HERS Student Studies the Environmental Impacts of Bison and Fire on the Prairie

Willow Kipp, a participant in the 2018 Haskell Environmental Research Studies (HERS) Summer Program, is studying the important role bison and fire play in sustaining the biodiversity of the Blackfeet Reservation's prairie. Her project is titled “Bison, Fire, Nitsitapii: Utilizing Innii (Bison) and Controlled burns to Maintain Short-Mixed Grass Prairie Biodiversity within the Blackfeet Nation.”

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