Open Prairie Initiative

The North Dakota Wildlife Federation is  developing the North Dakota Open Prairie Initiative, a statewide effort to address one of the greatest threats facing North Dakota’s grasslands: Woody Encroachment.

With support from the North Dakota Outdoor Heritage Fund, NDWF will coordinate woody vegetation removal projects on:

• Private lands enrolled in North Dakota Game and Fish PLOTS
• Private lands with willing landowners (some access component preferred)
• Other state, federal, tribal, and publicly accessible lands
• Other high-value grassland and wildlife habitat identified by conservation partners