Glacier-carved fields and ephemeral wetlands provide a crucial stopover for long-distance migrants and prolific breeding ...
Known as the Prairie Pothole Region, these shallow pools of water were left behind after glaciers receded and have been a ...
The potentially affected prairie pothole region includes parts of Iowa, Minnesota, Montana and South Dakota, as well as Interior Secretary Doug Burgum’s home state of North Dakota. All told ...
Loss of grasslands habitat and a prolonged drought affecting the wetlands of the Great Plains' prairie pothole region have taken a toll. Among all waterfowl, numbers are down 20% since 2014, the ...
elevation data, and the US National Wetlands Inventory dataset to compare historical wetland areas with today's boundaries in the Des Moines Lobe (Iowa) portion of the Prairie Pothole Region.
from the towering forests that span the West Coast to the grasslands of the Midwest’s Prairie Pothole region. In the North Dakota Prairie Pothole Project, carbon offsets have been used to pay ...