America's Grasslands: A Threatened National Treasure

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• published: 21 Jan 2011
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One of the most threatened biomes on the planet—a biome that is in our own backyard. Explores the uniqueness of this resource, the complicated reasons we're losing grassland, and the efforts of ranchers and conservationists to protect it. Because no other landscape on the continent is more important to waterfowl, wildlife, and cattle producers than the native prairie in the Prairie Pothole Region of the Dakotas, the project producers traveled across North Dakota to explore the uniqueness of this resource, the complicated reasons we're losing grassland, and the efforts of ranchers and conservationists to protect it. The program is funded by a grant from MDU Resources Foundation. References: Dr. James Rengelman; Dir. of Conservation Programs ND, SD, MT Ducks Unlimited Missouri Coteau Kurt Forman; US Fish & Wildlife Service, South Dakota Dr. Scott Stephens; Dir. of Planning Ducks Unlimited Aldo Leopold Quote: "Conservation is a state of harmony between men & land" Michael Forsberg; Photographer Carl Madsen; Retired, US Fish & Wildlife Service Karen Kreil; North Dakota Natural Resources Trust Baba Dioum Quote: "In the end we conserve only what we love. We love only what we understand. We will understand only what we are taught." Leola, South Dakota Randy Meidinger; Manager of Conservation Programs, South Dakota Ducks Unlimited Highmore, South Dakota Jim Falstich; Rancher, South Dakota Harris Hoistad; US Fish & Wildlife Service Doug Goehring; North Dakota Commissioner of Agriculture Woodworth, North Dakota Blue-Winged Teal Duck Goebel Ranch Bastrop, Louisiana Horseshoe Lake Hunting Club Morehouse Parish, Louisiana Jerry Holden; Dir. of conservation Programs, Souther Region Ducks Unlimited Aldo Leopold Quote: "That the situation appears hopeless should not prevent us from doing our best." Highmore, South Dakota United States Government Accountability Office Brad Magness; Rancher, Auction Market Owner, South Dakota Huron, South Dakota Grassland Easemnet Program Credits; Producers; Bob Dambach, Becky Jones Mahlum Editor; David Geck Narrator; Becky Jones Mahlum Videographers; Frode Tilden, David Geck Graphics; Ryan Sailer Production Manager; Barbra Gravel Holmboe Film courtesy of North Dakota State Histroical Society Photos courtesy of Michael Forsberg Executive Producer; Bob Dambach