Great Plains:
Attwater Prairie Chicken NWR The last place of the rarest bird?
Caprock Canyons State Park The remnant of the great southern bison herd resides here.
Chase Lake NWR / Chase Lake Prairie Project The largest prairie project of the them all also contains the largest American white pelican colony.
Gene Howe WMA A classic piece of research on the Bobwhite quail took place here.
Ivan Boyd Prairie Preserve John Brown and the Santa Fe Trail are tied in to this fine example of a tallgrass prairie.
Rock Creek Station Rock Creek Station has some western lore associated with it that is possibly more compelling than its botany.
Spirit Mound Historic Prairie Spirit Mound was visited by the Lewis and Clark Expedition in 1804 on a day that proved much too hot for dogs and evil little spirits.
John Latch State Park John Latch, now largely forgotten, helped to preserve some of the hill prairies of the upper Mississippi in 1920s and 1930s.
Liberty Prairie / Oak Openings A large prairie and wetland complex that is adjoined by a surburban community where the bluegrass lawn is well on its way to becoming an endangered ecosystem.
Milller Woods oak savanna The birthplace of American ecology was along the southeast shore of Lake Michigan.
Taberville Prairie This large prairie is full to the brim with rare plants, butterflies and grassland birds.
Southeast:
Myakka Island The dry prairie is a bit of Florida beyond the beach that is seldom visited but much appreciated by those who do.
West:
Baskett Butte National Wildlife Refuge High on a hill in western Oregin a tiny butterefly renews its life cycle each spring amid grasses and lupines.
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