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1. South Africa: new Drakensberg nature reserve will protect ancient rock art, wildlife, livelihoods, grasslands and water

Subjects
Wildlife -- Protection and preservation, Historic sites -- Protection and preservation, Local government -- South Africa, Natural areas -- Protection and preservation, Grasslands -- Protection and preservation, Environmental issues, Regional focus/area studies
Abstract

India, June 4 -- It is a small but important step forward. Land owners, local government and civil society have come together take positive steps towards better land governance South [...]

Published
2024

2. MANAGEMENT OF FLOODPLAIN GRASSLANDS - FOR THE EXISTENCE OF PROTECTED HABITAT AND RARE SPECIES

Subjects
Watershed management -- Protection and preservation, Wildlife conservation -- Protection and preservation, Grasslands -- Protection and preservation, Company business management, Business, international, European Union -- Management
Abstract

Riga: Latvijas valsts mezi has issued the following news release: JSC 'Latvijas valsts mezi' (LVM) has managed an area of 5.9 ha in the area of protected landscapes 'Nicgalu mezi' [...]

Published
2024

4. Is It Too Late to Save the Grasslands?

Author

Renkl, Margaret

Subjects
Tennessee -- Environmental aspects, Ecosystems -- Forecasts and trends, Deciduous forests -- Protection and preservation, Soil degradation -- Forecasts and trends -- United States, Grasslands -- Protection and preservation, Environmental protection -- Methods, Environmental issue, Market trend/market analysis, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Until last fall, when PBS screened ''The American Buffalo,'' a documentary by Ken Burns, I had no idea bison were native to Middle Tennessee, where I have lived for 37 [...]

Published
2024

5. Findings from Chinese Academy of Sciences in Ecology and Conservation Reported (Grassland Ecosystem Service Value In the Tibetan Plateau Has Not Recovered During 1995-2015-2015)

Subjects
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ecosystems -- Protection and preservation, Grasslands -- Protection and preservation
Abstract

2024 NOV 19 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Life Science Weekly -- Current study results on Life Sciences - Ecology and Conservation have been published. According [...]

Published
2024

6. Dakota Prairie Grasslands CCC Campground closes for construction

Subjects
Trails -- Protection and preservation, Forest reserves -- Protection and preservation, Grasslands -- Protection and preservation, Camp sites, facilities, etc. -- Protection and preservation, Real estate industry
Abstract

The USDA Forest Service Dakota Prairie Grasslands (DPG) has closed the National Forest System Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Campground, the Maah Daah Hey Trailhead and the Long X Trailhead to [...]

Published
2024

7. Audubon Conservation Ranching and Grassroots Carbon Announce First-of-its-Kind Partnership to Reward Landowners for Improving Habitats for Birds while Building Healthy Soils

Subjects
Soils -- Protection and preservation -- Carbon content, Buildings -- Remodeling, restoration, etc., Birds -- Protection and preservation, Wildlife conservation -- Protection and preservation, Grasslands -- Protection and preservation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

SAN ANTONIO: Grassroots Carbon has issued the following news release: Audubon Conservation Ranching, a wildlife habitat program of the National Audubon Society, and Grassroots Carbon have created a new partnership [...]

Published
2024

8. Audubon Conservation Ranching and Grassroots Carbon Announce First-of-its-Kind Partnership to Reward Landowners for Improving Habitats for Birds while Building Healthy Soils

Subjects
Soils -- Protection and preservation -- Carbon content, Buildings -- Remodeling, restoration, etc., Wildlife conservation -- Protection and preservation, Grasslands -- Protection and preservation, Business, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

This innovative partnership creates new income opportunities for landowners through soil drawdown carbon credits to reward them for regenerative land stewardship practices SAN ANTONIO, June 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Audubon [...]

Published
2024

9. South Africa: New Drakensberg Nature Reserve Will Protect Ancient Rock Art, Wildlife, Livelihoods, Grasslands and Water

Subjects
Historic sites -- Protection and preservation, Natural areas -- Protection and preservation, Grasslands -- Protection and preservation, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Caitlin Blaser Mapitsa South Africa's Drakensberg mountains have a new 6,500 hectare nature reserve. The new (https://www.wwf.org.za/?48342/New-nature-reserve-in-the-breathtaking-Northern-Drakensberg#:%7E:text=The%206%20500%2Dhectare%20Northern,Reserve%20in%20the%20Free%20State.) Northern Drakensberg Nature Reserve is working with communities and will preserve ancient [...]

Published
2024

10. CHAPARRAL CONSTRUCTION, INC. secures contract for Civilian Conservation Corps Campground Updates Dakota Prairie Grasslands Z2pa - Repair Or Alteration Of Recreation Facilities (Non-Building) 237990 - Other Heavy And Civil Engineering Construction

Subjects
Grasslands -- Protection and preservation, Camp sites, facilities, etc. -- Protection and preservation, Contract agreement, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

United States based CHAPARRAL CONSTRUCTION, INC. has secured contract from Agriculture, Department Of for Civilian Conservation Corps Campground Updates Dakota Prairie Grasslands Z2pa - Repair Or Alteration Of Recreation Facilities [...]

Published
2024

11. Groups ban together to save native grasslands in the high plains

Subjects
Beef cattle, Animal feeding behavior -- Environmental aspects, Grasslands -- Protection and preservation, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=1231313598 HOST: STEVE INSKEEP STEVE INSKEEP: Millions of acres of grassland used to spread across the high plains in this country. There's still [...]

Published
2024

12. PROTECT GRASSLAND BIRDS BY MOWING LATER

Subjects
Birds -- Protection and preservation, Wildlife conservation -- Protection and preservation, Grasslands -- Protection and preservation, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

WATERBURY, VT -- The following information was released by the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department: Bobolinks, Savannah sparrows and eastern meadowlarks enrich our summers with their songs, but their populations [...]

Published
2024

13. LEARN ABOUT WILD EDIBLES AT MAY 25 MDC PROGRAM AT WAH'KON-TAH PRAIRIE

Subjects
Grasslands -- Protection and preservation, Native Americans -- Protection and preservation, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

EL DORADO SPRINGS, Mo. -- The following information was released by the Missouri Department of Conservation: By Francis Skalicky Published Date 05/15/2024 Body EL DORADO SPRINGS, Mo. -- Wild edibles [...]

Published
2024

14. Planting trees in grasslands won't save the planet – rather protect and restore forests

Author

Vetter, Susanne

Subjects
Range ecology -- Protection and preservation, Carbon offsets -- Protection and preservation, Atmospheric carbon dioxide -- Protection and preservation, Grasslands -- Protection and preservation, Business, international
Abstract

Tree planting is one of the nature-based solutions being used to offset greenhouse gas emissions. Trees absorb atmospheric carbon dioxide. Many of these target Africa’s rangelands (open grasslands or shrublands [...]

Published
2024

15. Planting Trees in Grasslands Won't Save the Planet - Rather Protect and Restore Forests

Subjects
Range ecology -- Protection and preservation, Carbon offsets -- Protection and preservation, Rangelands -- Protection and preservation, Atmospheric carbon dioxide -- Protection and preservation, Old growth forests -- Africa, Timber -- Protection and preservation, Plantations -- Protection and preservation, Air pollution -- Protection and preservation, Grasslands -- Protection and preservation, Livestock -- Protection and preservation, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Susanne Vetter Tree planting is one of the nature-based solutions being used to offset greenhouse gas emissions. Trees absorb atmospheric carbon dioxide. Many of these (https://news.mongabay.com/2021/05/bad-science-planting-frenzy-misses-the-grasslands-for-the-trees/) tree planting projects [...]

Published
2024

16. IOWA'S PRAIRIE CHICKEN FESTIVAL IS APRIL 6

Subjects
Wildlife conservation -- Protection and preservation, Festivals -- Protection and preservation, Grasslands -- Protection and preservation, Natural resources -- Iowa, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

KELLERTON, Iowa -- The following information was released by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources: The unique courtship of Iowa's prairie chickens will be on full display at the Kellerton [...]

Published
2024

18. Can prairie grouse and wind turbines co-exist?

Subjects
Air-turbines -- Protection and preservation, Grouse -- Protection and preservation, Wildlife conservation -- Protection and preservation, Grasslands -- Protection and preservation
Abstract

The challenge of “balancing wildlife conservation and decarbonization of the electricity sector” has come to the grasslands and shrub-steppe of North America, according to findings published in the July 2022 [...]

Published
2023

19. LONG-TERM CHANGES IN AVIAN CAPTURE RATES DURING TWELVE YEARS OF ACTIVE GRASSLAND AND SAVANNAH RESTORATION

Author

Stumpf, Katie J. and Muise, Charles M.

Subjects
United States -- Environmental policy -- Natural resource policy, Captive wild birds -- Forecasts and trends -- Statistics, Habitat conservation -- Analysis -- Influence, Grasslands -- Protection and preservation, Market trend/market analysis, Science and technology
Abstract

The decline of grassland ecosystems throughout the United States has caused population declines of many bird species, especially grassland specialists, which has led to greater interest in restoring these dwindling habitats with a combination of natural fire regimes and the replanting of native vegetation. In the southeastern United States, several species of birds use grassland habitats at critical points throughout the annual cycle, as breeding or wintering grounds or as migration stopover sites. Since April 2007, we have operated 9-11 mist nets at Panola Mountain State Park, in Rockdale County, Georgia, in an area that is being actively restored to native warm-season grasses. We captured 6,786 birds of 90 species between April 2007 and April 2019. Monthly capture rates overall increased significantly during critical times of the year--spring migration (March, F = 6.62, P = 0.03) and fall migration (August, F = 18.06, P = 0.003 and September, F = 6.31, P = 0.03). Capture rates of Indigo Buntings (Passerina cyanea) increased significantly from 2007 to 2019 (F = 7.75, P = 0.006) during fall migration (F = 16.44, P = 0.0007) and in August (F = 17.97, P = 0.003). Capture rates of Field Sparrows (Spizella pusilla) increased significantly during the breeding season (F = 4.90, P = 0.03), fall migration (F = 13.30, P = 0.001), April (F = 6.03, P = 0.03), August (F = 9.68, P = 0.01), and September (F = 15.18, P = 0.003). Given that the increases include wintering season, breeding season, and year-round resident species, we conclude that the restoration efforts at Panola Mountain State Park have had positive impacts on the avian community that uses this habitat throughout all portions of the year. Increases during fall migration (and August and September) and during March when some species are migrating north indicate that changes in habitat have resulted in Panola being an important site for migrating birds, potentially being used as a migratory stopover site. While a breeding analysis would reveal more concrete trends, the increases in grassland residents like Field Sparrows and grassland breeders like Indigo Buntings certainly suggest that breeding habitat has improved with the restoration of this site. Keywords: avian ecology, mist netting, grasslands, grassland restoration, banding, conservation, Indigo Bunting, Field Sparrow, INTRODUCTION Grassland ecosystems have declined throughout the United States in the last hundred years primarily from habitat conversion to agriculture and vegetation changes from fire suppression (Askins et al. 2007; [...]

Published
2020

20. The unusual partnership to protect the Prairies' disappearing grasslands; A rancher and an environmentalist have teamed up to preserve one of the last undisturbed, privately held tracts of land in North America

Subjects
Beef cattle -- Protection and preservation, Grasslands -- Protection and preservation, Environmentalists -- Protection and preservation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: MARCUS GEE; Staff LETHBRIDGE, ALTA. -- A man and a woman stand at the edge of a buffalo jump. Generations ago, Blackfoot hunters herded thundering bison over the precipice [...]

Published
2023

21. PRAIRIE DIVIDE: AN AMBITIOUS PLAN TO RETURN THE GRASSLANDS OF CENTRAL MONTANA TO THE WILD SPLENDOR OF THE PAST FACES IMPASSIONED RESISTANCE FROM THE PRESENT

Author

Nordhaus, Hannah

Subjects
Indian country (United States) -- Protection and preservation, Native Americans -- Reservations, Grasslands -- Protection and preservation, Company business planning, Anthropology/archeology/folklore, Environmental issues, General interest, Geography, History, Zoology and wildlife conservation
Abstract

By HANNAH NORDHAUS Photographs by AMY TOENSING Caption: Justice Werk (on white horse) and Kassy Perez move cattle on the Werk ranch on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation. The tribal [...]

Published
2020

22. PLANT PEST PRESSURE: STRIVING TO TACKLE CONIFER ENCROACHMENT

Subjects
United States. Natural Resources Conservation Service, Conservation of natural resources -- Protection and preservation, Grasslands -- Protection and preservation, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

WASHINGTON -- The following information was released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture: 'I'm trying to improve the grasslands as I see it.' A local cattleman who owns and manages [...]

Published
2023

23. Lithuania : Amended implementing rules for agri-environment higher payments

Subjects
Rural development -- Protection and preservation, Cabinet officers -- Protection and preservation, Grasslands -- Protection and preservation, Business, international
Abstract

By order of the Minister of Agriculture, the rules for the implementation of the measure 'Agri-environment and climate' of the Lithuanian Rural Development Programme for 2014-2020 were amended. We invite [...]

Published
2023

25. Minnesota Prairie Chicken Society marks 50 years of conservation efforts

Subjects
Societies -- Protection and preservation, Grasslands -- Protection and preservation, Associations, institutions, etc. -- Protection and preservation, Business, General interest, Business, regional
Abstract

Byline: Brad Dokken Apr. 7Prairie chickens and the grasslands they need to survive were kind of overlooked, one might say, back in 1973, when two young biologists working in Crookston [...]

Published
2023

26. THE BRILLIANCE OF THE PLAINS LIES IN THE ANIMALS AND THEIR HOMES

Subjects
Hawks -- Protection and preservation, Wildlife conservation -- Protection and preservation, Grasslands -- Protection and preservation, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

WASHINGTON, DC -- The following information was released by Defenders of Wildlife: The Road to Conserving Native Plains Wildlife There is a saying, 'My heart is in the mountains, but [...]

Published
2023

27. Researchers at Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute Zero in on Conservation (Decline in Semi-Natural Grasslands and Changes in Value Perceptions in Japan's Natural Parks)

Subjects
Parks -- Japan, Forest products industry -- Protection and preservation, Forest products -- Protection and preservation, Forests and forestry -- Protection and preservation, Grasslands -- Protection and preservation, Biological sciences, Health
Abstract

2023 SEP 12 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Life Science Weekly -- Investigators discuss new findings in conservation. According to news originating from Tsukuba, Japan, by [...]

Published
2023

28. SHADOW IN THE GRASSLANDS

Subjects
Grasslands -- Protection and preservation
Abstract

BY CHERYL LYN DYBAS A Short-eared Owl stands in silhouette in the setting sun. The owl’s worldwide population is approximately 3 million individuals. In North America, its numbers have declined [...]

Published
2022

30. PROTECTING CRITICAL WETLANDS FOR MIGRATORY BIRDS IN ZIMBABWE

Subjects
Migratory birds -- Protection and preservation, Bird populations -- Protection and preservation, Wetlands -- Protection and preservation, Grasslands -- Protection and preservation, News, opinion and commentary, BirdLife International
Abstract

CAMBRIDGE, UK -- The following information was released by the BirdLife International: By Togarasei Fakarayi Located in Central Zimbabwe, the Driefontein Grasslands covers an area of about 201,194 hectares. Designated [...]

Published
2023

31. BIPARTISAN BILL WOULD PROTECT NATIVE PRAIRIES, ECOSYSTEMS

Subjects
Ecosystems -- Protection and preservation, Agricultural subsidies -- Protection and preservation, Grasslands -- Protection and preservation, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The following information was released by the National Wildlife Federation: Meshal DeSantis A bipartisan bill would help protect native prairie across the country while saving taxpayer dollars [...]

Published
2023

32. CARPER DEFENDS PROTECTIONS FOR LESSER PRAIRIE-CHICKEN

Subjects
United States. Fish and Wildlife Service, United States. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works, Endangered species -- Protection and preservation, Wildlife conservation -- Protection and preservation, Grasslands -- Protection and preservation, News, opinion and commentary, Endangered Species Act of 1973
Abstract

WASHINGTON -- The following information was released by the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works: U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works [...]

Published
2023

33. COMMITTEE VOTE UNDERMINES SCIENCE AND THREATENS THE LESSER PRAIRIE-CHICKEN

Subjects
United States. Fish and Wildlife Service, Endangered species -- Protection and preservation, Grasslands -- Protection and preservation, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

NEW YORK -- The following information was released by National Audubon Society: A congressional proposal to rescind the endangered species listing of the Lesser Prairie-Chicken would put the species on [...]

Published
2023

34. Why are cattle trespassing at Valles Caldera preserve?

Author

Ribe, Tom

Subjects
United States. Forest Service, Trespass -- Protection and preservation, Beef cattle -- Protection and preservation, National parks and reserves -- Protection and preservation, Grasslands -- Protection and preservation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Tom Ribe The Valles Caldera National Preserve is one of the most beautiful places in New Mexico. Congress bought the former ranch northwest of Santa Fe for the American [...]

Published
2022

35. Marcus Rashford plans to create meadows and grasslands at home to protect wildlife; Marcus Rashford plans to create meadows and grasslands for wildlife to thrive in, protecting mammals like voles and hedgehogs as well as nesting birds such as robins, chaffinches, wrens and blackbirds

Subjects
Wildlife -- Protection and preservation, Wildlife conservation -- Protection and preservation, Grasslands -- Protection and preservation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Manchester United Football Club
Abstract

Byline: By, Phil Cardy Manchester United star Marcus Rashford has a new goal for the next 100 seasons -- to become a green-fingered wildlife warrior. The striker has presented a [...]

Published
2022

36. Vegetation Management Services, LLC secures contract for Dakota Prairie Grasslands - Dantz Creek Juniper Mastication Project F014 - Natural Resources|Conservation- Tree Thinning 115310 - Support Activities For Forestry

Subjects
Conservation of natural resources -- Protection and preservation, Forests and forestry -- Protection and preservation, Grasslands -- Protection and preservation, Contract agreement, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

United States based Vegetation Management Services, LLC has secured contract from Agriculture, Department Of for Dakota Prairie Grasslands - Dantz Creek Juniper Mastication Project F014 - Natural Resources/Conservation- Tree Thinning [...]

Published
2022

37. KAJAER GEOCONSULTING LLC secures contract for Dakota Prairie Grasslands - Properly Functioning Condition Survey F099 - Natural Resources|Conservation- Other 541360 - Geophysical Surveying And Mapping Services

Subjects
Conservation of natural resources -- Protection and preservation, Prospecting -- Geophysical methods, Digital map services -- Protection and preservation, Grasslands -- Protection and preservation, Map database, Contract agreement, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

United States based KAJAER GEOCONSULTING LLC has secured contract from Agriculture, Department Of for Dakota Prairie Grasslands - Properly Functioning Condition Survey F099 - Natural Resources/Conservation- Other 541360 - Geophysical [...]

Published
2022

38. THE BEAUTY AND OPPORTUNITY OF AMERICA'S GREAT PLAINS

Subjects
Natural areas -- Protection and preservation, Grasslands -- Protection and preservation, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

WASHINGTON, DC -- The following information was released by Defenders of Wildlife: Chamois Andersen Let's head away to the Great Plains of southern Colorado, to an immense Western shortgrass prairie [...]

Published
2022

39. Biologists flock to find, and protect, threatened birds in Gatineau Park

Subjects
Parks -- Canada, Birds -- Protection and preservation, Endangered species -- Protection and preservation, Wildlife conservation -- Protection and preservation, Bird populations -- Protection and preservation, Grasslands -- Protection and preservation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: CBC News Student biologists are combing the grasslands of Gatineau Park to tally sightings of two species of threatened ground-nesting birds, the Bobolink and Eastern Meadowlark, which could protect [...]

Published
2021

40. Company part-owned by Angus Taylor challenges 'critically endangered' listing of grasslands it poisoned; Jam Land was found to have illegally cleared protected grassland in Corrowong but says original listing was invalidGet our free news app ; get our morning email briefingFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates

Subjects
Electronic mail systems -- Protection and preservation, Weblogs -- Protection and preservation, Endangered species -- Protection and preservation, Grasslands -- Protection and preservation, E-mail, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Lisa Cox and Anne Davies Jam Land, the company part-owned by the energy minister Angus Taylor and his brother Richard, has filed a legal challenge to the validity of [...]

Published
2022

41. WYDEN INTRODUCES LEGISLATION TO RESTORE AMERICA'S GRASSLANDS

Subjects
Bills, Legislative -- Protection and preservation, Beef cattle -- Protection and preservation, Grasslands -- Protection and preservation, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The following information was released by Oregon Senator Ron Wyden: With 85 percent of grasslands privately owned, the North American Grasslands Conservation Act empowers ranchers, farmers and [...]

Published
2022

42. Save our grasslands, not your egos, tree-planting celebrities told; Stars rewilding forests are contributing to the loss of grazing grass vital for food security, says farming union chief

Subjects
Celebrities -- Protection and preservation, Agricultural industry -- Protection and preservation, Agriculture -- Protection and preservation, Meat -- Protection and preservation, Climatic changes -- Protection and preservation, Food supply -- Protection and preservation, Agricultural societies -- Protection and preservation, Grasslands -- Protection and preservation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, National Farmers Union
Abstract

Byline: Emma Gatten, Environment Editor Celebrities who plant trees to salve their conscience are contributing to the loss of British grazing grass, the president of the National Farmers Union has [...]

Published
2022

43. Researchers' Work from Beijing Normal University Focuses on Plant Science (Effect of fencing on regional ecological networks in the northern Tibetan Plateau)

Subjects
Tibetan Plateau -- Environmental aspects, Fences -- Environmental aspects, Nature conservation -- Methods -- Buildings and facilities, Grasslands -- Protection and preservation, Health, Science and technology
Abstract

2023 FEB 17 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Science Letter -- Current study results on plant science have been published. According to news reporting from Beijing, [...]

Published
2023

44. Reports from Chinese Academy of Sciences Highlight Recent Research in Plant Science (Responses of carbon dynamics to grazing exclusion in natural alpine grassland ecosystems on the QingZang Plateau)

Subjects
Grazing -- Analysis, Carbon sequestration -- Analysis, Alpine ecosystems -- Protection and preservation, Grasslands -- Protection and preservation, Health, Science and technology
Abstract

2022 DEC 2 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Science Letter -- New research on plant science is the subject of a new report. According to news [...]

Published
2022

47. Burger King, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and Cargill Join Together to Help Conserve and Restore Grasslands and Wildlife Species Through Regenerative Agriculture Practices in the Southern Great Plains

Subjects
Burger King Corp., Agriculture -- Protection and preservation, Global temperature changes -- Protection and preservation, Air quality management -- Protection and preservation, Emissions (Pollution) -- Protection and preservation, Grasslands -- Protection and preservation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
Abstract

Wayzata, Minnesota: Cargill has issued the following press release: Today, Burger King and Cargill announce a partnership with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF), the largest private conservation grant [...]

Published
2022

48. Burger King, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and Cargill Join Together to Help Conserve and Restore Grasslands and Wildlife Species Through Regenerative Agriculture Practices in the Southern Great Plains

Subjects
Burger King Corp., Agriculture -- Protection and preservation, Global temperature changes -- Protection and preservation, Restaurant industry -- Protection and preservation, Grasslands -- Protection and preservation, Business, Business, international, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
Abstract

Up to $5M in funding will be provided through the partnership which has the potential to sequester up to 360,000 metric tons of carbon per year -- enough carbon to [...]

Published
2022

50. Effects of management techniques on grassland butterfly species composition and community structure

Author

Smith, Lisa M. and Cherry, Robert

Subjects
Insect-plant relationships -- Research, Grasslands -- Protection and preservation, Butterflies -- Distribution -- Protection and preservation, Company distribution practices, Biological sciences, Earth sciences
Abstract

Semi-natural grasslands are a crucial habitat for many butterfly species and the structure and extent of that grassland often dictates the composition of butterfly communities on the landscape. To understand effects on butterfly communities, we studied the impacts of different management schemes used to maintain semi-natural grasslands, including mowing every 3 y, mowing annually, and continuous summertime grazing. Transect count data were gathered over the 3 summers (2007-2009) in the Southern Appalachian Mountains of western Virginia and North Carolina. Eleven thousand two hundred and four butterfly individuals of 42 different species were documented over the course of the study. Fields with minimal management, being mowed only once every 3 y, had the largest benefit to butterfly communities. Species richness, abundance, and Shannon diversity was significantly higher in these fields. While abundance was not significantly different between annually mowed fields and grazed fields, mowed fields were significantly higher in richness and diversity. The analysis of habitat specialist species revealed minimally managed and mowed fields were higher in abundance and richness than grazed fields. The response of individual butterfly species also showed negative effects of grazing on habitat specialists. Overall, the results suggest a varying response by different groups of species as well as individual species, indicating multiple management techniques are necessary for conserving a wide range of species. Specific techniques can be used in conservation to target specialist groups of butterflies and rare species., INTRODUCTION Grasslands are crucial habitats for many butterfly species (WallisDeVries et al., 2002; Saarinen and Jantunen, 2005) in which the structure and extent often dictate the distribution and composition of [...]

Published
2014

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