TLA Goals
- Prevent further loss of tallgrass prairie
- National recognition as a producer-driven, landscape scale initiative, designed for private landowners to voluntarily, with agency assistance, manage the remaining Kansas Tallgrass Prairie in a manner that fiscally supports the ranching culture and does so in an ecologically sound manner, precluding any further listing of tallgrass species under the Endangered Species Act.
- Develop specific Farm Bill policies for tallgrass prairie.
- Develop a tallgrass conservation easement program in Kansas.
- Provide better utilization of existing programs for the benefit of Kansas tallgrass prairie.
- Facilitate public awareness of the benefits provided by Kansas tallgrass prairie, such as:
- watershed protection and resulting water quality benefits
- economic value of the ranching industry
- view sheds/open space vistas
- carbon sequestering
- cultural and historical values
- home to numerous species of threatened plant and animal species.