Places We Protect

Learn more about the Conservancy's work in Conata Basin, which is critical habitat for the endangered black-footed ferret.

The grasslands of the Great Plains once covered one fifth of the North American continent. The places we protect represent a fraction of what remains.

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Cool Green Science

New! The conservation blog of The Nature Conservancy

News

Ordway Prairie to Get Even Greener

Studying Bison DNA

Prairie Photo Contest Winners Announced!
See a slideshow of the top ten photographs.

Profile: South Dakota Rancher Wendi Rinehart

Bison Herd Helps Conservancy Restoration Effort in Iowa 

Converting grasslands and other natural areas to biofuels crops will worsen global warming, according to a new study from The Nature Conservancy and the University of Minnesota.

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South Dakota Update

Download a PDF of The Nature Conservancy's new Prairies to Pines Update [596KB PDF], which includes news from Conservancy projects in South Dakota, North Dakota and Minnesota.

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