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Science Update

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November 14, 2008

Land steward Rob Self and science inters at Brown Ranch
(l-r) Conservancy land steward Rob Self works with Sarah Margoles, Sara Simmers and Mei Ai Khoo on assessing structure and composition of a prairie remnant at Brown Ranch in the Sheyenne Delta of North Dakota. Photo © Meredith Cornett/TNC 
Interagency Grassland Monitoring Team Completes Second Successful Field Season

Following a training attended by more than 30 natural resource professionals, the Interagency Grassland Monitoring Team completed its second field season. 

Altogether, ecologists from The Nature Conservancy, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service visited 50 remnant prairies in Minnesota and North Dakota. Rapid assessments were completed for approximately 5,000 acres. 

The goal of the monitoring is to determine broad plant composition and structural changes over time in response to a suite of land management techniques including grazing, burning and haying.