on one thing: nature inspires people. The diversity, richness and complexities of ecosystems encourage scientists to dig deeper, farmers to innovate, artists to paint, and, perhaps most importantly, the broader public to get out and explore. As we assemble American Prairie Reserve…
Posted by By Jordan Schaul Bison are symbolic of the American prairie and the wooded landscape and meadows of Canada’s boreal forest. But today they are no longer part of Alaska’s landscape. As the largest terrestrial mammal in the Western Hemisphere, they are an iconic species, and their return to Alaska would be monumental. I became involved with the wood…
More than a century after they were driven from the wild, wood bison, a close relative of plains bison and the largest mammal in North America, are set to make a comeback. If all goes according to plan, the first wood bison could be released into Alaska’s interior as early as 2012. By Jordan Schaul…
On Earth Day–April 22–we have a special opportunity to reflect on our shared home, the planet that gives and supports life to all of us and all other species. Humans have come a long way on this giant spinning rock hurtling through space–and we may still have a very long way to go. But we won’t…
American bison have the best chance of full recovery as wildlife by being allowed to roam freely across hundreds of thousands or even millions of acres, conservationists said in a study released today. “Making this possible poses one of the biggest challenges for restoring bison herds as both public and private landowners will need to…
