The Southeastern Grasslands Institute has garnered features in media highlighting the importance of our work at the community level to the national level. Please contact Eleanor Lopez eleanor.lopez@segrasslands.org with media inquiries.
Articles in digital print media
Naturalists, botanists and restoration volunteers spotlight Grigsby Prairie in Barrington Hills by Karie Angell Luc for the Chicago Tribune, July 21, 2026.
The US has lost about half of its historical grasslands. Why experts say it's important to protect what's left by Julia Jacobo for ABC News, June 17, 2026.
A New Future for 253,000 Acres of Appalachian Woodlands by Caleb Musser for Appalachian Highlands Farmers Magazine, May 28, 2026.
Too Many Trees Are Killing Wildlife on the Cumberland Plateau by Jenna Bratcher for A to Z Animals, May 20, 2026.
Grasslands are vulnerable in the Appalachians. New research shows a path for conservation by Caroline Eggers for WPLN Nashville, April 30, 2026.
Life & Work with Jodi Morgan of Canton in VoyageATL, April 16, 2026.
The Search for Vertical Grasslands by Suzie Hodges for Blue Ridge Outdoors, March 4, 2026.
$10 million awarded to restore Tennessee grasslands by Nikki McGee for WKRN News 2, February 27, 2026.
The race to restore Alabama’s grasslands by Holly Swafford for SoulGrown, February 23, 2026.
Alabama lost 90% of its grasslands. Now researchers have $800,000 to bring them back by Margaret Kates for AL.com, February 21, 2026.
Alabama launches $17.5M black belt prairie initiative to restore vanishing grasslands and rebuild wildlife populations by Mary Spiller for Black Enterprise, November 26, 2025.
Stronger Communities, Stronger Economy: Tennessee’s Nature-Based Solutions by Bill Frist for Forbes, November 17, 2025.
Scientists discover an ancient landscape - in our own backyard by Dana Milbank for The Washington Post, November 14, 2025.
Champions of Conservation: Dwayne Estes: Prairie Sage - reviving the South’s imperiled — and nearly forgotten — prairies, meadows, and savannas by Garden & Gun Magazine October/November 2025.
Honoring Conservation Champions: Acre by Acre 2025 by Northwest Arkansas Land Trust, September 26, 2025.
Park with Purpose: Clare’s Meadow by Carrington Fox for nFOCUS, August 21, 2025.
Inside the race to restore Tennessee’s native grasslands, before it’s too late by Pierce Gentry for NPR’s WUOT, July 16, 2025.
An ambitious initiative seeks to restore native grasslands at dozens of Eastern national park sites by Katherine DeGroff in the National Parks Conservation Association’s Greener Acres Spring 2025.
Saving Southern Grasslands by Margaret Renkl in the New York Times, Jul 15, 2024.
Essential Eastern Grasslands by Clara Deforest Colvig for the National Park Service, Jul 2024.
From Our Farm at Sinking Creek All the Way to Mongolia: How Grassland Restoration Is Reversing a Disappearing Habitat by former Senator Bill Frist in Forbes Policy, Jun 03, 2024.
Fertile Legacy: When it comes to vanishing prairies, even the smallest remnants are worth saving by Brianna Randall for the National Wildlife Federation, Oct 04, 2022.
Efforts afoot to save South’s disappearing grasslands by Travis Loller in the Washington Post, Sept 20, 2020.
Forgotten Landscapes: Bringing Back the Rich Grasslands of the Southeast by Janet Marinelli in Yale e360, Jun 20, 2019.
What did Alabama’s landscapes look like in 1819? Hint: think Kansas with prairies and bamboo by Pat Byington in Bham Now, Aug 22, 2019.
Seas of grass long gone from Tennessee, but APSU looks to restore them by Jimmy Settle. Published in The Leaf Chronicle, Jun 2, 2017.