What remains of the stunning shortgrass prairie of eastern Colorado is at even more risk of die-off than previously thought, threatened by increasingly common extreme droughts. The same fate awaits ...

Boulder County Parks and Open Space will host an event to showcase shortgrass prairie ecosystems on Aug. 15. According to a release, rangers invite community members to participate in “The Hidden ...

Prairies used to cover a swath of America from Mexico to Canada. But not all prairies are the same. Different conditions dictate each prairie ecosystem, and thus what plants and animals exist in each ...

The Hidden Worlds of the Shortgrass Prairie talk: 6 p.m. Thursday, Longmont Public Library, 409 Fourth Ave., Longmont. Discover the quiet beauty of the shortgrass prairie in Boulder County. Prairies, ...

Eastern Laramie County has no mountains, but it is not flat. We were looking for birds north of Hillsdale (a town name indicating the varied topography), walking across the shortgrass prairie on a ...

The Hidden Worlds of the Shortgrass Prairie: 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Sandstone Ranch Visitor Center, Sandstone Drive, Longmont. Discover the quiet beauty of the shortgrass prairie, a native ecosystem in ...

In a remote corner of the short grass prairie plains south of Malta, something new and something ancient is recreating itself. It’s not simple and not universally supported, but through the efforts of ...

An article about our short native grasses lets me talk about two of my favorite things: Native plants and bison. Since I was very young, I have been fascinated by bison. They were a cornerstone of the ...

EADS — Colorado’s Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site marking one of the nation’s bloodiest assaults on Native people will more than double in size to cover more than 6,500 acres of shortgrass ...

KIMBALL — Although Shaun Evertson was born on the Great Plains hundreds of miles from the nearest ocean, he began his career in the Navy. As a search-and-rescue paramedic, he served for 14 years in ...

SCOTT CITY — Bouncing over the sand sage-covered hills in his pickup truck, rancher Stacy Hoeme combs the shortgrass prairie of his ranch searching for leks — the mating grounds of the lesser prairie ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... EADS — Standing under cottonwood trees with conservationists and tribal leaders, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland on Wednesday announced an expansion of ...