If you are looking for a place with plenty to do in the middle of the rolling prairies of Kansas, head to this peaceful city full of shops, food, and scenery.

(WIBW) - The Kansas Department of Health and Environment ... Prescribed fire is a tool used by landowners and managers to help preserve the tallgrass prairie ecosystem, control invasive species ...

As a forestry technician and wilderness ranger for Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest in Washington state, Downs picked up trash that campers left behind and buried human waste. Downs camped alongside ...

When the ever-present Kansas wind sweeps across these tallgrass prairies, the effect is nothing short of hypnotic. The entrance to Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, where 11,000 acres of America’s ...

The Flint Hills Rodeo, one of the oldest consecutive rodeos in Kansas, brings authentic cowboy culture to life each summer.

In a story about his death, Rex Buchanan, a writer and former director of the Kansas Geological ... into an easement that should preserve it as tallgrass prairie. His ranching methods were innovat ...

Jim Hoy, a retired professor of English at Emporia State University and author of “Flint Hills Cowboys,” walks in 2019 at the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve near Strong City. Hoy died Feb. 23, ...

Kansas is a state full of hidden treasures and unforgettable ... Experience the expansive beauty of the Flint Hills at the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve. This protected area represents the ...

Visit This One-Room Schoolhouse In The Kansas Prairie For An Old-Timey Rural Education Visit the Fox Creek School in the Tallgrass Prairie Preserve, Kansas, for historical reenactments and educational ...

In Oklahoma, the Tallgrass Prairie Preserve harbors a conservation success ... that host a bison herd central to ecological research. Managed by Kansas State University, the preserve lets visitors ...

He was born December 15, 1939, in El Dorado, Kansas, the son of Kenneth and ... Tales from the Tallgrass Prairie" and "Cowboy's Lament: A Life on the Open Range.” He was also a founding board ...