A New Program Added 100,000 Acres (and Counting) of Walk-In Access in Nebraska and South Dakota

The new program led by Pheasants Forever is a boon for upland hunters, and it's creating opportunities for waterfowl and big ...
WGLT

Ranchers are using ‘virtual fencing’ to move their cattle — and help save prairies

Virtual fencing uses GPS collars, sounds and electrical cues to move cattle across a landscape. Along with saving ranchers ...

SDGFP officials hope for six-figure prairie grouse harvest amid record population count in 2025

After South Dakota's largest prairie grouse harvest in a quarter-century in 2024, an even bigger season could be in store for 2025. In 2024, 99,000 total prairie grouse were harvested in South Dakota, ...
KUNM

DOGE cuts $2.5M for New Mexico conservation

Last month, the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) announced it had partnered with the Department of the ...
Ravalli Republic

Falconer Kate Davis looks to the future after loss of beloved peregrine Sibley

Raptors of the Rockies' beloved peregrine falcon Sibley's last flight over the Bitterroot Valley in Lost Horse area. Sibley ...
Florida Keys Weekly Newspapers

WILD THINGS — SHOEGAZE BIRDING

I was never much for shoegaze, the sub-genre of alt rock that is all slow, jangly guitars and echoey acoustics. In real time, ...
Herald-Whig

The big three: Dominant grasses of the tallgrass prairie

Illinois, nicknamed the Prairie State by early settlers, once was dominated by a tallgrass prairie ecosystem. Prairies are characterized by deep, fertile soils that are the result of thousands of ...