These links provide you with additional information and resources related to the conservation of the shortgrass prairie ecosystem and its wildlife.

Index

• Environmental Organizations
• Environmental Directories
• Environmental News
• Ranching, Farming, and Grazing Information
• Specific Species
• Government Organizations
• Miscellaneous
• Land Trust Information
• Articles

Environmental Organizations

Wildlife Oriented:

• Predator Conservation Alliance (formerly Predator Project)
  Check out their Grassland Predator Protection Program
• National Wildlife Federation
  Very rich site. Worth exploring.
• Defenders of Wildlife
  ESA, and other information on wildlife
• National Audubon Society
  Working on behalf of wildlife and habitat.
• World Wildlife Fund
  Very rich site. Worth exploring.
• Rocky Mountain Animal Defense
  A fast-growing animal rights organization.
• Animal Protection Institute

National animal protection organization with many wildlife related campaigns

Ecosystem Oriented:

• WildEarth Guardians

Using a potent combination of litigation, scientific analysis, and grassroots organizing, WildEarth Guardians fiercely defends the West’s wild heritage.


• Alliance for the Wild Rockies
  Preserving the Northern Rockies Bioregion.
• Colorado Wild
  Working to protect and restore Colorado's high county.
• Ecology Center, Inc.
  "...to protect biological diversity and ecosystem integrity, primarily in the Wild Rockies Bioregion."
• Southern Rockies Ecosystem Project
  SREP "seeks to identify, protect and restore areas critical to the maintenance of biological diversity and ecological richness in the Southern Rockies bioregion."
• Rocky Mountain Chapter, Sierra Club
• Sierra Club, National Office
  "...promotes conservation of the natural environment by influencing public policy decisions--legislative, administrative, legal, and electoral. "
• Colorado Open Lands
  Working with landowners and communities to develop land conservation solutions
• Great Plains Restoration Council
  Working to restore the Great Plains
• The Fund for Wild Nature
  "...funding grassroots projects that protect biodiversity and which might not otherwise be funded through mainstream sources"
• Center for Native Ecosystems
  Dedicated to conserving and recovering the native species and ecosystems

Environmental Directories

• Environmental Resource List - Jim Morris
  Very comprehensive list, with succinct and easy to read summaries.

Environmental News

Dailies, Weeklies, and Archives covering environmental news.

• High Country News Home Page
  Biweekly. Excellent coverage of environmental issues in the west. Includes searchable archive of past issues.
• EnviroLink News Service
  Recent articles from many sources. You can do searches. Highly recommended.
• eNews
  Daily news put out by Defenders of Wildlife. Archives going back many months.
• Earth First! Journal
  Bold and unadulterated environmental news
• Environmental News Network
  Daily news.

Ranching, Farming and Grazing Information

Ranchers and farmers play an important role in shortgrass prairie ecosystem conservation.

• Western Livestock Journal Home Page
  Interesting reading.
• Range Net
  Individuals working to improve the ecological conditions of America's public rangelands

Specific Species

Prairie Dogs:

• Save the Prairie Dogs
  Everything you need to know about prairie dogs and their importance to the prairie
• Prairie Dogs and the Endangered Species Act
  Warranted but precluded

Swift Fox:

• USFWS info on Swift Fox
  Includes links, resources, and new releases
• Swift Fox no longer candidate for Endangered Species listing
  News release from the USFWS

Coyote:

• Billings Gazette 1999 article on Coyotes
  Details bounty hunting of coyotes in Baca County

Black-footed Ferret:

• Black-footed Ferret
  by US Fish & Wildlife Service
• Black-Footed Ferret Recovery

Governmental Organizations

Links to the major governmental players involved in issues surrounding wildlife and shortgrass prairie ecosystem conservation, broken down into federal, state, misc organizations.

Federal:

• Bureau of Land Management (BLM) National Home Page
  "... to sustain the health, diversity and productivity of the public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations."
• U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service World Wide Web Site
  "...to conserve, protect, and enhance fish and wildlife and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people."
• USFWS - Endangered Species Program
  Check out the "Endangered Species Bulletin".
• USDA's Home Page
  Forest Service and National Resources Conservation Service parent organization.
• The United States Senate
  The Senate's official web site.
• U.S. House Of Representatives - Home Page
  The House's official web site.

State:

• Colorado Department of Agriculture
  Includes listing of the state's Ag Commission.
• Colorado Department of Natural Resources
  Wildlife, Parks, Water, Land, etc.
• Region 6, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
  The Mountain-Prairie Region, which encompasses Colorado.
• Colorado Division of Wildlife Offices
  Addresses and phone numbers for Colorado DOW offices.

Misc:

• Colorado Birding Trail
  A network of trails to observe birds
• Springfield, Colorado
  The nearest and friendliest big town to Fresh Tracks.
• League of Conservation Voters
  The political arm of the environmental movement.
• Pinon Canyon Coalition
  A coalition preventing a massive expansion of military training in south eastern Colorado

Land Trust Information

• Land Trust Alliance
• Colorado Coalition of Land Trusts

Articles

• National Geographic