LAST STAND OF THE TALLGRASS PRAIRIE

Where's the tall grass?

Tallgrass prairie once covered 170 million acres of North America. Within a generation the vast majority was developed and plowed under. Today less than 4% remains, mostly here in the Kansas Flint Hills. The preserve protects a nationally significant remnant of the once vast tallgrass prairie and its cultural resources. Here the tallgrass prairie takes its last stand.

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Last Stand of the Tallgrass Prairie Where's the tall grass? Tallgrass prairie once covered 170 million acres of North America. Within a generation the vast majority was developed and plowed under. Today less than 4% remains, mostly here in the Kan

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KANSAS

Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, located in the Flint Hills region of Kansas, north of Strong City, is a U.S. National Preserve. Of the 400,000 square miles (1,000,000 km2) of tallgrass prairie that once covered the North American continent, less than 4% remains, primarily in the Flint Hills. Since 2009, the preserve has been home to the growing Tallgrass Prairie Bison Herd. It is the nation's second newest national preserve, and is still under development. It contains five hiking trails, and was named as one of the eight Wonders of Kansas