Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve Legislative History, 1920-1996

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A Grassland
Preservation Ethic
Emerges

The Pottawatomie County Park
Proposal

Reconsidering the
Kansas-Oklahoma
Flint Hills Options

Kansas Flint Hills
v. Cherokee Strip
Proposals

Kansans Divide:
The Winn Bills

The Osage Prairie
National Preserve
Proposal

The Spring Hill
Z Bar Ranch
Option

The "Kassebaum Commission"

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Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve
Legislative History, 1920-1996

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Introduction: Contrasting Images of the Prairie Landscape

A Grassland Preservation Ethic Emerges: 1920-1956

The Pottawatomie County Park Proposal: 1958-1963

Reconsidering the Kansas-Oklahoma Flint Hills Options: 1963-1970 Interlude

Kansas Flint Hills v. Cherokee Strip Proposals: 1971-1973

Kansans Divide: The Winn Bills, 1973-1980

The Osage Prairie National Preserve Proposal: 1980s Interlude

The Spring Hill Z Bar Ranch Option: 1988-1990

H.R. 2369: 1991

The "Kassebaum Commission": December 1991-January 1994

Convergence: 1994-1996

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