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The Service and our partners continue to publish stories, videos, and StoryMaps about our work in the Central Grasslands. Take a look at all of our content to learn more about conserving the Central Grasslands

Two hunters cross a prairie at sunrise

History and Culture

The Heart of the American Heartlands

A postcard-style image; a Thick-billed longspur bird perches on the ground. Text reads Greetings from the Thick-billed longspur

Migratory Species

The Fab Four: Greetings from the Thick-billed Longspur

Family grazes sheep sustainably in Wisconsin

bee hanging on to yellow goldenrod

Stewards of the Land: Native Women in STEM

Buff-colored and white shorebird wades into wetland with waters in the distance

Habitat Restoration

Reimagining wetland restoration in Minnesota

Two monarch butterflies sip nectar from a blooming blazing star plant

Promoting quality habitat on private lands

Five firefighters tend to a prescribed fire

Land Management

Using Fire to Manage Grasslands

Land Management

Continued Decline of Wetlands Documented in New U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Report

Habitat Restoration

Restoring the prairies for wildlife and people

A Coordinated Approach for Grassland Conservation

Five volunteers with shovels are building a trail

Land Management

Opening the Toolbox

two people walking towards sunset through sagebrush landscape

Conserving the Ocean of Grass and Sage

Two monarch butterflies sip nectar from a blooming blazing star plant

Promoting quality habitat on private lands

Land Management

Continued Decline of Wetlands Documented in New U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Report

Over $120M From Inflation Reduction Act Advances Resilience

The center of the continental US is colored purple, yellow, and green stretching from northern Mexico to Canada. Splotches of green form a line from New Mexico to Alberta showing the cores of intact grasslands. Expanding outward from the green are swaths of yellow, mixed with green and purple. Yellow indicates at-risk grasslands and touches several US states including Iowa and Texas, and Alberta. The purple area, depicting plowed land, tree encroachment is the largest area from Mexico to Alberta to Illinois

Land Management

Central Grasslands Assessment Map: A new tool to ensure the future of our grasslands

Endangered Species Act

Lesser Prairie-Chicken Listed Under the Endangered Species Act

Lesser prairie-chicken habitat conservation plan for oil and gas development in the Great Plains approved

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service releases final recovery plan to save a prairie butterfly species

Texas’ Attwater’s Prairie-Chicken Wild Population Reaches 28 Year High

Birds fly over desert wetland with mountains in background.

Wildlife Management

Secretary Bernhardt Announces $160 Million in Funding for Wetland Conservation Projects and National Wildlife Refuges

Rainwater Basin Wetland Management District Helping Neighboring Ranchers After Floods

Endangered Species Act

Thunder Basin Grassland Prairie Ecosystem Association Conservation Efforts

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Designates Critical Habitat for Two Prairie Butterflies under the Endangered Species Act

Two hunters cross a prairie at sunrise

History and Culture

The Heart of the American Heartlands

A postcard-style image; a Thick-billed longspur bird perches on the ground. Text reads Greetings from the Thick-billed longspur

Migratory Species

The Fab Four: Greetings from the Thick-billed Longspur

Family grazes sheep sustainably in Wisconsin

bee hanging on to yellow goldenrod

Stewards of the Land: Native Women in STEM

Buff-colored and white shorebird wades into wetland with waters in the distance

Habitat Restoration

Reimagining wetland restoration in Minnesota

Five firefighters tend to a prescribed fire

Land Management

Using Fire to Manage Grasslands

Habitat Restoration

Restoring the prairies for wildlife and people

A Coordinated Approach for Grassland Conservation

Five volunteers with shovels are building a trail

Land Management

Opening the Toolbox

two people walking towards sunset through sagebrush landscape

Conserving the Ocean of Grass and Sage

Distant view of a river winding through prairie.

An Introduction to Wetland Classification

A man wearing a cowboy hat and a woman walk hand-in-hand across a grassy field

Stewards of the Land: Black Leg Ranch