Expanding Crisis in the Prairie Pothole Region

When farm programs, known as “swampbuster” and “sodsaver,” began protecting wetlands and adjacent grassland ecosystems 25 years ago, the vast majority of wetlands in the

The Farm Bill and Wildlife: Grassland Conversions Threaten the Lesser Prairie Chicken

The lesser prairie chicken, one of our nation’s iconic grassland birds known for its unique breeding behavior, is also one of our most at-risk species