Coeur d'Alene Tribe works to restore native prairie
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Coeur d'Alene Tribe works to restore native prairie

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 14, 20261 min
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A nearly $1 million grant is helping restore remnant Palouse prairie and reestablish native plants on tribal land. Learn more at https://www.yaleclimateconnections.org/

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I'm Dr. Anthony Leiserwitz and this is Climate Connections. A hundred and fifty years ago, areas of eastern Washington and Idaho were blanketed in perennial grasses, wildflowers, and native shrubs. It was an ecosystem known as Palouse Prairie.

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It contained really important medicinal and food plants such as commas and bitter root. Danielle Ignace of Idaho's Cordelane Tribe is an associate professor at the University of Minnesota. She says the grasslands also help the climate

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because the soil and the plants' deep roots store carbon underground. And they can soak up a lot of water, which makes the area more resilient

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