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Forgotten Prairies

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I can certainly speak about the Midwest where states like Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, etc. So barren in fact it is not uncommon to find this grassland species occupying the same habitat as cattle or areas with high degree of human disturbance. have over-developed these areas for agricultural uses.

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Come@Me: Hunting Is Not Conservation

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According to Stanley Temple, a professor emeritus of conservation at the University of Wisconsin, “the extinction was part of the motivation for the birth of modern 20th century conservation.” The persecution of these apex predators, especially wolves , is rampant among some hunters and cattle ranchers. But I digress.

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