Restoring Roots Prairie Artscape

06/14/2026

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For homeowners who have ‘rewilded’ their gardens into mini nature preserves, a moment of truth arrives when they prepare to sell.

04/13/2026

04/13/2026

An anonymous person donated this sculpture to our prairie project. Thank you!

01/01/2026

https://kansasreflector.com/2025/12/31/smoky-valley-ranch-provides-exportable-conservation-model-for-kansas-cattle-ranchers/

Smoky Valley Ranch, owned by the Nature Conservancy, is home to lesser prairie chickens, pronghorn antelope, and black-footed ferrets. The Nature Conservancy provides custom grazing leases to cattle ranchers in the region.

12/31/2025

Woody encroachment is threatening to collapse the grassland ecosystem and render the landscape unusable for cattle ranchers. Historically, fire kept woody species in check

12/29/2025

Prairie is being converted to forest as trees expand across the landscape, at the expense of grassland species. Ranchers, conservationists and ecologists in Kansas have been documenting this shift for decades.