Grasslands once made up 95% of South Dakota. Now factors such as increased wood plants, conversion to farmlands, invasive ...

Rolling hills of grass and wildflowers once blanketed swaths of the state's western edge. Periodic fires set by Native ...

Before European colonization, it was estimated that Wisconsin was home to more than 2 million acres of grasslands, namely prairie and oak savanna found largely in the southern part of the state.

Here’s what to know about Milwaukee’s urban prairie, why it’s important and where else you find prairies in southeastern Wisconsin. Wisconsin sits in a transition zone where the deciduous forests in ...

It aims to keep the grassland free of trees and shrubs, maintaining the coastal prairie, one of California’s most overlooked ecosystems. Rolling hills of grass and wildflowers once blanketed ...