Minnesota Prairie Conservation Plan

Grazing as a Public Good in Western Minnesota

July 30, 2014
Brian DeVore
agriculture, Food and Sustainable Agriculture, Land Conservation, Loon Commons blog
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As a Nature Conservancy scientist based in a Midwestern state, Steve Chaplin thinks a lot about the impact agriculture has on ecological treasures such as native tallgrass prairie. “Other than plowing, grazing…