North Dakota Wildlife Action Plan - North Dakota Game and Fish ...

state ownership, the highest priority conservation action may be to prevent woody invasion to benefit
endemic grassland birds. The priority of a conservation action is relative to the area in question when it
comes to implementation.
The nine primary landscape components and twenty-one focus areas. See Appendices B and C for maps
of the Landscape Components and Focus Areas.
Section Landscape Component Focus Area
5.1 Tallgrass Prairie (Red River Valley)
5.1.a Saline Area
5.1.b Sand Deltas and Beach Ridges
5.2 Eastern Mixed-grass Prairie (Drift Prairie)
5.2.a Glacial Lake Deltas
5.2.b Devils Lake Basin
5.3 Mixed-grass Prairie (Missouri Coteau)
5.3.a Missouri Coteau Breaks
5.4 Western Mixed-grass/Shortgrass Prairie
(Missouri Slope)
5.4.a Big Sagebrush Shrub-Steppe
5.5 Planted or Tame Grassland
5.5.a CRP
5.6 Wetlands and Lakes
5.7 Rivers, Streams, and Riparian
5.7.a Missouri River System/Breaks
5.7.b Red River and Tributaries
5.7.c Sheyenne River
5.7.d James River
5.7.e Souris River
5.7.f Cannonball River
5.7.g Heart River
5.7.h Knife River
5.7.i Little Missouri River
5.8 Badlands
5.8.a Ponderosa Pines
5.9 Upland Deciduous Forest
5.9.a Pembina Hills
5.9.b Turtle Mountains
5.9.c Devils Lake Mountains
5.9.d Killdeer Mountains
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