Dakota Prairie Grassland - Home - US Forest Service
WEBOn the Dakota Prairie Grasslands pristine vistas inspire the imagination; the rugged unspoiled beauty of the land invites exploration; and the sights and sounds of the wide, rolling prairie stimulates the senses.
Aurora Prairie Preserve | The Nature Conservancy in South Dakota
WEBNative prairie is rare and precious in South Dakota. In the 1970s, two conservation-minded citizens spent a year exploring South Dakota for these remaining ecological gems. They uncovered Aurora Prairie and launched a campaign to save it.
Badlands Mixed-grass Prairies - U.S. National Park Service
WEBNov 10, 2020 · A mixed-grass prairie is a grassland where grasses of many different heights grow. Mixed-grass prairies are the transition between eastern tall-grass prairies, where more rainfall means that taller grasses can grow, and western short-grass prairies, where the dry environment favors shorter grasses. In mixed-grass prairies, such as the ...
South Dakota Prairie Coteau Habitat Partnership | TNC
WEBAug 15, 2018 · The Prairie Coteau region of eastern South Dakota and southwest Minnesota is the largest remaining tract of native northern tallgrass prairie in the United States. With approximately 1 million acres of native grasslands and woodlands, this landscape is critical to protect for the survival of native species. See also Prairie Coteau map and fact ...
Saving Our Native Prairie - South Dakota Magazine
WEBOn the Pine Ridge Reservation near Allen, the Lakota buffalo herd thrives on intact native prairie. On the Mortenson ranch northwest of Pierre, Todd, Jeff and Curt Mortenson raise cattle on native grasses they and their father, Clarence, have maintained in …
Sioux Prairie Preserve in South Dakota - The Nature Conservancy
WEBSioux Prairie and the smaller Aurora Prairie near Brookings are the Conservancy’s only preserves in the Big Sioux River valley region. These prairies are unique because they lie within grassland complexes that were saved from agriculture conversion due to wet soils.
Spirit Mound Historic Prairie - Wikipedia
WEBSpirit Mound Historic Prairie is a state park in Clay County, South Dakota, United States, featuring a prominent hill on the Great Plains. The Plains Indians of the region considered Spirit Mound the home of dangerous spirits or little people; members of the Lewis and Clark Expedition climbed it on August 25, 1804.
Spirit Mound Historic Prairie | South Dakota Game, Fish, and Parks
WEBSpirit Mound Historic Prairie. August 25, 1804, was a stiflingly hot day when members of the Lewis & Clark Corps of Discovery visited Spirit Mound. They came to the site because they had heard that little people with big heads inhabited the mound.
Prairie Legacy: Life on the Great Plains of South Dakota
WEBTravel back to pioneering times, glimpse farm life and discover the historic frontier on the prairie lands and Great Plains of South Dakota
Coteau des Prairies - Wikipedia
WEBThe Coteau des Prairies [pronunciation?] is a plateau approximately 200 miles in length and 100 miles in width (320 by 160 km), rising from the prairie flatlands in eastern South Dakota, southwestern Minnesota, and northwestern Iowa in the United States.
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