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Plains & Prairie Potholes Landscape Conservation Cooperative




Plains and Prairie Potholes LCC Web site

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Regional Resource Management Challenges: 

  • Biological Carbon Sequestration
  • Climate Impacts on Agriculture and Grazing
  • Geological Carbon Sequestration
  • Fish and Wildlife Response to Climate Change
  • Protection of Native American Cultural Resources
  • Protection of Trust Species, including Migratory Waterfowl
  • Rangeland Fire
  • Water Availability and Water Quality for Humans and Ecosystems
  • Wildlife Disease




Plains and Prairie Potholes Landscape Conservation Cooperative Photos


March 4, 2010

Photos of Plains and Prairie Potholes Landscape Conservation Cooperative Region.

A northern pintail drake stands in a nearly dry prairie pothole in north-central South Dakota. Such scenes may become more common in the prairie pothole region in a future drier and warmer climate, as recent research indicates that fewer wetlands will be available for waterfowl.
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A northern pintail drake stands in a nearly dry prairie pothole in north-central South Dakota. Such scenes may become more common in the prairie pothole region in a future drier and warmer climate, as recent research indicates that fewer wetlands will be available for waterfowl. Photo credit: Lawrence Igl, U.S. Geological Survey.