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Explore Search: Grasslands: Great Plains and Prairie Potholes

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Passive rainfall reduction shelter in pinon-juniper savanna near Canyonlands National Park, USA (August 2010).

Chronic Drought Impacts on Colorado Plateau ecosystems (Rain-Out Experiment)

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Scientists work on insect traps in the Prairie Pothole region of North Dakota.

Aquatic Ecology and Contaminants

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A Western Meadowlark sits atop a pole.

Mapping Grassland Bird Community Distribution under a Changing Climate

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Close up view of dew on prairie grass at sunrise

Ecosystems We Study: Grasslands

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USGS scientist conducting agricultural research

Agricultural Practices

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Image: Collecting American Bison Fecal Samples

Grazing resources for integrated conservation of bison and native prairie at Badlands National Park, South Dakota

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Photo of amphipods collected during spring

Restoration of wetland invertebrates to improve wildlife habitat in Minnesota

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Corn fields in Nebraska

Quantifying the effects of land-use change and bioenergy crop production on ecosystem services in the Northern Great Plains

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Dryland agriculture in the Northwestern Great Plains ecoregion.

Importance of wetlands in intensively farmed landscapes to duck production

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Annual brome species invading a trail across native priairie

An adaptive management framework to control invasive annual brome grasses in Northern Great Plains parks (ABAM)

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A healthy native sand dropseed grass inside a connectivity modifier consisting of small mesh screens that trap seeds

New Approaches for Restoring Colorado Plateau Grasslands

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Field of Little Bluestem

Improving wildlife habitat through management and restoration of native prairies on lands under Fish and Wildlife Service ownership

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Image Collage of Landsat, pollinator, and volcanologist

Advancing the Environmental DNA Toolkit for Ecosystem Monitoring and Management

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Biological Science Technician surveying breeding birds on both idle and hayed portions of a CRP grassland in Sheridan County, Mo

Breeding bird use of grasslands enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program in the northern Great Plains

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Photo of technician surveying breeding birds on a grassland

Decision support for restoration and management of Service-owned native prairies: Implications for grassland bird communities

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Wetlands

Quantify the multiple services performed by wetland ecosystems in the Prairie Pothole Region of the United States