Prairie Potholes

(From CEQ) In the Prairie Pothole Region/Great Plains, USGS scientists are working to expand the ecological understanding of processes that influence wetland functions and values in agriculture landscapes. Research on global climate change, sediment and nutrient dynamics, the effectiveness of wetland restoration and enhancement for flood storage and wildlife habitat, and the potential of prairie pothole wetlands to sequester carbon are also being addressed.

Listed below are examples of research projects available online and general information from USGS about prairie potholes.

• Effects of Climate on Numbers of Northern Prairie Wetlands (NPWRC) (also related to Global Change)

• Mallard Brood Survival in Prairie Pothole Landscapes (NPWRC)
  
  
• Paynes Prairie Ecopassage Project (FISC)
  

• Prairie Wetlands and Climate Change - Droughts and Ducks on the Prairies. Fact Sheet. Download the File. (431 KB, PDF--get Adobe Reader) (also related to Global Change)
  
  
• Prairie Wetlands are Important for Carbon Storage (NPWRC) (also related to Global Change)

• Research Access to Privately Owned Wetland Basins in the Prairie Pothole Region of the United States (NPWRC)

• Restoring Montana’s Pothole Wetlands: Demonstration Sites and Adaptive Management (NOROCK)

• Sedimentation of Prairie Pothole Wetlands: The Need for Integrated Research by Agricultural and Wildlife Interests (NPWRC)

• Sedimentation of Prairie Wetlands (NPWRC)

• Water-Level Fluctuation in Wetlands as a Function of Landscape Condition in the Prairie Pothole Region (NPWRC)

• Wetlands of the Prairie Pothole Region: Invertebrate Species Composition, Ecology, and Management (NPWRC)

	More Research Samples from: Florida Integrated Science Center (FISC) Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center (NPWRC) Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center (NOROCK) Patuxent Wildlife Research Center (PWRC)