Fragmented Prairies and Grasslands: Ordway Prairie Preserve

Fragmented Prairies and Grasslands: Reconnecting Habitats through Collaborative Partnerships, a 2022 Stewardship in Action Field Workshop, explored various grassland conservation and management strategies, along with the partnerships required to make them successful. Many great Minnesota prairie treasures were explored, including the Ordway Prairie Preserve.
The patchwork landscape of Ordway Prairie combines grasslands and woods in a mosaic representation of millions of acres in the Midwest, where competition between forest and prairie was intense. On top of Ordway's sharply rolling, glacially-deposited hills lies dry hill prairie. The relatively undisturbed quality of Ordway Prairie's grasslands and wetlands attracted The Nature Conservancy more than 30 years ago. Expanding towns and continuing agricultural pressure make this site's protection a priority.
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