Native grasslands suffer 'death by a thousand cuts'
MELBOURNE'S precious native grasslands have suffered ''death by a thousand cuts'' because state and federal legislation lacks the teeth to protect the fragile ecosystem from being destroyed by development, the nation's peak science group says.
A black-tailed prairie dog in Grasslands National Park has died of plague, a rare but naturally occurring disease affecting ground squirrels throughout the southern prairies, Parks Canada said Friday.