{"id":1651,"date":"2022-09-26T12:07:37","date_gmt":"2022-09-26T16:07:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stateofthebirds.org\/2025\/?page_id=1651"},"modified":"2025-03-06T17:43:40","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T22:43:40","slug":"grassland-birds","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.stateofthebirds.org\/2025\/grassland-birds\/","title":{"rendered":"Grassland Birds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Long-term steep declines with several species at the tipping point<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In America\u2019s Heartland, more than 320 million acres of grasslands support people\u2019s livelihoods, Indigenous cultures, and ecosystem functions. Yet this crucial biome is in collapse\u2014and grassland birds are rapidly disappearing\u2014due to conversion for row-crop agriculture, woody-plant invasion, and drought.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Collaborative grassroots conservation initiatives across the Midwest and Great Plains are leading proactive efforts to defend what\u2019s left of America\u2019s grasslands, and to restore millions of acres through strategic and coordinated conservation planning and delivery at landscape scales.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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eBird Trends for Obligate Grassland Birds<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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A composite map of eBird Trends for grassland birds shows declines across the Midwest.<\/strong><\/br>LeConte\u2019s Sparrow, Lark Bunting, Western Meadowlark, and Bobolink are species showing some of the largest declines. Baird’s Sparrow Andy Bankert \/ Macaulay Library<\/a>.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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