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TeachMeFinance.com - explain Prairie potholes Prairie potholes The term 'Prairie potholes ' as it applies to the area of agriculture can be defined as ' A type of wetland that is at the center of a shallow depression characteristic of glaciated areas in the Upper Midwest (North Dakota especially). Many potholes are wet during only a portion of the year, usually early spring. They provide important nesting habitat for migratory waterfowl, and were designated as a national priority area by the Secretary of Agriculture under the Conservation Reserve Program'.
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