Whiptail Lizard
One of our very rare partners on the ranch has figured out the path to evolutionary success in a stable cooperative world - do away with males…Click to read the whole story on the Whiptail Lizard.
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Jack Rabbit
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Antelope
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Long Billed Curlew
Curlews appear to be a bird you’d find on a coastal shoreline, but are actually a unique prairie bird in rapid decline.
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Ground Squirrels
These burrowing squirrels play a key role in plant dynamics and soil health. They till up small areas (10-20 feet) and help taller grasses compete with the primary short grasses like Buffalo and Blue Grama. The taller grasses capture rainfall, slow soil evaporation, and keep roots in deeper soil.
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Blue Grama Grass
Buffalo Grass and Blue Grama are the iconic short grass prairie species; not much volume but they pack a nutritional punch especially in the winter time when protein is in short supply for grazing animals
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Only seen above ground occasionally, but omnipresent in the root zone of plants. These fungi are symbiotic with prairie plants; the fungi supply soil nutrients the plants can’t reach, and the plants provide sugars released from their roots. The whole process is set in motion when a cow bites a plant.
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Road Runners
These flight challenged birds hang out in rocky areas around the canyon rims. They love it around our headquarters where they eat lizards and keep snakes away.