Status: Active
Operational Plan: 2021
Project Duration: 36 months
Start date: November 15, 2021
The central grasslands of the Great Plains are a shared ecosystem stretching from southern Canada, through the United States, to northern Mexico. These grasslands are one of the most endangered ecosystems in North America, home to many endemic grassland-dependent species that are at-risk, threatened, or endangered. The central grasslands also provide other valuable environmental services (e.g., carbon sequestration, water supply and flow regulation, and erosion control), and play a crucial role in agricultural sustainability for rural communities and economies. Building on past work by the CEC on grasslands conservation and ongoing efforts such as the Central Grasslands Roadmap and the JV8 Central Grasslands Initiative, the current project will fill recognized gaps in central grasslands conservation.
To find out more about this project, here is the complete project description.
Lucie Robidoux
Head of Unit for Ecosystems
(514) 350-4311