The bison program is part of a larger project to help restore the oak savanna ecosystem, which has become rare in Minnesota, said Cedar Creek director David Tilman. The reserve has studied the ...

The property is notable for its rare oak savanna, an ecosystem that SWMLC aims to restore through prescribed burns and invasive species removal. This restoration effort is crucial, as oak savannas ...

Bison will once again feast on the grasslands of northern Anoka County this summer as scientists continue to study what role the animals may play in helping save the oak savanna, one of Minnesota ...

HOPKINS PARK, Ill.--Falling oak leaves pelted me Wednesday, driven by southwest winds topping 30 mph.But I wandered on, determined to get a good ramble in around Okàn Savanna. Sumac, one of the ...

Intact Mediterranean-type oak savanna (Tonzi Ranch), a research site of the University of California, Berke-ley, whose researchers contributed to the study.

But the ecosystem encompasses more than just trees, with plants like prickly pear cactus, ... If developers do spare the oak savanna, Sass said, it wouldn’t be enough to just let it be.

No one should garden in an area without knowing what ecoregion they are in and what geological and meteorological events shaped the surrounding landscape. In the case of East Texas, ...

SOUTH BEND — Hidden from the traffic on Indiana 2, a globally rare ecosystem with sandy soils, oak trees, prickly pear cactus and flowering dune plants thrives next to the now-shuttered South ...