Prairies Prairies The Bong Recreational Area is a managed prairie held as a state recreation area by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. It is located west of Brighton, Wisconsin. It covers an area of 4,515 acres (18 km²) and contains 8.3 miles (13 km) of mountain bike trails. Other recreational activities include high power rocketry, dogsledding, falconry, ATV sports, land sailing, horseback riding, hunting, camping with amenities and ultralight aviation. There is a wildlife preserve. Whooping cranes and Great Egrets are known to nest there. The facility is built on land originally meant to become an air force base. Its namesake is World War II veteran aviator Maj. Richard Ira Bong. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bong Recreational Area"
The Buffalo Commons is a conceptual proposal to restore large parts of the drier portion of the Great Plains to native prairie grazed by buffalo. The proposal originated with Drs. Frank and Deborah Popper, who argued in a 1987 essay that the current use of the drier parts of the plains is not sustainable. Most seriously debated in the 1990s, the idea has been hugely unpopular in the affected states, and has little chance of implementation on a large scale. ...more on Wikipedia about "Buffalo Commons"
California coastal prairie, also known as northern coastal grassland, is a grassland plant community of California and Oregon. It is found along the Pacific coast, from central California to southern Oregon. The strong winds and salt spray of along the coast prevent the growth of trees and shrubs, perpetuating a community of grasses and spring wildflowers, including California Poppy (Eschscholzia californica), Owl Clover (Orthocarpus erianthus), and Beach Strawberry (Fragaria chiloensis). The accumulated organic matter from centuries produce a rich, dark prairie soil ( mollisol). Coastal prairie often forms a landscape mosaic with northern coastal scrub. ...more on Wikipedia about "California coastal prairie"
The name camas prairie refers to several distinct geographical areas in the western United States which were named for the native perennial camassia or camas. ...more on Wikipedia about "Camas prairie"
The Canadian prairies is a vast area of flat sedimentary land that stretches from Ontario and the Canadian Shield to the Canadian Rockies covering much of the provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta — the Prairie Provinces. ...more on Wikipedia about "Canadian prairies"
Dry-mesic prairie has a high forb diversity and low percentage of grass cover. Dominant species are porcupine grass and Canada blue-joint grass. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dry-mesic prairie"
Grasslands National Park (Parc national des Prairies in French) is one of Canada's newest national parks and is located in southern Saskatchewan along the Montana border at N49.24 W107.73. The park is part of the Canadian Protected Heritage System, which aims to protect representative areas of Canada's 39 natural regions. Grasslands National Park represents the Prairie Grasslands natural region, protecting one of the country's only remaining areas of undisturbed mixed prairie grassland. The unique landscape and harsh climate provide niches for several specially adapted plants and animals. The park and surrounding area house Canada's only black-tailed prairie dog colonies. Other rare and endangered species that can be found in the park include the pronghorn antelope, sage grouse, burrowing owl, ferruginous hawk, prairie rattlesnake, and eastern short-horned lizard. ...more on Wikipedia about "Grasslands National Park"
A harvest excursion was a common practice in Canada in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century where large numbers of workers from eastern Canada and the British Isles would travel to the Canadian prairies to participate in the fall harvest. ...more on Wikipedia about "Harvest excursion"
The Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie is a prairie reserve operated by the United States Forest Service. It is located on the site of the former Joliet Army Ammunition Plant near Elwood, Illinois, and was established by federal law in 1996. After a period of ecological restoration, the prairie opened to visitors in 2004. ...more on Wikipedia about "Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie"
U.S. National Grasslands are protected areas of the United States. National Grasslands are designated by the Secretary of Agriculture and are permanently held by the Department of Agriculture. National Grasslands are authorized by Title III of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act. For administrative purposes, they are essentially identical to U.S. National Forests, except that grasslands are areas primarily consisting of prairie. Like National Forests, National Grasslands may be open for hunting, grazing, mineral extraction, recreation and other uses. Various National Grasslands are typically administered in conjunction with nearby National Forests. The three National Grasslands in North Dakota, together with one in northwestern South Dakota, are administered jointly as the Dakota Prairie Grasslands. All but two of the National Grasslands are on or at the edge of the Great Plains. The remaining three are in southeastern Idaho, California and central Oregon. ...more on Wikipedia about "National Grassland"
Nine Mile Prairie is a stretch of conserved prairie land near the city of Lincoln, Nebraska. Although some of the land has at times been grazed, it has never been plowed. As such, it is the largest area of unmodified prairie in the state of Nebraska. ...more on Wikipedia about "Nine Mile Prairie"
Paynes Prairie is a region of savanna south of Gainesville, Florida, United States. It became the stronghold of the Alachua band of the Seminole tribe under the great chief Ahaya the Cowkeeper in the 1700s. It is named for the Cowkeeper's eldest surviving son, Payne. ...more on Wikipedia about "Paynes Prairie"
Prairie refers to an area of land in North America of low topographic relief that principally supports grasses and herbs, with few trees, and is generally of a mesic (moderate or temperate) climate. Most of the Great Plains, most of the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Iowa, and much of Missouri and Minnesota is considered prairie. French explorers called these areas prairie, from the French word for "meadow". Almost all of this area has been converted into farmland in the last two hundred years. Sometimes in the USA and Canada distinction is made between the shortgrass vegetation of the High Plains west of the 100th meridian and the tallgrass vegetation to the east from central Texas to Minnesota and southern Manitoba. When this distinction is made, it is common to limit the word "prairie" to the tallgrass area. ...more on Wikipedia about "Prairie"
(Sandhills (Nebraska)) The Sand Hills are a 19,600 mi² (50,960 km²) region of mixed-grass prairie in north-central Nebraska, covering just over one-fourth of the state. ...more on Wikipedia about "Sandhills (Nebraska)" www.shortopedia.com - Xtending Info. shortopedia
The tallgrass prairie is an ecosystem native to central North America with fire as its primary periodic disturbance. In the past, tallgrass prairies covered a large portion of the American Midwest, just east of the Great Plains, and portions of the Canadian Prairies. They flourished in areas with rich loess soils and moderate rainfall of around 30 to 35 inches (760 to 890 mm) per year. To the east, where fire was infrequent and periodic blowndown represented the main source of disturbance, beech-maple forests dominated. Shortgrass prairie was typical in the western Great Plains, where rainfall is more infrequent and soils are less fertile. ...more on Wikipedia about "Tallgrass prairie"
On November 12, 1996, legislation was passed creating Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve in the Flint Hills region of Kansas. A new superintendent was assigned to the site in February 1997, and planning activities for the preserve are now underway. ...more on Wikipedia about "Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve"
The Tallgrass Prairie Preserve, located in Osage County, Oklahoma, is owned and managed by The Nature Conservancy. It is the largest protected tract of remaining tallgrass prairie in the world. The preserve contains 39,000 acres (158 km²) in what was the original tallgrass region of the Great Plains that stretched from Texas to Minnesota. The preserve supports more than 1,600 head of buffalo and more than 400 plant species; many unique only to the tallgrass prairie. Several varieties of the tall grasses in the preserve grow to 10 feet (3 m) in height. The Nature Conservancy manages the preserve using the same natural forces which first created the prairies. These practices include controlled burns and grazing by herds of buffalo—both of which keep shrubs and trees from encroaching and help renew the prairie. The preserve is open daily for driving tours and hiking and may be entered from either Pawhuska, Oklahoma, or, with guidance, from Hewins, Kansas. ...more on Wikipedia about "Tallgrass Prairie Preserve"
The Texas blackland prairies are an ecoregion located in Texas that runs roughly from the Red River in North Texas to San Antonio in the south. It consists of a main belt of 43,000 km² and two islands of grasslands southeast of the main blackland prairie belt. The main belt consists of oaklands and savannas and runs north, eastern and northwest Texas. The first island is the Fayette Prairie, encompassing 17,000 km², and the second is the San Antonio Prairie of 7,000 km². The two islands are separated from the mainbelt by the oak woodlands of the East Central Texas forests. ...more on Wikipedia about "Texas blackland prairies"
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