They might seem like unlikely allies, but ranchers and prairie conservationists have a future working together.
At least that’s how Phil Rose, a master’s candidate in Biology, sees things.
Rose has been spending hours in the field, tracking grassland birds, which are some of the most at-risk birds in North America. Grassland bird populations on the prairies (Manitoba to Alberta) have dropped by 55 per cent over a period of 44 years, according to a study by the World Wildlife Fund.
The report cites farming and agriculture as the main causes of habitat loss in the prairies.
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