🌾 “Prairie dogs are ecosystem engineers. As they go about their lives, they change their surroundings in ways that provide shelter, food and even nurseries for other species. On the grasslands of Montana, prairie dog colonies are islands of biodiversity. . . . 🌾 “Their burrows provide homes for many animals, including burrowing owls, badgers, swift fox, tiger salamanders, gopher snakes and black-footed ferrets, to name a few. The closely-cropped grass lawns they keep around their colonies are

Autumn on the prairie. Golden grass, crisp air, and bison moving through the changing light. 🍂 Beneath all that beauty, the prairie soil is hard at work, roots stretch deep, storing carbon and nutrients that keep this ecosystem thriving year after year. 🌱 | Golden Prairie Bison