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BCR 22 - Eastern Tallgrass Prairie
ABC-designated Globally Important Bird Areas in this BCRCarlyle Lake Wildlife Management Area and Eldon Hazlet State Park Cedar Point National Wildlife Refuge Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge Clarence Cannon National Wildlife Refuge DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge Upper Mississippi National Wildlife Refuge and Army Corps of Engineers Lands Detroit River/Lake Erie Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge Flint Hills Tallgrass Prairie Preserve Fort Riley Goose Lake Prairie State Natural Area Horseshoe Lake Conservation Area John Redmond Reservoir Konza Prairie Research Natural Area Lake Shelbyville Fish and Wildlife Management Area LaSalle Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area Magee Marsh Wildlife Area Mark Twain National Wildlife Refuge Complex and Army Corps of Engineers Lands Marshall State Fish and Wildlife Area Maumee Bay Metzger's Marsh Wildlife Area Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge Pere Marquette State Park (Mississippi River State Fish and Wildlife Area) |
This region includes what was formerly the most tall and lush grasslands of the Great Plains. Beech-maple forest dominated in the eastern sections, and the prairie and woodland ecotone between the two was marked by a broad and dynamic oak-dominated savannah. The modern landscape of the Eastern Tallgrass Prairie is dominated by agriculture. Threats to the upland and wetland habitats of this region include urbanization, recreational development, and agricultural expansion. High priority grassland birds that persist in some areas include the