printProfile of a 20-Year-Old Prairie
by johan
We’ve collected data on bees, ants, small mammals, and grasshoppers/katydids that indicate we’re doing well on the habitat front, in addition to maintaining plant diversity. If we can create habitat that helps defragment the landscape, manage it for a diversity of animals, and maintain plant diversity over long periods of time, that’s pretty sweet. We still have a lot to learn, and our oldest sites are still less than 30 years old, so a lot might happen that will make us reconsider, but so far so good!