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6 March 2019 Evolving Management Paradigms on U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Lands in the Prairie Pothole Region
By Cami Dixon, Sara Vacek, Todd Grant
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Abstract
  • The US Fish and Wildlife Service manages nearly 1 million acres of wetlands and grasslands in the Prairie Pothole Region.

  • Initial management paradigms focused on nesting cover for waterfowl and other birds, which led to idling prairies, and seeding former croplands to non-native plants.

  • Current paradigms encompass a broader focus on ecological integrity and biological diversity, resulting in increased defoliation of prairies and seeding former croplands to native plants.

© 2019 The Society for Range Management.
By Cami Dixon, Sara Vacek, and Todd Grant "Evolving Management Paradigms on U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Lands in the Prairie Pothole Region," Rangelands 41(1), 36-43, (6 March 2019). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rala.2018.12.004
Published: 6 March 2019
KEYWORDS
fire
grazing
land management
Prairie Pothole Region
U.S. Fish andWildlife Service
waterfowl
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