Native Grass and Forb Plantings
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Native rangelands provide the best habitat available for grassland birds in the
Great Plains because they provide the plant communities that native bird species
evolved with. Rangelands that have been converted to agriculture or altered in other
ways can be improved or restored with native species plantings.
Conservation Reserve Program fields can be improved for birds by interseeding forbs
and legumes into grass stands. RMBO's Stewardship Division is working on a project
in Southeast Colorado aimed at improving nesting and brood rearing habitat for Lesser
Prairie-Chickens on CRP fields. Landowners with CRP fields in close proximity to
active prairie chicken leks are being recruited to participate in the voluntary
interseeding program with the goal of improving 500-1000 acres of habitat within
Lesser Prairie-Chicken range.
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