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The Manitoba Tall Grass Prairie Preserve is home to a vast array of species, several of which are considered at risk both federally and provincially. Two species highlighted will be the Western Prairie Fringed-orchid and the Small White Lady’s-slipper, both listed as Endangered. Extensive efforts have been made to document occurrences and track their response to prairie management activities such as prescribed fire and rotational grazing. The second part of the presentation will look at a unique bird banding project that is part of an international program monitoring trends in the North American bird community. Started in 1996, more than 1800 birds from 61 species have been banded at the Preserve for the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) program. A significant shift in the Preserve’s bird community has been observed over the 18 years since the project began. One never knows what might show up in the mist nets, which is one of the reasons Christie thoroughly enjoys heading out to the banding site at 5:30am!