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August 13, 2005 : Grasslands National Park
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Keywords: Poaceae | Saskatchewan
Grasslands National Park, located in the southwest corner of Saskatchewan, protects some of the largest remnant blocks of (nearly) undisturbed mixed-grass prairie in North America. However, the prairie is not as it was prior to European arrival: the disappearance of bison with the associated loss of grazing pressure and soil disturbance means the dynamics and composition of the plant community have changed. Parks Canada is reintroducing bison into the park this upcoming winter in a limited area, with the intent of restoring the land to a more natural state (and likely also increasing visitors - we saw only about a dozen people in the park proper all day long).
There are no apparent plans, however, to reintroduce the plains population of the grizzly bear (more).
Posted by Daniel Mosquin at August 13, 2005 4:37 AM
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Posted by: Mansun at August 17, 2005 4:55 PM
looks like tornado, scary scary
Posted by: jack at September 29, 2005 7:09 AM
This is cool!!!
Posted by: Alicia Price at October 12, 2005 3:04 PM
That is SOO sweet!! I love Grasslands National Park!!
Posted by: Kels n Manda at January 17, 2006 8:24 AM
Nice shot, but unfortunately the grass in the foreground is the invasive agronomic, crested wheatgrass (agropyron cristatum). It is persistent and very difficult to eradicate.
Posted by: Don Gayton at May 6, 2006 10:14 AM
Wow! I'm doing a geo project on the grass lands, so this is really interesting!
Posted by: Yiku Mai at December 11, 2006 2:37 PM
I'm also doing a geo project on grasslands, but that's a nice pic, ty for letting me use it in my title page rofl.
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