Rangeland and Farmland Habitat

Rough-legged Hawk, Barn Owl, Swainson's Hawk, Ferruginous Hawk, American Kestrel, Red-tailed Hawk, Short-eared Owl, Burrowing Owl

July 19, 2001

Vast sagebrush rangeland stretches for hundreds of miles across the High Desert, punctuated by canyons and rimrock. Native vegetation eaten by pronghorn antelope, deer and jackrabbits is being replaced by farmland providing forage for livestock. This replacement of native plants with crops....

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