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Rangeland

A glittering beetle, with colors ranging from orange to purple to green. It had one large backwards facing horn on its head, and two ridges on its back.
All About Dung Beetles and Why They Matter
A wide open field of yellow flowers, short grasses, and scrubs in southeastern Oregon.
Court Tells Federal Agency to Rethink Widespread Pesticide Spray Program
A grassland covered in colorful wildflowers
Inspiration for Pollinator Conservation: Wildflowers on Rangelands
Native grasshoppers in New Mexico
How Advocates Stopped Aerial Insecticide Spray on 25,000 Acres of New Mexico Natural Areas
Several people planting seedlings in a prepared site in front of a building
Love for the Land Inspires Pollinator Habitat Conservation Across the Driftless Area
Part of the bison herd at Rockie Hill Bison Farm, with a view of the city of Winona and the Mississippi River in the background. Photo: Gail Griffin
Selecting seeds for bison, pollinators to share the land
An area of grassland has been set on fire on purpose. Brown smoke rises into the blue sky from the orange flames that mark the division between the burned and unburned grassland. The burned area to the left is black, the unburned are to the right is green with tall brown stems. A fire manager wearing yellow cloths and a blue helmet is walking along the line of fire.
Burning the Land
A young burrowing owl runs across the ground with a green grasshopper in its bill. The owls feathers are fuffy. They are brown on its back and top of heard and white on its belly and chest. Its face is brown with horizontal stripes of white across its chin and forehead and it has striking yellow eyes that have a black center.
Protecting Grassland Ecosystems from Insecticides
Gently undulating rangeland stretches to the horizon. The silver-grey leaves of plants show between the green grass. In the distance a cluster of farm buildings sit in the shelter of trees. Brown and black cattle graze.
Great Plains Rangelands Are Important Habitat for Pollinators
A cow and her calf, both black, lie in the middle of sagebrush and grasses, with the rangeland stretching away to the horizon.
Planned Grasshopper Sprays Threaten Monarchs, Bees, Beneficial Insects, and Birds Across Western Rangelands
The green grass of this Texas prairie is dotted with blue lupines, red paintbrush, and creamy colored yucca
The green grass of this Texas prairie is dotted with blue lupines, red paintbrush, and creamy colored yucca
Mitigating the Effects of Climate Change On Grassland Butterflies
A small aircraft flies close to the ground as it sprays insecticides on rangeland
A small aircraft flies close to the ground as it sprays insecticides on rangeland
Home on the Range: Grasshoppers and Insecticides on Western Rangelands
A monarch clings to the trunk of a tree in a dimly-lit landscape.
Thanksgiving Count Shows Western Monarchs Need Our Help More than Ever
Rugged mountains and pine trees, some reddish brown and some green, are shown in this Colorado landscape.
Pollinator Conservation Program Digest – September 2019
A thick bed of bright green clover blooms with red and white flowers amid rows of almond trees.
Pollinator Conservation Program Digest – April 2019