Mountain Prairie

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Geographic Perspectives - Mountain Prairie

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(External) The Big Sky Institute at (External) Montana State University is an interdisciplinary center dedicated to creating, applying, and communicating science-based knowledge. The BSI Ecological Informatics Lab brings together natural sciences, geographic information systems (GIS), statistics, modeling, information technology, and computational programming with a comprehensive goal of making ecological data more useful to society.

Mountain Prairie

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The Mountain Prairie Information Node is a collaborative project between the (External) Big Sky Institute , the USGS (External) Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center , the USGS (External) Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center , and other partners .

Mountain Prairie provides biological information organized by geography and by theme. Go directly to featured projects below, or use the menu to navigate the site.

Brucellosis
Learn why this disease is of special concern of ranchers in this region and investigate the resulting implications for maintaining our free-ranging elk and bison herds.

Butterflies and Moths of North America
Use this searchable database of distribution maps, species accounts, and photographs of butterflies and moths.

Carbon Sequestration
Learn about the promise of ongoing research and technologies to help mitigate for climate change through regional capture of carbon dioxide emissions.
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Butterfly Drawing
(External) Children's Butterfly Site
Enjoy photographs, print coloring book pages, and explore the life cycle of butterflies and moths.

image: UW-Madison/SSEC
Climate Science
Investigate how climate variability drives ecosystem structure and function, and learn how variability data can be used to assist decision-making.

Whirling Disease
Discover how a tiny European parasite with a complex life cycle is damaging ecosystems in the west.

Whitebark Pine
Whitebark Pine
Investigate monitoring efforts in Greater Yellowstone and learn about this ecologically important high-elevation species.

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Mountain Prairie Region

[Image: Aaron Jones, Big Sky Institute]

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