{"id":57674,"date":"2025-08-14T11:16:02","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T17:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southernplains.org\/?page_id=57674"},"modified":"2025-08-14T13:03:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T19:03:06","slug":"meet-the-residents-safe","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/southernplains.org\/es\/meet-the-residents-safe\/","title":{"rendered":"Conozca a los residentes"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"57674\" class=\"elementor elementor-57674\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa72f25 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"aa72f25\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;,&quot;background_motion_fx_motion_fx_scrolling&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;background_motion_fx_devices&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;laptop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;,&quot;mobile&quot;]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65b554b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"65b554b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Meet the Residents<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a74f5ad elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-absolute elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a74f5ad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;}\" 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data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2417b0b elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2417b0b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation_mobile&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Southern Plains Land Trust preserves are home to a rich diversity of wildlife.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5eb1cf3 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5eb1cf3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation_mobile&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Below, we highlight seven target species, each representing a broader community of flora and fauna.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0529f07 elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0529f07\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57cc32e elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-ucaddon_content_tabs\" data-id=\"57cc32e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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<div>Black-Tailed<br>Prairie Dog<\/div>\n    <\/a>\n      \n<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"elementor-repeater-item-c1cdce3\">\n  \t\n  \t<a href=\"javascript:void(0);\" data-content-id=\"uc_content_tabs_elementor_57cc32e_item3\"  id=\"#ferret\" data-hash-id=\"ferret\" class=\"ue-tab-btn\">\n      <div class=\"ue-graphic-element\"><span class=\"ue-ge-icon\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/southernplains.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AdobeStock_558166270-min-899x1024-2-1-e1718745008348.png\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 520px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 520\/554;\"><\/span><\/div>      <div>Black-Footed<br>Ferret<\/div>\n    <\/a>\n      \n<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"elementor-repeater-item-a8538ff\">\n  \t\n  \t<a href=\"javascript:void(0);\" data-content-id=\"uc_content_tabs_elementor_57cc32e_item4\"  id=\"#meadowlark\" data-hash-id=\"meadowlark\" class=\"ue-tab-btn\">\n      <div class=\"ue-graphic-element\"><span class=\"ue-ge-icon\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/southernplains.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Meadowlark-min-e1718939478741.png\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 436px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 436\/379;\"><\/span><\/div>      <div>Western Meadowlark<\/div>\n    <\/a>\n      \n<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"elementor-repeater-item-443ff6f\">\n  \t\n  \t<a href=\"javascript:void(0);\" data-content-id=\"uc_content_tabs_elementor_57cc32e_item5\"  id=\"#pronghorn\" data-hash-id=\"pronghorn\" class=\"ue-tab-btn\">\n      <div class=\"ue-graphic-element\"><span class=\"ue-ge-icon\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/southernplains.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Pronghorn-min.png\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 500px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 500\/799;\"><\/span><\/div>      <div>Pronghorn<\/div>\n    <\/a>\n      \n<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"elementor-repeater-item-6cb7299\">\n  \t\n  \t<a href=\"javascript:void(0);\" data-content-id=\"uc_content_tabs_elementor_57cc32e_item6\"  id=\"#beaver\" data-hash-id=\"beaver\" class=\"ue-tab-btn\">\n      <div class=\"ue-graphic-element\"><span class=\"ue-ge-icon\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/southernplains.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/beaver-min-e1718981747791.png\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 500px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 500\/395;\"><\/span><\/div>      <div>North American<br>Beaver<\/div>\n    <\/a>\n      \n<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"elementor-repeater-item-8978315\">\n  \t\n  \t<a href=\"javascript:void(0);\" data-content-id=\"uc_content_tabs_elementor_57cc32e_item7\"  id=\"#burrowing-owl\" data-hash-id=\"burrowing-owl\" class=\"ue-tab-btn\">\n      <div class=\"ue-graphic-element\"><span class=\"ue-ge-icon\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/southernplains.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Owl-min-e1718983053333-1.png\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 597px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 597\/465;\"><\/span><\/div>      <div>Burrowing<br>Owl<\/div>\n    <\/a>\n      \n<\/li>\n\n        <\/ul>\n        <div class=\"panel-container uc-items-wrapper2\">\n\t\t\t<div id=\"uc_content_tabs_elementor_57cc32e_item1\" class=\"tab-container panes\">\n\t<div>\n                 \n                <div class=\"ue-element\" data-id=\"american-bison\"><\/div>\n      \t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"uc_content_tabs_elementor_57cc32e_item2\" class=\"tab-container panes\">\n\t<div>\n                 \n                <div class=\"ue-element\" data-id=\"prairie-dog\"><\/div>\n      \t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"uc_content_tabs_elementor_57cc32e_item3\" class=\"tab-container panes\">\n\t<div>\n                 \n                <div class=\"ue-element\" data-id=\"ferret\"><\/div>\n      \t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"uc_content_tabs_elementor_57cc32e_item4\" class=\"tab-container panes\">\n\t<div>\n                 \n                <div class=\"ue-element\" data-id=\"meadowlark\"><\/div>\n      \t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"uc_content_tabs_elementor_57cc32e_item5\" class=\"tab-container panes\">\n\t<div>\n                 \n                <div class=\"ue-element\" data-id=\"pronghorn\"><\/div>\n      \t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"uc_content_tabs_elementor_57cc32e_item6\" class=\"tab-container panes\">\n\t<div>\n                 \n                <div class=\"ue-element\" data-id=\"beaver\"><\/div>\n      \t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"uc_content_tabs_elementor_57cc32e_item7\" class=\"tab-container panes\">\n\t<div>\n                 \n                <div class=\"ue-element\" data-id=\"burrowing-owl\"><\/div>\n      \t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n        <\/div>\n  \n  <div class=\"uc-accordion-contents-template\" style=\"display:none\">\n    <div class=\"uc-accordion-icon\">\n      <span class=\"uc-accordion-icon-expand\"><i class='fas fa-plus'><\/i><\/span>\n      <span class=\"uc-accordion-icon-collapse\"><i class='fas fa-minus'><\/i><\/span>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  \n<\/div>\n<!-- end Content Tabs -->\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be41913 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"be41913\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" id=\"american-bison\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9ab51f6 elementor-widget__width-inherit animated-fast elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9ab51f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">American Bison<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dbdd8f3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"dbdd8f3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/southernplains.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/SPLT-Grasslands-KEYSTONE-BISON-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-src=\"https:\/\/southernplains.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/450x450-Bison-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-57825 lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/southernplains.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/450x450-Bison-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/southernplains.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/450x450-Bison-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/southernplains.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/450x450-Bison-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/southernplains.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/450x450-Bison.jpg 450w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Click here for a flyer of this Keystone Species<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59560b8 elementor-widget__width-initial animated-fast elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"59560b8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOur largest preserve, Heartland Ranch, is home to a herd of plains bison. They are free to roam the >43,000 acre property and new calves are being born in the wild each year. We need your support to expand their range.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ee90eb e-con-full animated-fast e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0ee90eb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24b9797 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"24b9797\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Scientific Name<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57782ef elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" 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elementor-element-dd1911f e-con-full animated-fast e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"dd1911f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20febd9 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"20febd9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">History<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cfd0b06 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cfd0b06\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOnce upon a time, enormous herds of bison 60-million strong roamed the American Great Plains, but they were nearly driven extinct in the rush of commercial hunting and slaughter during 19th-century westward expansion. By 1890, the population had plummeted to an estimated 500 individuals scattered across several isolated populations ranging from Texas to Canada. Over the last 130 years, the population has slowly recovered to between 400-500 thousand individuals, but less than 10% of those bison are managed as conservation herds.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b070ddd e-con-full animated-fast e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b070ddd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a0ada4 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9a0ada4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ecology<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d0bae8 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6d0bae8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBison are herbivores that eat grass and other vegetation. Most importantly, they are ecosystem engineers that have a profound impact on grassland ecosystems and the other species that inhabit them.They graze the prairie grasses at different heights, creating a heterogeneous mosaic that maximizes plant and animal biodiversity. They rub and horn young trees, preventing woody encroachment and helping maintain the grassland ecosystem. They roll around on the ground to get a dust bath, which is known as wallowing. Their \u2018wallows\u2019 (depressions in the soil) fill with rainwater and offer breeding pools for amphibians and sources of drinking water for wildlife across the landscape.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b25984 e-con-full animated-fast e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9b25984\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-83a79d2 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"83a79d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How Your Support Helps<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-581c528 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"581c528\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBy purchasing more land and giving bison more space, they will be able to move and migrate as they naturally did. Large herds of bison used to move across the Great Plains from north to south in fall and returned north when spring rains brought fresh grass to their range. Providing the space to roam will help with their foraging success, increase the size of the herd, and eventually help grassland restoration through their grazing patterns.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d9b3eeb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d9b3eeb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" id=\"prairie-dog\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56ba76b e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"56ba76b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c15a8e elementor-widget__width-inherit animated-fast elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8c15a8e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Black-Tailed Prairie Dog<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44bbb75 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"44bbb75\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/southernplains.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/SPLT-Grasslands-KEYSTONE-PRAIRIE-DOGS-2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-src=\"https:\/\/southernplains.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/450x450-Prairie-Dogs-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-57784 lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/southernplains.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/450x450-Prairie-Dogs-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/southernplains.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/450x450-Prairie-Dogs-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/southernplains.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/450x450-Prairie-Dogs-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/southernplains.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/450x450-Prairie-Dogs.jpg 450w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Click here for a flyer of this Keystone Species<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a2fd403 elementor-widget__width-initial animated-fast elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a2fd403\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Prairie dogs are the raison d\u2019etre upon which the Southern Plains Land Trust was founded. A group of prairie wildlife protectors purchased our first preserve, <a href=\"https:\/\/southernplains.org\/our-preserves\/\"><strong>Fresh Tracks<\/strong><\/a>, to provide a refuge for these native rodents that were being persecuted in urban and suburban areas of the Front Range. We now have more than 2,500 acres of prairie dogs colonies!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50b3cb9 e-con-full animated-fast e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"50b3cb9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6dc86ef elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6dc86ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Scientific Name<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9e82414 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget 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elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1c4dc17\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAt the beginning of the twentieth century, prairie dogs occupied 100 million acres of Great Plains down the eastern side of the Rockies from Canada to Mexico. Today, that range has decreased to less than 2 million acres. The reason for their decrease is persecution by shooting and poisoning, and susceptibility to sylvatic plague (an introduced disease that devastates their populations). Human-caused changes to the grasslands stemming from crop agriculture, livestock grazing, energy development, residential and commercial development have also decimated their native range.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4fef281 e-con-full animated-fast e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4fef281\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe5fd35 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fe5fd35\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ecology<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66e919a elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"66e919a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Prairie dogs live in colonies in underground burrows called \u2018coteries\u2019. Their burrows are usually U-shaped with chambers connected by tunnels, and can go 7 to 15 feet deep. Throughout the town, they cut down anything growing taller than about 6 inches, which allows the prairie dogs to better see predators. The mound of earth at the entrance of burrows helps to prevent the burrows from flooding. Multiple entrances allow for an escape route in the event that a predator gets into the burrow.<\/p><p>Grasses and leafy vegetation make up 98 percent of black-tailed prairie dog\u2019s diet, though they occasionally eat arthropods such as grasshoppers, bugs, and beetles. Their primarily herbivorous diet provides all of the moisture content that they need\u2014prairie dogs do not need to drink water.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5654e19 e-con-full animated-fast e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5654e19\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-83067f6 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"83067f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How Your Support Helps<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6123df6 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6123df6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWe actively protect our prairie dog colonies through plague mitigation. Your contribution will allow us to purchase the materials and labor required to administer plague treatments and prevent an outbreak from occurring.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f853bbc e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f853bbc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" id=\"ferret\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c29fce elementor-widget__width-inherit animated-fast elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4c29fce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Black-Footed Ferret<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a978183 elementor-widget__width-initial animated-fast elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a978183\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The black-footed ferret is North America\u2019s most endangered mammal. Once believed to be extinct, the ferret is now the subject of a nationwide restoration effort on the Great Plains coordinated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, with approximately 350 individuals persisting at 18 different recovery sites across 11 U.S. states. Due to our persistence in maintaining a large and healthy prairie-dog population (the ferret\u2019s main prey), SPLT was able to reintroduce this magnificent species to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southernplains.org\/our-preserves\/\">Heartland Ranch<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5328276 e-con-full animated-fast e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5328276\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f9e3680 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f9e3680\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>After being thought to be completely extinct, its rediscovery in Wyoming in 1981 initiated collaborative efforts among various stakeholders to recover the species. Through initiatives such as captive breeding, reintroductions, habitat preservation, and cloning, the population of black-footed ferrets has been clinging to survival.. Despite significant progress in their recovery, challenges persist, with habitat loss, predation, and disease remaining significant threats. Biologists suggest that achieving a population of 3,000 adult ferrets in their natural habitat is necessary for the successful restoration of this endangered species.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-85e495c e-con-full animated-fast e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"85e495c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5768a54 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5768a54\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ecology<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-430b4b2 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"430b4b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe black-footed ferret typically leads a solitary life, except during breeding seasons or when nurturing offspring. It is nocturnal by nature and predominantly preys on sleeping prairie dogs within their burrows, comprising up to 90% of its diet. The remaining 10% consists of small rodents and rabbits. These ferrets exhibit a behavior known as the weasel war dance, colloquially describing their excited movements, a trait also observed in other members of the weasel subfamily. Naturalists speculate that this dance may serve to confuse or disorient prey in the wild. Unfortunately, primary causes of mortality for black-footed ferrets include habitat loss, diseases introduced by humans, and inadvertent poisoning from measures taken to control prairie dog populations.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99607d1 e-con-full animated-fast e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"99607d1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1007159 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1007159\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How Your Support Helps<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-155cd73 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"155cd73\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThis rare and endangered species needs all the help it can get, and that means that we need more science-based conservation techniques. We actively survey what causes its decline, and how we can prevent predation of ferrets on our preserves. Your financial support helps us conduct more research and apply the results to benefit the black-footed ferret.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f31f72 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3f31f72\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" id=\"meadowlark\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e5ec97 elementor-widget__width-inherit animated-fast elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5e5ec97\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Western Meadowlark<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dbc2d37 elementor-widget__width-initial animated-fast elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dbc2d37\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe song of the Meadowlark is the soundtrack of the shortgrass prairie. Without this bird, the grassland wouldn\u2019t feel the same and luckily, it stays here year-round. The Meadowlark is a flagship species for all other grassland birds that call our preserves home.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b54fbc6 e-con-full animated-fast e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b54fbc6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc71892 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fc71892\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Scientific Name<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47eb6c1 elementor-widget__width-initial 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data-bg-image=\"url(&#039;https:\/\/southernplains.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Meadowlark-March-2017-min.jpg&#039;)\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper-button elementor-swiper-button-prev\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Previous\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-eicon-chevron-left\" viewBox=\"0 0 1000 1000\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M646 125C629 125 613 133 604 142L308 442C296 454 292 471 292 487 292 504 296 521 308 533L604 854C617 867 629 875 646 875 663 875 679 871 692 858 704 846 713 829 713 812 713 796 708 779 692 767L438 487 692 225C700 217 708 204 708 187 708 171 704 154 692 142 675 129 663 125 646 125Z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper-button elementor-swiper-button-next\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Next\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-eicon-chevron-right\" viewBox=\"0 0 1000 1000\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M696 533C708 521 713 504 713 487 713 471 708 454 696 446L400 146C388 133 375 125 354 125 338 125 325 129 313 142 300 154 292 171 292 187 292 204 296 221 308 233L563 492 304 771C292 783 288 800 288 817 288 833 296 850 308 863 321 871 338 875 354 875 371 875 388 867 400 854L696 533Z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a870385 e-con-full animated-fast e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a870385\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-de69ab6 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"de69ab6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">History<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-999d2fd elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"999d2fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Meadowlarks hold significance in the folklore of various Native American tribes, each attributing distinct meanings to their presence. Among the Sioux tribes, Meadowlarks are revered as symbols of friendship and loyalty, and there is a strict taboo against harming them. The melodious song of the meadowlark is considered a harbinger of good fortune by many Sioux people, and historically, it was believed that meadowlark whistles could summon buffalo herds. Conversely, the Arikara Indians interpret the meadowlark&#8217;s call as admonishing rather than melodious. The Arikara name for &#8220;meadowlark&#8221; directly translates to &#8220;woman&#8217;s nagging.&#8221; In the Blackfoot tribe, meadowlarks symbolize peace, and their presence is regarded as an assurance of safety, signaling that a camp or village is protected from potential attacks.<\/p><p>(from: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.native-languages.org\/legends-meadowlark.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.native-languages.org\/legends-meadowlark.htm<\/a>)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ece0395 e-con-full animated-fast e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ece0395\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-87a4f1e elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"87a4f1e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ecology<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-03b9ecd elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"03b9ecd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Western Meadowlarks inhabit open grasslands, prairies, meadows, and certain agricultural fields across a wide altitude range from sea level up to 10,000 feet. They tend to avoid wooded areas and regions with dense shrubbery. In the winter, they primarily scavenge for seeds on sparsely vegetated terrain, a behavior that contrasts with that of the Eastern Meadowlark, which typically prefers more densely vegetated habitats.<\/p><p>Their diet consists of both grain and weed seeds, supplemented by insects. Their feeding habits exhibit a clear seasonal pattern: during the winter and early spring, they predominantly forage for grain, while they switch to weed seeds in the fall. In the late spring and summer, they employ a probing technique, delving into the soil and beneath objects like dirt clods and manure piles to uncover beetles, ants, cutworms, grasshoppers, and crickets. Meadowlarks utilize a feeding behavior known as &#8220;gaping,&#8221; wherein they insert their bill into the ground or other substrates and pry it open to access seeds and insects that are typically beyond the reach of many other bird species. Occasionally, they may consume the eggs of other grassland bird species, and during harsh winters, they may resort to feeding on carcasses such as roadkill.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-916c602 e-con-full animated-fast e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"916c602\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-86164a2 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"86164a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How Your Support Helps<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c27bbfa elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c27bbfa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We remove human-made structures of our land that serve as a high perch for potential predators, such as birds of prey. These structures, such as electricity poles and cattle corrals, do not belong in a natural habitat, as grasslands are open and flat. All grassland birds profit from not having this extra anthropogenically created pressure.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb49845 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"fb49845\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" id=\"pronghorn\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b97d34 elementor-widget__width-inherit animated-fast elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4b97d34\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Pronghorn<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d64ddec elementor-widget__width-initial animated-fast elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d64ddec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe pronghorn antelope is the fastest land mammal in North America, and they are the reason why we remove as much dangerous fencing as we can. While pronghorn run fast, they can\u2019t jump very high, which leads to them getting entangled in barbed wire.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9f214e0 e-con-full animated-fast e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9f214e0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d275973 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d275973\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Scientific Name<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55d0483 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data-bg-image=\"url(&#039;https:\/\/southernplains.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/20220217-SPLT-_7R38507-min.jpg&#039;)\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper-button elementor-swiper-button-prev\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Previous\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-eicon-chevron-left\" viewBox=\"0 0 1000 1000\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M646 125C629 125 613 133 604 142L308 442C296 454 292 471 292 487 292 504 296 521 308 533L604 854C617 867 629 875 646 875 663 875 679 871 692 858 704 846 713 829 713 812 713 796 708 779 692 767L438 487 692 225C700 217 708 204 708 187 708 171 704 154 692 142 675 129 663 125 646 125Z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper-button elementor-swiper-button-next\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" 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elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"aceef72\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">History<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-def52c8 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"def52c8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The natural range of pronghorn used to extend from southern Canada to northern Mexico. Today pronghorn are mainly found in the United States on the Great Plains, in Wyoming, Montana, and New Mexico. Some of the highest numbers of pronghorn are in the Red Desert and Yellowstone ecosystems.<\/p><p>The first Europeans who explored the American West were surprised to see an antelope in North America, but Native Americans were very familiar with this animal; 330 different names for pronghorn have been recorded from 219 Native American languages. They were an important source of animal protein and were extensively hunted throughout their range.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e0d3ad2 e-con-full animated-fast e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e0d3ad2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bbeebf0 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bbeebf0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ecology<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b4e0e1d elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b4e0e1d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Pronghorn can run at speeds close to 60 miles an hour. They have evolved this capacity in order to outsmart their predator: a cheetah (<em>Miracinonyx<\/em> spp.) used to live on the Great Plains. Although pronghorn are not as fast as cheetahs, they can maintain a fast speed for a longer period of time. Even more amazing than its speed is the pronghorn\u2019s migration. Herds of pronghorn migrate 150 miles each way between Wyoming\u2019s Upper Green River Basin and Grand Teton National Park. The only other land animal to travel farther in North America is the caribou.<\/p><p>Pronghorn are herbivores. They eat grasses, forbes, sagebrush, and other prairie plants. Pronghorn digest their food twice. After they swallow food, it passes through the stomach and then the pronghorn regurgitates it. This process allows the pronghorn to break the plant material into smaller pieces so that more nutrients are absorbed. They seldom drink water because they receive most of their water from the plants they eat.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b8dd987 e-con-full animated-fast e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b8dd987\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-328c1b2 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"328c1b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How Your Support Helps<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e0efc2d elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e0efc2d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPronghorn pass through our preserves freely and use our land as a refuge during hunting season. By removing barbed-wire fences, we give them more space to run and migrate without risk of getting injured or entangled.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74c2fa9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"74c2fa9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" id=\"beaver\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d72c08f elementor-widget__width-inherit animated-fast elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d72c08f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">North American Beaver<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41dc520 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"41dc520\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/southernplains.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/SPLT-Grasslands-KEYSTONE-BEAVERS-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-src=\"https:\/\/southernplains.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/450x450-Beavers-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-57822 lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/southernplains.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/450x450-Beavers-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/southernplains.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/450x450-Beavers-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/southernplains.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/450x450-Beavers-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/southernplains.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/450x450-Beavers.jpg 450w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Click here for a flyer of this Keystone Species<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-534f89e elementor-widget__width-initial animated-fast elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"534f89e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tA region once known for its cottonwoods and beaver dams, is now hard to imagine when looking at our surrounding landscape. We want to bring back the beaver and its positive ecological effects to this region that is scarred by more than a century of  riparian deforestation overgrazing.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d3b18ca e-con-full animated-fast e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d3b18ca\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-80c2900 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"80c2900\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Scientific Name<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">History<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c17f9a4 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c17f9a4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSoutheastern Colorado was once teeming with flowing streams, cottonwoods, and this industrious rodent. The Santa Fe trail and its posts ran right through our region, which was beaver fur-trading central. Big Timbers was a wooded riparian area in Colorado along both banks of the Arkansas River that is famous as a campsite for Native American tribes and travelers on the Mountain Branch of the Santa Fe Trail. These ecological features are now scarce.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6cffbf9 e-con-full animated-fast e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6cffbf9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-405041d elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"405041d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ecology<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ab302a elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7ab302a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Beavers are well known for their dam-building. They maintain a pond by reacting to the sound of running water, and damming it up with tree branches and mud. The purpose of the dam is to provide water around their lodges that is deep enough to not freeze solid in winter. The dams also flood areas of surrounding forest, giving the beaver safe access to an important food supply.<\/p><p>Beavers are herbivores and do not eat fish, contrary to popular belief. Beavers consume a mix of herbaceous and woody plants, which depends on region and season. They prefer aspen and other poplars, but also eat other tree species and eat cattails, water lilies, and other aquatic vegetation, especially in the early spring. The beaver is a keystone species, increasing biodiversity in its territory through creation of ponds and wetlands.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32a0e01 e-con-full animated-fast e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"32a0e01\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7951e06 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7951e06\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How Your Support Helps<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76bda47 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"76bda47\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We work hard on riparian restoration by building one-rock dams to prevent bank erosion, by implementing beaver-dam-analogs or log jams, and by replanting native woody vegetation along the streams on our preserves. This will help the beaver return to its natural habitat.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc2f97e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"dc2f97e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" id=\"burrowing-owl\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-88701a1 elementor-widget__width-inherit animated-fast elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"88701a1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Burrowing Owl<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-831533a elementor-widget__width-initial animated-fast elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"831533a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBurrowing owls are charismatic little ground-dwelling owls that are a much appreciated resident of our preserves. They migrate south during winter, but come back en masse to our land in April\/May for breeding season. Some describe them as the \u2018Howdy\u2019-owl, because they often tilt their head sideways, Other people describe them as old little bald men in skinny jeans, because they do not have ear tufts and have long slender legs that always stick out.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3abc346 e-con-full animated-fast e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3abc346\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d57544 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9d57544\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Scientific 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWhile burrowing owls still maintain noticeable populations, their numbers have been steadily declining over numerous years, primarily due to human-induced changes to their habitats and the dwindling numbers of prairie dogs and ground squirrels. Particularly sharp declines have been observed in regions such as Florida, the Dakotas, and coastal California. In the United States, the burrowing owl is listed as endangered in Minnesota, threatened in Colorado and Florida, and classified as a species of concern in California, Montana, Oklahoma, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. Across its range, it is deemed vulnerable or imperiled in nearly all states. Burrowing owls are recognized by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as a bird in need of conservation efforts.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a5ad83 e-con-full animated-fast e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1a5ad83\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7281ad9 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7281ad9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ecology<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a76adc elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8a76adc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>These owls inhabit underground burrows, either self-dug or used from creatures like prairie dogs, ground squirrels, or tortoises. Burrowing Owls have a diverse diet, consuming both invertebrates and small vertebrates. While insects, notably grasshoppers, crickets, moths, and beetles, make up the majority of their food items, vertebrates makeup the bulk of their diet by mass. They are known to hunt a wide range of prey, including lizards, birds, mammals, and various other creatures such as dragonflies, scorpions, frogs, and even bats. Interestingly, females primarily capture insects, especially during daylight hours, while males predominantly target vertebrates, typically at night.<\/p><p>Prior to egg-laying, Burrowing Owls line the entrances to their burrows with animal dung, which attracts dung beetles and other insects that they subsequently capture and consume. Additionally, they may collect miscellaneous objects like bottle caps, bits of metal foil, or paper scraps near their burrow entrances, possibly as a means of signaling occupancy.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35f6e99 e-con-full animated-fast e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"35f6e99\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a1e1ba elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6a1e1ba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How Your Support Helps<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-22ca7cf elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"22ca7cf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIf we can purchase more land in the breeding territory of the Burrowing Owl, we directly gain ground for the survival of this species. We work hard to give them a safe refuge with as many invertebrates as they can swallow.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55e286d elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-laptop elementor-hidden-tablet e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"55e286d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fcc9b3a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"fcc9b3a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f66282e elementor-widget__width-inherit animated-fast elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f66282e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">American Bison<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-90f7bf3 elementor-widget__width-initial animated-fast elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"90f7bf3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOur largest preserve, Heartland, is home to a herd of plains bison. They are free to roam the 43,000 acre property and new calves are being born in the wild each year. We need your support to expand the range on their native grounds.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b80f8d e-con-full animated-fast e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0b80f8d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ec5bdc elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7ec5bdc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Scientific Name<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0956a2f elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget 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elementor-element-723d085 e-con-full animated-fast e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"723d085\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b625692 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b625692\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">History<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-22ef0fc elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"22ef0fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Once upon a time, large herds of bison roamed the American plains, but they nearly got extinct due to both commercial hunting and slaughter during the 19th century. Additionally, the introduction of bovine diseases from domestic cattle further endangered them. Once numbering around 60 million, their population plummeted drastically within one century to a mere 541 individuals by 1890.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72e337c e-con-full animated-fast e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"72e337c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab0be7f elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ab0be7f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ecology<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18dad58 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"18dad58\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Bison are herbivores that eat grass and other vegetation. They graze the prairie grasses at different heights, creating a mosaic pattern on the plains that provides nesting grounds for birds. They sometimes roll around on the ground to get a dust bath, which is known as wallowing. Their \u2018wallows\u2019 (depressions in the soil) fill with rainwater and offer breeding pools for amphibians and sources of drinking water for wildlife across the landscape.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e58c91 e-con-full animated-fast e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3e58c91\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53a6a8e elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"53a6a8e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How Your Support Helps<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e339411 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e339411\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBy purchasing more land and giving bison more space, they will be able to move and migrate as they naturally did. Large herds of bison used to move across the Great Plains from north to south in fall and returned north when spring rains brought fresh grass to their range. Providing the space to roam will help with their foraging success, increase the size of the herd, and eventually help grassland restoration through their grazing patterns.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e64d48a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e64d48a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f4e341e elementor-widget__width-inherit animated-fast elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f4e341e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Black-Tailed Prairie Dog<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-764252c elementor-widget__width-initial animated-fast elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"764252c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Prairie dogs are the reason that the Southern Plains Land Trust was once founded. A group of prairie wildlife protectors realized that prairie dogs are not wanted in agricultural, range and urban landscapes and wanted to provide a refuge for these native rodents. We now have over 2500 acres of prairie dogs colonies!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ad599f e-con-full animated-fast e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7ad599f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14d2fc3 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"14d2fc3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Scientific Name<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7452863 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" 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elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8e84955\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>At the beginning of the twentieth century, prairie dogs occupied 100 million acres of Great Plains down the eastern side of the Rockies from Canada to Mexico. Today, that range has decreased to less than 2 million acres. The reason for their decrease is that they are persecuted by shooting and poisoning, and they are susceptible to plague (an introduced disease). Human-caused changes to the grasslands stemming from crop agriculture, livestock grazing, energy development, residential and commercial development have decimated their native range.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f007c64 e-con-full animated-fast e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f007c64\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b378a6 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0b378a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ecology<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed50fe7 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ed50fe7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Prairie dogs live in colonies in underground burrows called \u2018coteries\u2019. Their burrows are usually U-shaped with chambers connected by tunnels, and can go 7 to 15 feet deep. Throughout the town, they cut down anything growing taller than about 6 inches, which allows the prairie dogs to better see predators. The mound of earth at the entrance of burrows helps to keep the burrows from flooding. Multiple entrances allow for an escape route in the event a predator gets into the burrow.<\/p><p>Grasses and leafy vegetation make up 98 percent of black-tailed prairie dog\u2019s diet. They occasionally eat grasshoppers, bugs and beetles. Their primarily herbivorous diet provides all of the moisture content that they need\u2014prairie dogs do not need to drink water.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-337049a e-con-full animated-fast e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"337049a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef683e6 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ef683e6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How Your Support Helps<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-243a49f elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"243a49f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We actively prevent the prairie dogs on our preserves from attracting plague by treating them with specific medicine. This dust-like substance is put around their burrows and when the prairie dog enters or exits, the dust spreads to its fur. The costs for these treatments are covered by donations from partners and supporters.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-441a611 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"441a611\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c44cc1 elementor-widget__width-inherit animated-fast elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6c44cc1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Black-Footed Ferret<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dfee4be elementor-widget__width-initial animated-fast elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dfee4be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe black-footed ferret, one of North America\u2019s most endangered mammals, was once believed to be extinct. Due to our persistence in maintaining a large and healthy prairie-dog population (the ferret\u2019s main prey), we were able to reintroduce this magnificent species onto our preserve.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b569340 e-con-full animated-fast e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b569340\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d93d7c elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8d93d7c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Scientific Name<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAfter being thought to be completely extinct, its rediscovery in Wyoming in 1981 initiated collaborative efforts among various stakeholders to revive the species. Through initiatives such as captive breeding, reintroductions, habitat preservation, and cloning, the population of black-footed ferrets in the wild has been restored to over 400 individuals. Despite significant progress in their recovery, challenges persist, with habitat loss, predation and disease remaining significant threats. Biologists suggest that achieving a population of 3,000 adult ferrets in their natural habitat is necessary for the successful restoration of this endangered species.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa0bfd3 e-con-full animated-fast e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"fa0bfd3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1cbec88 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1cbec88\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ecology<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe7b303 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fe7b303\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe black-footed ferret typically leads a solitary life, except during breeding seasons or when nurturing offspring. It is nocturnal by nature and predominantly preys on sleeping prairie dogs within their burrows, comprising up to 90% of its diet. The remaining 10% consists of small rodents and rabbits. These ferrets exhibit a behavior known as the weasel war dance, colloquially describing their excited movements, a trait also observed in other members of the weasel subfamily. Naturalists speculate that this dance may serve to confuse or disorient prey in the wild. Unfortunately, primary causes of mortality for black-footed ferrets include habitat loss, diseases introduced by humans, and inadvertent poisoning from measures taken to control prairie dog populations.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3cad27b e-con-full animated-fast e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3cad27b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3e0b0c elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a3e0b0c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How Your Support Helps<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c2cadab elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c2cadab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThis rare and endangered species needs all the help it can get, and that means that we need more science-based conservation techniques. We actively survey what causes its decline, and how we can prevent predation of ferrets on our preserves. Your financial support helps us conduct more research and apply the results to benefit the black-footed ferret.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b25f2d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0b25f2d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c7fffe1 elementor-widget__width-inherit animated-fast elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c7fffe1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Western Meadowlark<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-beac2ae elementor-widget__width-initial animated-fast elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"beac2ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe song of the Meadowlark is the soundtrack of the shortgrass prairie. Without this bird, the grassland wouldn\u2019t feel the same and luckily, it stays here year-round. The Meadowlark is a flagship species for all other grassland birds that call our preserves home.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-412dc07 e-con-full animated-fast e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"412dc07\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f7ddd41 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f7ddd41\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Scientific Name<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a94d59 elementor-widget__width-initial 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elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c0eb5ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">History<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-368a495 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"368a495\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Meadowlarks hold significance in the folklore of various Native American tribes, each attributing distinct meanings to their presence. Among the Sioux tribes, Meadowlarks are revered as symbols of friendship and loyalty, and there is a strict taboo against harming them. The melodious song of the meadowlark is considered a harbinger of good fortune by many Sioux people, and historically, it was believed that meadowlark whistles could summon buffalo herds. Conversely, the Arikara Indians interpret the meadowlark&#8217;s call as admonishing rather than melodious. The Arikara name for &#8220;meadowlark&#8221; directly translates to &#8220;woman&#8217;s nagging.&#8221; In the Blackfoot tribe, meadowlarks symbolize peace, and their presence is regarded as an assurance of safety, signaling that a camp or village is protected from potential attacks.<\/p><p>(from: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.native-languages.org\/legends-meadowlark.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.native-languages.org\/legends-meadowlark.htm<\/a>)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c0da526 e-con-full animated-fast e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c0da526\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-adcc10b elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"adcc10b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ecology<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c55a6a elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3c55a6a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Western Meadowlarks inhabit open grasslands, prairies, meadows, and certain agricultural fields across a wide altitude range from sea level up to 10,000 feet. They tend to avoid wooded areas and regions with dense shrubbery. In the winter, they primarily scavenge for seeds on sparsely vegetated terrain, a behavior that contrasts with that of the Eastern Meadowlark, which typically prefers more densely vegetated habitats.<\/p><p>Their diet consists of both grain and weed seeds, supplemented by insects. Their feeding habits exhibit a clear seasonal pattern: during the winter and early spring, they predominantly forage for grain, while they switch to weed seeds in the fall. In the late spring and summer, they employ a probing technique, delving into the soil and beneath objects like dirt clods and manure piles to uncover beetles, ants, cutworms, grasshoppers, and crickets. Meadowlarks utilize a feeding behavior known as &#8220;gaping,&#8221; wherein they insert their bill into the ground or other substrates and pry it open to access seeds and insects that are typically beyond the reach of many other bird species. Occasionally, they may consume the eggs of other grassland bird species, and during harsh winters, they may resort to feeding on carcasses such as roadkill.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78a89dd e-con-full animated-fast e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"78a89dd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f7d8bf6 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f7d8bf6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How Your Support Helps<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-655a7bd elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"655a7bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We remove human-made structures of our land that serve as a high perch for potential predators, such as birds of prey. These structures, such as electricity poles and cattle corrals, do not belong in a natural habitat, as grasslands are open and flat. All grassland birds profit from not having this extra anthropogenically created pressure.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d2fbc08 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d2fbc08\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d79671 elementor-widget__width-inherit animated-fast elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3d79671\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Pronghorn<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba0d60a elementor-widget__width-initial animated-fast elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ba0d60a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe pronghorn antelope is the fastest land mammal in North America, and they are the reason why we remove as much dangerous fencing as we can. While pronghorn run fast, they can\u2019t jump very high, which leads to them getting entangled in barbed wire.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73bf95e e-con-full animated-fast e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"73bf95e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28b9a3c elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"28b9a3c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Scientific Name<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-216924f 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elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"af04fd2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">History<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a16f1b9 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a16f1b9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The natural range of pronghorn used to extend from southern Canada to northern Mexico. Today pronghorn are mainly found in the United States on the Great Plains, in Wyoming, Montana, and New Mexico. Some of the highest numbers of pronghorn are in the Red Desert and Yellowstone ecosystems.<\/p><p>The first Europeans who explored the American West were surprised to see an antelope in North America, but Native Americans were very familiar with this animal; 330 different names for pronghorn have been recorded from 219 Native American languages. They were an important source of animal protein and were extensively hunted throughout their range.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c6946e e-con-full animated-fast e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7c6946e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec4a286 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ec4a286\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ecology<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a298746 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a298746\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Pronghorn can run at speeds close to 60 miles an hour. They have evolved this capacity in order to outsmart their predator: a cheetah used to live on the Great Plains. Although pronghorn are not as fast as cheetahs, they can maintain a fast speed for a longer period of time. Even more amazing than its speed is the pronghorn\u2019s migration. Herds of pronghorn migrate 150 miles each way between Wyoming\u2019s Upper Green River Basin and Grand Teton National Park. The only other land animal to travel farther in North America is the caribou.<br \/>Pronghorn are herbivores. They eat grasses, forbes, sagebrush, and other prairie plants.<\/p><p>Pronghorn digest their food twice. After they swallow food, it passes through the stomach and then the pronghorn regurgitates it. This process allows the pronghorn to break the plant material into smaller pieces so that more nutrients are absorbed. They seldom drink water because they receive most of their water from the plants they eat.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c33e6d1 e-con-full animated-fast e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c33e6d1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a7947f elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9a7947f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How Your Support Helps<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26408cf elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"26408cf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPronghorn pass through our preserves freely and use our land as a refuge during hunting season. By removing barbed-wire fences, we give them more space to run and migrate without risk of getting injured or entangled.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e1fa74 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1e1fa74\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a9379f2 elementor-widget__width-inherit animated-fast elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a9379f2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">North American Beaver<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c146bce elementor-widget__width-initial animated-fast elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c146bce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A region once known for its cottonwoods and beaver dams, is now hard to imagine when looking at our surrounding landscape. We want to bring back the beaver and its positive ecological effects to this region that is scarred by decades of overgrazing.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d5a866 e-con-full animated-fast e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5d5a866\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05dacd3 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"05dacd3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Scientific Name<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-146f909 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data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">History<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ba190f elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3ba190f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSoutheastern Colorado was once teeming with flowing streams, cottonwoods, and this laborious rodent. The Santa Fe trail and its posts ran right through our region, which was beaver fur-trading central. Big Timbers was a wooded riparian area in Colorado along both banks of the Arkansas River that is famous as a campsite for Native American tribes and travelers on the Mountain Branch of the Santa Fe Trail. These ecological features are now scarce.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e95bc08 e-con-full animated-fast e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e95bc08\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2dfb2f8 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2dfb2f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ecology<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67bd66b elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"67bd66b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Beavers are well known for their dam-building. They maintain a pond by reacting to the sound of running water, and damming it up with tree branches and mud. The purpose of the dam is to provide water around their lodges that is deep enough to not freeze solid in winter. The dams also flood areas of surrounding forest, giving the beaver safe access to an important food supply.<\/p><p>Beavers are herbivores and do not eat fish, which many people think. Beavers consume a mix of herbaceous and woody plants, which depends on region and season. They prefer aspen and other poplars, but also eat other tree species and eat cattails, water lilies, and other aquatic vegetation, especially in the early spring. The beaver is a keystone species, increasing biodiversity in its territory through creation of ponds and wetlands.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d188fa e-con-full animated-fast e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9d188fa\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae5012a elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ae5012a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How Your Support Helps<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe28419 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fe28419\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We work hard on riparian restoration by building one-rock dams to prevent bank erosion, by implementing beaver-dam-analogs or log jams, and by replanting native woody vegetation along the streams on our preserves. This will help the beaver return to its natural habitat.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a573cf e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2a573cf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad97e4f elementor-widget__width-inherit animated-fast elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ad97e4f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Burrowing Owl<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c09601 elementor-widget__width-initial animated-fast elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8c09601\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBurrowing owls are charismatic little ground-dwelling owls that are a much appreciated resident of our preserves. They migrate south during winter, but come back en masse to our land in April\/May for breeding season. Some describe them as the \u2018Howdy\u2019-owl, because they often tilt their head sideways, Other people describe them as old little bald men in skinny jeans, because they do not have ear tufts and have long slender legs that always stick out.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c19327 e-con-full animated-fast e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1c19327\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-208b396 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"208b396\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Scientific 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burrowing owls still maintain noticeable populations, their numbers have been steadily declining over numerous years, primarily due to human-induced changes to their habitats and the dwindling numbers of prairie dogs and ground squirrels. Particularly sharp declines have been observed in regions such as Florida, the Dakotas, and coastal California. In the United States, the burrowing owl is listed as endangered in Minnesota, threatened in Colorado and Florida, and classified as a species of concern in California, Montana, Oklahoma, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. Across its range, it is deemed vulnerable or imperiled in nearly all states. Burrowing owls are recognized by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as a bird in need of conservation efforts.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3fda851 e-con-full animated-fast e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3fda851\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9be0d16 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9be0d16\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ecology<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b318aa2 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b318aa2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>These owls inhabit underground burrows, either self-dug or used from creatures like prairie dogs, ground squirrels, or tortoises. Burrowing Owls have a diverse diet, consuming both invertebrates and small vertebrates. While insects, notably grasshoppers, crickets, moths, and beetles, make up the majority of their food items, vertebrates makeup the bulk of their diet by mass. They are known to hunt a wide range of prey, including lizards, birds, mammals, and various other creatures such as dragonflies, scorpions, frogs, and even bats. Interestingly, females primarily capture insects, especially during daylight hours, while males predominantly target vertebrates, typically at night.<\/p><p>Prior to egg-laying, Burrowing Owls line the entrances to their burrows with animal dung, which attracts dung beetles and other insects that they subsequently capture and consume. Additionally, they may collect miscellaneous objects like bottle caps, bits of metal foil, or paper scraps near their burrow entrances, possibly as a means of signaling occupancy.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3d49b1 e-con-full animated-fast e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a3d49b1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f44bafc elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f44bafc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How Your Support Helps<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df27031 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"df27031\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIf we can purchase more land in the breeding territory of the Burrowing Owl, we directly gain ground for the survival of this species. 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