http://www.worldwildlife.org/ The latest Northern Great Plains headlines from WWF Fri, 06 JUN 2008 17:00:00 EDT en-us http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2009/WWFPresitem14174.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2009/WWFPresitem14174.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST A unique conservation project World Wildlife Fund (WWF) started two years ago in partnership with the Nebraska-based Grassland Foundation has won Travel + Leisure’s 2009 Global Vision Award for Wildlife Tourism. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2009/WWFPresitem13952.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2009/WWFPresitem13952.html Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST After a 70-year absence from Canada, black-footed ferrets will once again prowl the prairies, following today’s release of more than 30 captive-bred animals into Canada’s Grasslands National Park.   Leading the reintroduction were staff from a dozen different conservation organizations, governments and zoos, including species experts from WWF-US and WWF-Canada. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2008/WWFPresitem9025.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2008/WWFPresitem9025.html Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:00 EST A $300 billion five-year Farm Bill that cleared Congress today contains much-welcomed environmental provisions, but also creates risk to native grasslands, leaves conservation programs under-funded and misses an opportunity to reform the government’s outdated farm subsidy system, according to World Wildlife Fund (WWF). http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem3369.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem3369.html Mon, 17 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST Washington D.C.– The 5-year Farm Bill (HR 2419) passed by the Senate by a vote of 79-14 yielded mixed results for conservation said World Wildlife Fund. Although the bill does provide support for important conservation programs, the Senate failed to pass several progressive amendments that would have greatly reduced federal subsidy payments to the wealthiest commodity producers and transferred some of the subsequent savings to increased conservation spending. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem956.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem956.html Tue, 05 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EST CHADRON, NE – The U.S. Forest Service today released its draft plan that may drastically increase the poisoning of prairie dog colonies this fall throughout the Buffalo Gap and Fort Pierre National Grasslands in South Dakota and the Oglala National Grassland in Nebraska. Widespread poisoning could kill tens of thousands of prairie dogs, which would jeopardize the continued recovery of the critically imperiled black-footed ferret, the most endangered mammal in North America. The plan would also harm other wildlife that depend on prairie dogs for food or prairie dog burrows for shelter, including rare species such as swift foxes, burrowing owls and ferruginous hawks. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2006/WWFPresitem880.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2006/WWFPresitem880.html Tue, 19 Sep 2006 00:00:00 EST WASHINGTON - Almost 25 years to the day that the black-footed ferret was rediscovered, previously having been declared extinct, federal officials announced that they are considering changing rules to allow poisoning of prairie dog towns, even the ones ferrets rely upon for survival. Among the areas being considered for poisoning is the Conata Basin near Wall, South Dakota, home to the world's only successful wild population of ferrets. September 26 is the 25th anniversary of the rediscovery of the ferrets. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2006/WWFPresitem853.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2006/WWFPresitem853.html Thu, 11 May 2006 00:00:00 EST WASHINGTON - Just in time for Mother's Day, five wild baby bison have been born on the plains of eastern Montana. The bison are part of a wild herd that live on a new prairie wildlife preserve and are the first bison to be born on this part of the Great Plains, the heart of their historic range, in 120 years. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2005/WWFPresitem815.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2005/WWFPresitem815.html Thu, 17 Nov 2005 00:00:00 EST American Prairie Foundation (APF), a Montana-based private land trust, working in cooperation with World Wildlife Fund, today released 16 bison on a portion of 32,000 acres of prairie it owns and leases south of Malta, Montana.