Lukas VFN 🇪🇺Small ponds in #Minnesota prairies may help save #minnow species https://phys.org/news/2024-06-small-ponds-minnesota-prairies-minnow.html
"The #TopekaShiner, a rare and endangered #fish, is only found in the few remaining #prairies in the #Midwest. A decade ago it looked well on the way to #extinction. But #scientists and #conservationists may have unlocked the secret to bringing it back, as well as a host of other #prairie life. And it all depends on small unnamed #ponds called oxbows."
Small ponds in Minnesota prairies may help save minnow species
Nick Utrup sat with a team of biologists in the tall grass, straining to see through the ripples of a small, unnamed pond. An approaching rainstorm from the west, already over the red cliffs of the nearby Blue Mounds State Park, had stirred up the wind throughout the prairie. But Utrup and the others stayed focused on finding signs of an elusive minnow.