Our Mission
Prairie Biotic Research (PBR) formed in 2000 as a non-profit corporation devoted to basic field biological research in prairies and savannas. PBR enables researchers to write grants to other funding agencies and we administer our own Small Grants Program. Whereas many attempt to restore prairies, we aim to restore prairie natural history -- to keep the practice of natural history alive in our culture. We cultivate an ethic of thoughtful inquiry.
PBR is an all-volunteer, scientific, 501(c)(3) public charity that fosters
research in wild or restored native grasslands and savannas anywhere in the USA.
All of us who comprise PBR do basic biotic research ourselves.
Download a copy of our IRS tax-exemption letter
IRS EIN: 39-2008653, WI Charitable Org. No.: 7327-800
Development of this website has been funded through a grant from the
Irwin Andrew Porter Foundation of Minneapolis, for which we are very grateful.