Long gone are the days described by explorer Louis Joliet and other pioneers, who after leaving the eastern deciduous forest behind, encountered prairies stretching from horizon to horizon. If you were to follow the same route as those early pioneers to the Midwest today, you would come to realize that the vast prairies have given way to a sea of agriculture and extensive urban centers sprawling across the landscape.
-Eric L. Kershner "The Decline of Grassland Birds in the Midwestern United States" Birding magazine by the American Birding Association July/August 2006.
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