Talk:Shortgrass prairie

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Canada

Why does the map only show the US, when the article includes Canada? 64.201.207.105 (talk) 21:33, 19 July 2022 (UTC)

Hopefully someone, who has the resources and knows how, can prepare one that better represents the content of the article. Fettlemap (talk) 21:43, 19 July 2022 (UTC)

What does this paragraph mean

"There are two significant population trends currently impacting the shortgrass prairie region. Firstly, the population in the region is decreasing, with many of those people moving westward. Additionally, more people are moving to metropolitan areas, and about three quarters of the population in this region live in those metropolitan areas. The human population today is still mainly dependent on agriculture, but fields such as energy exploration and mining have become more popular in the area. Due to the increase in people this has affected the ecosystem of the region and there has been a decrease of amount of species and diversity of those species."

which is it, and increase or a decrease?????? LegalSmeagolian (talk) 01:03, 12 February 2023 (UTC)

As you described, both. While there is a general decrease in the rural areas where prairies often are, the few counties with an urban area may impact the prairies by the increase in population. Cheers, Fettlemap (talk) 03:45, 12 February 2023 (UTC)

@Fettlemap Would you be amenable to this rewrite:

"There are two significant population trends currently impacting the shortgrass prairie region. Firstly, the population of rural areas in the region is decreasing, with many of those people moving westward. Additionally, more people are moving to metropolitan areas, with about three quarters of the population in this region live in those metropolitan areas. The growth of these urban areas has negatively affected their localecosystems, decreasing of amount of species and diversity of those species. The human population today is still mainly dependent on agriculture, but fields such as energy exploration and mining are expanding." LegalSmeagolian (talk) 04:06, 12 February 2023 (UTC)

Sounds good though I haven't checked the sources for confirmation of the details. Fettlemap (talk) 04:33, 12 February 2023 (UTC)