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    Tallgrass Prairie

    National Preserve Kansas

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Tallgrass Prairie Press Releases -
2013

June 12, 2013
5th Annual Marvin Schwilling Memorial Butterfly Count at the Preserve

May 17, 2013
Tallgrass Prairie Begins Summer Schedule with Children's Farm and Ranch Activities

April 24, 2013
Chase County Elem 4th Grade Students Visit India Using Social Media

April 12, 2013
Picnic for Earth Kicks off National Park Week at the Preserve

April 3, 2013
Prescribed Fire at the Preserve

February 26, 2013
Preserve Tourism Creates $901,000 in Local Economic Benefits

2012
December 19, 2012
Public Comment Period Begins on Draft Exotic Plant Management Plan & Env. Assessment

November 1, 2012
Special Holiday Celebration at the Preserve

October 1, 2012
Holiday Closure Schedule Announced

August 23, 2012
7th Annual Quilt Display at Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve

July 13, 2012
Salazar and Sebelius to Celebrate New Tallgrass Prairie Visitor Center

June 22, 2012
Bookstore Opens & Dream Rocket Exhibit at the Preserve

June 14, 2012
4th Annual Butterfly Count at the Preserve

May 15, 2012
Children's Farm and Ranch Special Event

May 2, 2012
Birds of Prey and Prairie Bus Tours

March 8, 2012
Economic Impact of the Preserve

2011

November 10, 2011
Special Holiday Event at the Preserve

September 9, 2011
Trenching Temporarily Redirects Parking and Tour Availability

August 24, 2011
Historic Chase County Quilts Displayed Over Labor Day Weekend

June 22, 2011
Good Old-Fashioned 4th of July Activities at the Preserve

June 20, 2011
Kite Cam Takes Off at Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve

June 6, 2011
3rd Annual Butterfly Counts in the Flint Hills

May 18, 2011
Memorial Day Weekend Children's Activities

May 11, 2011
Basic Tools and Ranching Skills Demonstrated at the Preserve

May 8, 2011
Special Birds of Prey Program and Children's Workshop

April 27, 2011
Historic Characters Spin Music and "Yarns" at the Preserve

April 15, 2011
Junior Rangers Kick Off Tallgrass Prairie's Summer Schedule

March 21, 2011
Student Designed Quilts Begin Tour Across Nation


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Did You Know?

Aerial photo of the Flint Hills at Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve

Kansas was once the bed of a vast inland sea. The unique, stairstep landscape of the Flint Hills was formed through a process of differential erosion. Erosion washed away the soft shale layers and left the tougher layers of limestone and flint to form the hilltops and prominent benches.