Global water resources are under increasing pressure, and some regions face the need to
retire irrigation due to groundwater depletion or to meet governmental regulations. In arid …

Historically, relying on plot-level inventories impeded our ability to quantify large-scale
change in plant biomass, a key indicator of conservation practice outcomes in rangeland …

Grasslands are among the most impacted ecosystems globally. In the midcontinent of North
America, a> 80% loss of grasslands has made their conservation a major priority for …

Payment for ecosystem services (PES) is an innovative economic intervention to mitigate the
decline of ecosystem services and biodiversity; it plays a key role in harmonizing protection …

The sloping land conversion program (SLCP) is one of the most important payment for
ecosystem services (PESs) in the world, as direct stakeholders and the final implementers of …

Long-term intensive use of arable land has caused soil quality degradation and threatened
the sustainable development of agriculture. Faced with these challenges, numerous …

The Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), the largest private lands conservation program
in the United States, has contributed substantially to the health of soil, water, and wildlife of …

In many parts of the world, irrigation must decrease due to declining water availability and
increased demand from other water users. The Ogallala Aquifer, one of the biggest aquifers …

Abstract The North American Breeding Bird Survey monitoring effort has consistently
documented grassland bird declines since 1966. Within Kansas, greater prairie-chicken …