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The North American prairie rivals the Amazon rainforest in its biological diversity, and it’s disappearing even faster.
Sea of Grass,” written by Dave Hage and former Star Tribune environmental reporter Josephine Marcotty, is due in bookstores ...
So by a quirk of geology, the Flint Hills region survived as a rare ... eastern Kansas and northern Oklahoma and includes the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, the nation’s largest remaining ...
Grassland Bird Species to Know When you think of the historic Great Plains, you probably imagine vast herds of bison grazing ...
Already praised by writers such as Bill McKibben and Elizabeth Kolbert, “Sea of Grass” is about the “ecological marvel” of the North American prairie. Former Star Tribune journalists Dave Hage and ...
The sun may be setting for the Symphony in the Flint Hills, but that doesn’t mean its final show won’t still be impressive to ...
The artist Louis Copt was greatly influenced by the Flint Hills prairie and captured it in a way no other artist has, says a ...
The smooth-surfaced trail winds through the heart of the county’s scenic resort communities, lakes and wooded hills ... Minnesota’s western tallgrass prairie and eastern deciduous forest.
United Way of the Flint Hills celebrated a successful fundraising campaign at the annual Community Awards Luncheon on Thursday, May 22. Held at the Bowyer Building, the event recognized those who ...