Enrique Gili is a freelance writer covering Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability (As people depart nature returns, restoring balance to the prairie.The Great Plains, which makes up more than 15% of the USA's land area through 10 states but holds barely 3% of the nation's population, is going through another transformation. The more rural parts of the region gradually are adapting to a century of decline in farming and the steady exodus of young people. Scattered corners of the Plains that have suffered economic setbacks are adjusting partly by reverting to nature: land preservation, eco-tourism, wildlife products, hunting grounds and recreational ranches.
It's vindication of sorts for East Coast professors Frank Popper and his wife, Deborah Popper who predicted the creation of the Buffalo Commons - a nature reserve where bison would roam freely.
(USA Today)
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