The Prairie Pothole Region, which spans the northern Great Plains of the United States and Canada, is the most important breeding area for many duck species on the continent.

Cox Enterprises has donated $100 million to the wetland and waterfowl conservation nonprofit Ducks Unlimited to preserve threatened wetlands in the Prairie Pothole Region.

To qualify for prevented planting in the Prairie Pothole National Priority Area, acreage must have been “planted and harvested (or incurred an insurable loss other than for excess moisture) in ...

The annual North Dakota Grain Growers E-Tour shows EPA officials modern agriculture in North Dakota. The 2024 tour visits farms and agribusinesses, as well as aerial tours of Prairie Pothole Region.

A 2024 Fish and Wildlife Service rule intended to protect the Upper Midwest’s prairie potholes has now drawn a potentially far-reaching legal challenge drafted by conservative lawyers.

Perhaps the most striking example is Devils Lake, which rose from an elevation of 1,422.6 feet in 1993 to a record of 1,454.3 feet in 2011. The lake expanded from 44,230 acres to 211,300 acres.

The Prairie Pothole Region stretches across southern Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, and dips south into North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Minnesota and Montana in the United States.