Minnesota Scientific & Natural Areas: We’re visualizing Minnesota’s remaining prairie.
It’s a stark transformation: at the time of the Public Land Surey between 1847 and 1908, Minnesota had 18 million acres of prairie.
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Minnesota Scientific & Natural Areas: Today, a little over 2 percent of that prairie remains. Prairies build soil, clean water, and provide essential habitat. Some of Minnesota’s most unique species of plants and animals call our native prairies home! Many acres of native prairies are protected in MinnesotaSNAs, and still more are protected through conservation easements with the Native Prairie Bank program.
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Prairies were once the largest continuous ecosystem in North America, but today they are one of the continent’s most endangered habitats opens in a new browser tab. The near elimination of native prairies and savannas (prairie with scattered trees) has inspired many efforts to protect remaining parcels.
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Prairie Cup
Visit Minnesota Prairies
The best way to experience prairie is to get out there and visit one! See, smell, feel and hear native prairies and grasslands at public lands across the state. To get even more involved, volunteer! Then, when you need some down time, explore with your imagination by reading a prairie story or listening to the Prairie Pod.
