Articles for tag: birdwatching, BurrowingOwls, PrairieRestoration, WildlifeConservation

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9 American Prairie Reserves Where Burrowing Owls Thrive Again

Suhail Ahmed

  On the Great Plains, recovery can arrive quietly – on slender legs and a fierce yellow stare. Burrowing owls, once fading from so many grasslands, are reclaiming their daylight realm thanks to a new wave of prairie stewardship. Tribal nations, federal refuges, private conservancies, and local communities are stitching habitat back together, one prairie ...