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National Audubon Society Announces Largest Market-Based Regenerative Grasslands Partnership in the U.S.

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Tuesday, April 6, 2021
Agricultural land, Ecoregions, Grassland, Plains, Poaceae, National Audubon Society, Organic beef, Beef, Natural environment, Natural Resources

New York, NY, April 06, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The National Audubon Society today announced the largest market-based regenerative grasslands partnership in the U.S. with Panorama Organic Grass-Fed Meats, the nations largest producer of 100 percent grass-fed, grass-finished certified organic beef.

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  • New York, NY, April 06, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The National Audubon Society today announced the largest market-based regenerative grasslands partnership in the U.S. with Panorama Organic Grass-Fed Meats, the nations largest producer of 100 percent grass-fed, grass-finished certified organic beef.
  • We recognized early on that partnership between Audubon and ranchers was mission critical to saving them.
  • The Audubon Conservation Ranching Initiative seeks to enhance the stewardship of grasslands for the benefit of birds.
  • Birds have suffered significant decline over the past 50 years due to the loss of U.S. grasslands to widespread development.

125,000-acre initiative aims to conserve Canadian prairies through collaboration with ranchers

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Thursday, March 25, 2021
Natural environment, Articles, Agricultural land, Ecoregions, Grassland, Plains, Poaceae, Wetland, Prairie, Sustainability, Biogeography

In response to growing climate concerns, returning less productive annual cropland to perennial grass helps remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

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  • In response to growing climate concerns, returning less productive annual cropland to perennial grass helps remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
  • "In North Americas prairie ecosystems, cattle help ensure the sustainability of grasslands, said Karla Guyn, chief executive officer for DUC.
  • For decades, weve worked with Canadian cattle farmers and ranchers to conserve natural habitat on their land, said Guyn.
  • Canadas prairies contain wetlands, lakes, rivers and valleys that provide habitat to more than 60 wildlife species at risk.

Prairie farmers and ranchers can further enhance biodiversity on their land through new Weston Family Prairie Grasslands Initiative

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Thursday, March 4, 2021
Agricultural land, Ecoregions, Grassland, Plains, Poaceae, Land management, Prairies, Natural Resources, Natural environment

Announced yesterday, the Weston Family Prairie Grasslands Initiative supports organizations that are working with local communities to deliver conservation solutions that are both economically and environmentally sustainable.

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  • Announced yesterday, the Weston Family Prairie Grasslands Initiative supports organizations that are working with local communities to deliver conservation solutions that are both economically and environmentally sustainable.
  • We have a strong relationship with, and a deep respect for, the farmers and ranchers who steward the lands that support biodiversity in Canada.
  • The Weston Family Prairie Grasslands Initiative will support projects that conserve nearly four million acres of priority prairie grassland habitat by actively engaging landowners and agricultural producers.
  • Learn more at ducks.ca
    The Weston Family Prairie Grasslands Initiative is a five-year collaboration to celebrate, steward and protect one of Canadas most ecologically valuable and threatened ecosystems.

Light, leaves and a high-tech library - Why the world's scientists are paying attention to advances in Canadian remote sensing research.

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Thursday, July 19, 2018
Biology, Physical geography, Ecoregions, Geography, Agricultural land, Grassland, Plains, Poaceae, Biodiversity, McGill University, Tundra, Sherbrooke

The biodiversity housed within these unique environments is a source of national pride and inspires the curiosity of scientists and scholars.

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  • The biodiversity housed within these unique environments is a source of national pride and inspires the curiosity of scientists and scholars.
  • The observatory is made up of a multinational group of researchers working to establish a central library of 'spectral barcodes' for important Canadian plant species.
  • Specific plant species will be chosen for this research from various major ecosystems, such as forests, grasslands, tundra and peatlands.
  • The team includes researchers from four Canadian universities: Universit de Montral , McGill University , University of British Columbia , and Universit de Sherbrooke .