Landowners Work to Halt Woody Encroachment, an Overlooked Threat

Landowners Work to Halt Woody Encroachment, an Overlooked Threat

A new video from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, in conjunction with Working Lands for Wildlife, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and Pheasants Forever shows one of the most overlooked threats to American grasslands: woody encroachment. The film highlights how producers across the Great Plains are experiencing the impacts of woody encroachment and how many are fighting back against this threat with prescribed fire and other conservation efforts.

Learn more about how Working Lands for Wildlife is assisting producers in their efforts to fight woody encroachment across private lands at: wlfw.org/frameworks/great-plains.

Landowners Use Ranching to Save the Most Threatened Ecosystem in the World

Landowners Use Ranching to Save the Most Threatened Ecosystem in the World

In this video from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, learn how private land stewards are working with the Lesser Prairie Chicken Landowner Alliance (LPCLA) to sustain their ranching livelihoods whole restoring health to grasslands through brush management and other practices. The Lesser Prairie Chicken has lost 97% of its population since the 1800s. Currently, 95% of remaining birds live on private lands, depending on ranchers to sustain their grassland habitats.

Learn more about how the LPCLA is working with ranchers to keep operations viable for the health of grasslands and the animals that rely on them at grousepartners.ORG/LPCLA.