The Prairie Zephyr is the Southern Plains Network's newsletter. It contains project and staff updates, feature and focus articles, and is a quick way to catch up on network news, findings, and insights.
September 2023
♦ Meet Andy Ray, SOPN Program Manager ♦ Meet our Scientists in Parks ♦ Vital signs monitoring updates ♦ Reporting updates ♦ Science Spotlight: Robust projections and consequences of an expanding biomodal growing season in the western United States
September 2022 Special Issue
♦ Remembering Rob Bennetts: In Memorium ♦ Excerpts from Open letter to the world and snapshot of my life by Rob Bennetts
September 2021
♦ More changes on the wind ♦ Southwest Network Collaboration news ♦ Secretary of Interior Deb Haaland Visits Pecos NHP ♦ NPS geodiversity atlas pages for SOPN parks ♦ Bird checklists for SOPN parks ♦ SOPN monitoring news ♦ SOPN staff and office updates
Winter 2017
♦ Network news and staff updates ♦ Cultural landscape inventories in SOPN parks ♦ SOPN publishes prairie restoration report ♦ Summer 2017 monitoring results ♦ Impact of exotic plants on native bees ♦ Park spotlight: Sand Creek Massacre NHS ♦ Invading the plains: prickly lettuce
Fall 2014
♦ Protecting pollinators in Southern Plains parks ♦ Around the network: Natural Resouce Condition Assessments ♦ Field monitoring updates
Winter 2013
♦ Monitoring and project updates ♦ Drought and exotics: A cautionary tale ♦ Collaboration and communication
Spring/Summer 2012
♦ Network update - moving to Natural Resources Stewardship and Science ♦ Monitoring updates for exotic plants, grasslands and fire effects and landbirds ♦ Natural Resource Condition Assessments are underway ♦ Short videos emphasize connection between natural and cultural resources
Last updated: February 5, 2024