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Gr 1–3—The North American prairie, a balanced ecosystem of prairie dogs and other animals and plants, thrived for thousands of years. Yet within 60 years of the arrival of farmers and ranchers, it was almost destroyed. The discovery of a remnant prairie in the late 1980s enabled the reintroduction of the black-tailed prairie dog and created an environmental recovery celebrated here in ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Roth and Trumbore take off from the cumulative folk song "The Green Grass Grew All Around" to detail the plight of the prairie dog. Prairie dogs were once abundant, but their numbers have been greatly reduced by farming and development. In Janos, Mexico, an area largely untouched by modern farming techniques, scientists and conservationists document the importance of the black-tailed prairie dog and work to restore other grassland species (ferrets and bison). Roth's mixed-media illustration...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

The authors detail the plight of the prairie dog, whose numbers have been greatly reduced by farming and development. Two independently strong...Log In or Sign Up to Read More