You CAN make a difference for wildlife 💪
Want to know how we make great strides for prairie plants and animals? Come to the Toast to the Prairie on June 6th in Erie, Colorado! 🌾🥂
Tickets and info: https://ow.ly/rRAS50YN9Ro
#fundraiser #colorado #savetheprairie
The 'American Serengeti' 🌅
Just an average sunset on the Southern Plains, taken with an iPhone, no filter.
#serengeti #prairie #sunset #nofilter #colorado
Ready to have a good time? 🥂
Come to our Toast to the Prairie on June 6th and enjoy a fun, relaxing afternoon with a prairie-loving crowd. Music, drinks, appetizers, and a small auction, all for the benefit of native wildlife. Join us! 🌾🦬
Tickets and info: https://ow.ly/gOS450YMUCH
Next Wednesday, April 22nd, is Earth Day. 🌎 What moments do you appreciate nature the most?
Earth Day is celebrated annually to raise awareness about environmental issues, promote conservation, and encourage action against pollution, climate change, and deforestation.
📸 by Rich Reading
Final call! You can learn from two experts in the field of wildlife camera trapping! April 21st, from 11AM-3PM, at Heartland Ranch Nature Preserve. You'll learn about the why&how of using cameras for wildlife conservation!
Email judith@southernplains.org to sign up
A couple of drops...that's all the rain we got this week. Luckily, the native prairie plants are pretty drought tolerant. Which natives can you spot in this photograph?
#letitrain #drought #colorado #prairie
Want to learn more about prairie dog distributions across the Great Plains?
The Homes on the Range project was developed to identify where conservation actions for the BTPD ecosystem are most likely to succeed - by Dr. Ana Davidson.
April 20th, 6-7PM (MT)
https://ow.ly/Xlep50YEyUf
Southern Plains Land Trust is part of the Great Plains Conservation Network and they have their upcoming Prairie Webinar talk on April 15 at 12:00 MDT!
'The amazing movements of a little brown bird: why they happen and why it matters.'
Register here: https://ow.ly/o9OJ50YEyry
Will we be seeing you this weekend for our second volunteer event of the year? We are aiming to plant 3000 willows in two days - a new Guinness World Record! (not really, but maybe...has anyone kept any records?)
Help us help nature, and get your hands dirty!
Email info@southernplains.org for info
What do fences do for the prairie?
These fences block native wildlife from moving across the landscape, and they become major tumbleweed traps - choking out any other vegetation and turn the fence into an even more impassable barrier.
What could be a better alternative to the old-fashioned fence?
Here's a fun idea: join this outdoor event, with music, appetizers and drinks on a warm June (6th) afternoon. We will share stories from the field and share our goals for prairie protection. 🌾🦬
Cheer with us for the endangered shortgrass prairie! 🥂
Tickets and more info at https://ow.ly/XEJ150YExJH
My gosh, that went fast! The first-ever Southern Plains Birding Festival is sold out! For the lucky ducks that got a ticket: see you in May! 🦉
@reefstorockies @denver.audubon @southern_plains_land_trust
Have you received the latest Grassland Gazette? 🌾
Stay up to date with our progress for the prairie by checking our monthly online newsletter here: https://southernplains.org/en/grassland-gazette/
Or sign up to receive the newsletter automatically in your inbox every month!
Did you know that all prairie dog pups are born around this time of year? Prairie dogs have their babies generally between March and April, after a pregnancy of roughly 26–30 days. The pups are born blind and hairless and will stay in the burrow for 5–6 weeks before emerging.
This photograph was taken last year...we've not had much rain this year. Hoping to see some lush green grass soon 🤞
What does your backyard look like at the moment?
#drought #grassland #Colorado
📸 by Karen Voepel
Time to party! 🦬🥂
SPLT’s preserves flourish with wild creatures. Please join us in raising our glass for the prairie!
This year's event will be held in Erie, Colorado, at a very special location: an airplane hangar..
Tickets and info via: https://ow.ly/thBF50YzmFl
Due to high demand we've organized two extra tours during the upcoming Southern Plains Birding Festival! 🦉🌾
If you are currently on the waiting list for another Sunday tour, head over to the website https://www.southernplainsbirdingfestival.org/ and register for these new excursion slots.
How festive...😐
On average, we find one mylar balloon a day on our preserves. These balloons do not biodegrade. Prairie wildlife can get disoriented, trapped, entangled, or poisoned by these party items. Great reminder to hold on tight to your balloon and don't let wildlife deal with the trash.
Do you want to learn how to set up a camera trap in such a way that it contributes to science and conservation? Come join our on-site workshop on April 21st! 📸
Sign up and more info by emailing judith@southernplains.org
@emmabalunek
#wildlife #conservation #conservationscience #workshop
We need 7 more runners on May 16-17 !
Please consider registering for the Colfax marathon and list us as your charity! We will give each runner a free pronghorn t-shirt and gratitude! Deadline for our charity partner eligibility is April 1st...so run over to runcolfax.org 😉
Do you like staring at birds? (Who doesn't?) 🐦
Our ecotourism partner Reefs to Rockies (sponsor of the Southern Plains birding festival) is organizing a Spring Safari on May 15-17. This trip is the perfect opportunity to watch birds, bison, and beyond! More info: https://ow.ly/UeVg50YwrUi
🎶 He should have had it allllll, rolling in greeeeeeeen 🎶
Happy St. Patrick's Day! Hope you appreciate all the green in your life!
📸 by Karen Voepel
#bison #wildlife #green #StPatricksDay
Was your weekend as fun as ours? 👀
We had a small but mighty group of volunteers out to harvest 3000 (!!!) willows and replant them onto our Heartland Ranch Nature Preserve! These willows will help stabilize the stream banks and improve riparian biodiversity.
The beavers will be happy too! 🪵 🦫
Run for the runners! Go to runcolfax.org, register for the distance you like, and choose 'Southern Plains Land Trust' as a charity during registration. We need 11 more runners to list us as their charity in order to be eligible to receive any prize money...
Come learn about the power of camera traps! 📸
Dr. Chris Wemmer and Emma Balunek will each give a talk about the use of camera traps, followed by a field demonstration of how to set up and use different kinds of cameras.
April 21st at Heartland Ranch. Sign up by emailing judith@southernplains.org.
Have you ever heard of seed disking? Well, that's what we are currently doing on 100 acres along Rule Creek on the Raven's Nest Nature Preserve! Goal: to improve plant diversity for native pollinators! 🌻🐝
Stay tuned for the results! 🌸🌼
#habitatrestoration #SouthernPlains #Colorado #pollinators
Want to join the conversation about the future of our water? 💦
Ogallala Commons, partnering with SPLT, invites you to this upcoming event, a "Stewarding Our Water Future" Conference on March 26-27 in Burlington, CO!
Info and tickets: https://ow.ly/Lkh850YrrT6
Tickets to the first annual Southern Plains Birding Festival are flying off the shelves! (pun intended) 🦅
Join the festival on May 9th and 10th in Bent County, Colorado. Festival tickets are $40 per person.
Get your tickets and additional info at southernplainsbirdingfestival.org.
Join us for the first annual Southern Plains Birding Festival on the SPLT preserves! This two-day, one-night festival takes you to the prairies of southeast Colorado where Burrowing Owls are waiting for you…🦉🌾
Tickets are for sale now!! Get your tickets and info at southernplainsbirdingfestival.org
We stumbled upon some great news yesterday: a *new* beaver couple is now living on one of our prairie preserves! 🦫🪵
Slowly but surely, the beaver is returning (all by itself!) to all of the SPLT preserves.
The beaver is our biggest ally 💪
#rewilding #beaver #colorado #wetland #habitatrestoration