Native Prairie is an area of unbroken grassland or parkland dominated by non-introduced species. The intent of the State of the Prairie collaborative study is to report on the current extent and change in Native Prairie cover in the Grassland and Parkland Natural Region over various scales to determine any changes or losses of native prairie and where they occur. By undertaking this in a collaborative way, the intent is that decision makers throughout our PCF membership will have a consistent set of information on which to base their decision making.
The technical report was the first piece of this project to be completed and reported on the change over time from a baseline of 1990 to what was current in 2010. Since this first report, an updated technical report was completed in 2025 using data from 1990, 2000, 2010, and 2020. Updates to the technical report will be conducted about every 5 years. The project area was summarized and evaluated by Grassland and Parkland Natural Regions, Public/Private lands, Natural Sub region, Eco-districts as well as Counties and other administrative areas such as military bases and First Nations. An occasional paper and video were also completed to delve more into the current state of the prairie and what that means for Albertans.
