Answer: Shortgrass prairie does great with livestock because it allocates a lot of growth below ground and it keeps carbon below ground. It also spreads outward, not up, and that is great for grazing.

We don’t often think about plant roots because they are out of sight, out of mind, yet their growth and health greatly affect ...

PARK TOWNSHIP, Mich. — The former airport in Park Township will be turned into a native shortgrass prairie — with additional recreational opportunities available on the property — following ...

Rangers invite community members to participate in "The Hidden Worlds of the Shortgrass Prairie,” which will take place between 6 and 7 p.m. at the Longmont Public Library at 409 Fourth Ave.

The idea is to turn highly disturbed soil and plant landscaping into native shortgrass prairie, which would reduce the maintenance footprint required for lawn care, reduce the risk of invasive ...

Previously, we have written in detail about shortgrass prairie grasses Sideoats Grama, (1-24-2021) and Curly Mesquite (08-01-2022) and a tallgrass prairie grass, Deer Muhly, (1-19-21) but here are ...

Founded in 2001 as an offshoot of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), the American Prairie concept was to purchase as much intact shortgrass prairie habitat adjacent to the federally managed C. M ...

This male thick-billed longspur was nearly invisible on the shortgrass prairie north of Hillsdale. Longspurs are named for the long claw on their backward-facing toe. Kirk Miller/courtesy ...

Today The Hidden Worlds of the Shortgrass Prairie: 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Sandstone Ranch Visitor Center, Sandstone Drive, Longmont.

Today 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.

More than 300 species of birds live in or migrate throughout the shortgrass prairie here, nourished by a diversity of insects that may thrive in part by the ways that bison wallow.