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A proposed 133-mile high-voltage transmission line project threatens the last intact Tallgrass Prairie ecosystem in Kansas.

Illinois, nicknamed the Prairie State by early settlers, once was dominated by a tallgrass prairie ecosystem. Prairies are characterized by deep, fertile soils that are the result of thousands of ...

Collecting purple prairie clover (Dalea purpera) seeds at Branched Oak Lake State Recreation area for use in a Nebraska tallgrass prairie restoration project Credit: Mike Bullerman photo courtesy ...

If you want to know what a great expanse of this country looked like before the cacophony of modern life took over, consider a trip to the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve in Kansas. The Nature ...

The tallgrass prairie is an astonishing place to run, with rolling hills, bison herds, wildflowers and birds. We take a sunrise run in the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve in Kansas. Just before ...

It’s been 30 years since bison were reintroduced to the Tallgrass Prairie, a once thriving ecosystem that had been dead for more than 100 years. Now, the bison population has grown to nearly 2000 and ...

On a recent weekday, short but mighty flames began consuming an expanse of tallgrass in Nachusa Grasslands, their advance marked with crackles and pops. Satisfied with the blaze, a group of eight ...

MANHATTAN, Kan. (WIBW) - The Konza Prairie has unlocked some of the hidden secrets of grassland plants thanks to the help of bison, some cattle and K-State researchers. Kansas State University says ...

The restored prairie land near the Robert Hall Pearson house at Black Jack Battlefield and Nature Park is pictured Friday, Sept. 16, 2022. The groups behind that restoration project will next set ...

Just before dawn, I let myself in through one of the cattle gates in the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, an hour's drive north of Wichita, Kan. These fences, maintained by the National Park ...