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Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve
Site Index
Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve
2009 Prairie Wildflower Weekend Schedule 08-September-2009
Backcountry Day Hiking Brochure 16-January-2008
Birding List Scientific 13-November-2007
Bison Management Plan EA 08-September-2009
Bison Reintroduction Open House 11-September-2009
Bottomland Trail Brochure and Map 12-November-2007
Contact Us 18-January-2006
Experience the Prairie 12-November-2007
Frequently Asked Questions 18-January-2006
Geology Brochure 13-November-2007
Geology in the Prairie 12-November-2007
July 4th Holiday Activities 03-July-2009
Junior Ranger Booklet 10-December-2007
Native Plant Weekend Schedule 11-September-2009
New Bottomland Trail Brochure 13-November-2007
Night Sky Program 30-September-2009
Patch Burn Grazing Brochure 29-December-2007
Prairie creation 12-August-2007
Prairie formation 12-August-2007
Preserve Celebrates its 250000th Visitor 15-November-2009
Publications 12-November-2007
Rack Card 12-November-2007
Self-guiding Ranch Headquarters Tour Map 13-November-2007
Spanish Translation of Tours and Activity Guide 10-December-2007
Special Butterfly Event at the Preserve 16-June-2009
Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve 18-January-2006
Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve Plant List 13-November-2007
Tallgrass Prairie Plant List 12-November-2007
Tours and Activities at the Preserve 16-January-2008
Weekend of "Work Hard, Play Harder" at the Preserve 10-June-2009
Winter on the Prairie 360 degrees 13-August-2007
For Kids
Architectural Fun Facts 12-August-2007
Architecture Fun Facts 12-August-2007
Be A Junior Ranger 21-April-2007
Birds and Wildlife fun Facts 22-February-2007
Birds and Wildlife Fun Facts image 22-February-2007
Farms and Ranches Fun Facts 23-February-2007
For Kids 03-February-2007
Grasses, Trees, and Wildflowers Fun Facts 23-February-2007
I, Too, Am America Contest 25-February-2009
Junior Ranger Booklet 03-February-2007
Junior Ranger Essay Contest 15-February-2008
Junior Ranger Station Booklet 09-May-2008
Park Fun 23-February-2007
Resource Stewardship Scout Ranger Programs 13-November-2009
Roads Fun Facts 12-August-2007
Rocks Fun Facts 12-August-2007
Spanish Junior Ranger Booklet 09-May-2008
Tallgrass Prairie Animals 16-February-2008
Tallgrass Prairie Wildflowers 16-February-2008
Weather Fun Facts 12-August-2007
For Teachers
2003 Lower Fox Creek School Photo 03-February-2007
2004 Lower Fox Creek School Photo 03-February-2007
2005 Lower Fox Creek School Photo 03-February-2007
2005 Lower Fox Creek School Photo A 03-February-2007
2nd Grade Lesson Plan Manual 02-February-2008
3rd Grade Lesson Plan Manual 02-February-2008
4th Grade Lesson Plan Manual 02-February-2008
American Cowboy 07-May-2009
Birds of the Tallgrass 07-May-2009
Cover for 2nd grade manual 02-February-2008
Cover for 3rd Grade Manual 02-February-2008
Cover for 4th Grade Manual 02-February-2008
Curriculum Materials 03-February-2007
Education Day April 13, 2007 26-January-2008
Education Day April 18, 2007 26-January-2008
Education Day April 19, 2007 26-January-2008
Education Day April 20, 2007 26-January-2008
Education Days April 5, 2007 26-January-2008
For Teachers 03-February-2007
Lower Fox Creek Janet Ayers Class 22-January-2008
Lower Fox Creek Mollie Wold Class 2006 22-January-2008
Lower Fox Creek School Education Day 03-February-2007
Lower Fox Creek School Education Days 03-February-2007
Mrs. Classen Class 2008 01-May-2008
Mrs. Jirak Class 2008 01-May-2008
Mrs. Sloop Class 2008 01-May-2008
Mrs. Yokum Class 2008 01-May-2008
Ms. Ayers Class 2008 01-May-2008
Ms. Strukel Class 2008 01-May-2008
Recipe for Prairie Traveling Trunk 11-February-2007
School Tours at the Preserve 03-February-2007
School Tours at the Ranch 26-December-2007
Science on the Prairie Field Trip 03-February-2007
The American Bison Traveling Trunk 19-February-2007
Traveling Trunks 03-February-2007
Your Friends at Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve Traveling Trunk 13-February-2007
History & Culture
cowboy gene 15-May-2008
Cowboys 27-December-2007
History & Culture 03-December-2007
Living History Programs 26-December-2007
People 26-December-2007
Ranch Time Line 27-December-2007
Ranching at the Preserve 27-December-2007
Stephen F Jones Family History 27-December-2007
Stephen F Jones Family Tree 27-December-2007
Nature & Science
A Complex Prairie Ecosystem 26-December-2007
American badger 23-August-2007
American beaver 23-August-2007
Animals at the Preserve 12-August-2007
Bobcat 23-August-2007
Bottomland Prairie Restoration 26-December-2007
Cotton rat 23-August-2007
coyote 12-August-2007
Coyote at the preserve 23-August-2007
Deer mouse 23-August-2007
Eastern cottontail 23-August-2007
Eastern mole 23-August-2007
Eastern woodrat 23-August-2007
Elliot's short-tailed shrew 23-August-2007
Environmental Factors at the Preserve 12-August-2007
Fire and Grazing in the Prairie 18-December-2007
Fire and the Black Line 18-December-2007
Fire Regime 13-August-2007
Fox squirrel 23-August-2007
Geology in the Flint Hills 12-August-2007
Hispid cotton rat 23-August-2007
Hispid pocket mouse 23-August-2007
Hoary Bat 23-August-2007
House mouse 23-August-2007
Least shrew 23-August-2007
Least weasel 23-August-2007
Limestone as Construction Material 18-December-2007
Long-tailed weasel 23-August-2007
Meadow jumping mouse 23-August-2007
mink 23-August-2007
Mule deer 28-August-2007
Natural Features at the Preserve 12-August-2007
Nature & Science 01-February-2007
Photo Gallery of the Spring Prairie Burn 18-December-2007
Plains harvest mouse 23-August-2007
Plains pocket gopher 23-August-2007
Plants at the Preserve 12-August-2007
Prairie vole 23-August-2007
Prairies and Grasslands 12-August-2007
Raccoon 23-August-2007
Red Fox 23-August-2007
Southern bog lemming 23-August-2007
Striped skunk 23-August-2007
The Permian Period 18-December-2007
Thirteen-lined ground squirrel 23-August-2007
Under the Surface 18-December-2007
Virginia Opossum 23-August-2007
Water Quality 13-August-2007
Weather 13-August-2007
Western harvest mouse 23-August-2007
White-footed mouse 23-August-2007
White-tailed deer 23-August-2007
Woodchuck 23-August-2007
Woodland vole 23-August-2007
Park Management
Annual Performance Plan 2009 06-February-2009
Annual Performance Report 2009 06-February-2009
Centennial Initiative 2016 23-August-2007
Centennial Strategy 18-August-2007
General Management Plan - Appendices 12-November-2007
General Management Plan - Section 1 12-November-2007
General Management Plan - Section 2 12-November-2007
General Management Plan - Section 3 12-November-2007
General Management Plan - Section 4 12-November-2007
General Management Plan - Section 5 12-November-2007
General Management Plan Bibliography 11-December-2007
Land Transfer Ceremony 11-December-2007
List of Preparers for GMP 11-December-2007
Management 12-August-2007
Our Partners 11-December-2007
Park Planning 12-November-2007
Record of Decision 12-November-2007
Strategic Plan 30-January-2009
TAPR Centennial Strategy 23-August-2007
Visitor Center EA Affected Environment 08-February-2008
Visitor Center EA Alternatives 08-February-2008
Visitor Center EA Appendix A1 08-February-2008
Visitor Center EA Appendix A2 08-February-2008
Visitor Center EA Appendix B 08-February-2008
Visitor Center EA Appendix C 08-February-2008
Visitor Center EA Appendix D 09-February-2008
Visitor Center EA Appendix E 09-February-2008
Visitor Center EA Environmental Consequences 08-February-2008
Visitor Center EA Introduction 07-February-2008
Park News
4th of July Weekend Activities 26-June-2008
8 Kansas Wonders Announced 31-January-2008
Backcountry Day Hiking Program Extended Through Winter Months 02-December-2007
Birding Weekend at the Preserve 01-May-2009
Bison EA Open House 11-September-2009
Bison Management Plan 11-September-2009
Bison Management Plan EA 11-September-2009
Bus Tours Extended to Weekends in November 31-October-2008
California King Tumbler Quilt 06-September-2007
Centennial Challenge Projects 23-August-2007
Changes at the Preserve 02-April-2009
Children's Activities Offered Over the Memorial Day Weekend 11-May-2009
Coffeyville Community College Provides Schoolhouse Upkeep 06-October-2009
Conservation Easement Bordering the Preserve 26-September-2008
Dan Riggs Receives Special Service Award 06-August-2009
Double Wedding Ring Quilt 06-September-2007
Federal Job Application Workshop in Cottonwood Falls 09-July-2009
Historic Horse-Drawn Haying Demonstration at the Preserve 28-May-2009
Holiday Event at the Preserve 15-November-2008
Holidays at Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve 02-December-2007
I, Too, Am America Student Contest 08-April-2009
Junior Ranger Day Activities at the Preserve 15-April-2008
Kid's Fishing Clinic at the Preserve 15-April-2008
Labor Day Activities at the Preserve 02-September-2009
Labor Day Quilts 02-September-2009
Last Natural History Campfire Program for the Season 15-August-2008
Let's 'Play Ball' at the Preserve 05-June-2008
Lone Star Quilt 06-September-2007
Memorial Day Weekend Activities 2008 09-May-2008
Native Plant Weekend at the Preserve 04-September-2008
New Superintendent of the Preserve is Announced 07-October-2008
News 17-July-2006
News Releases 18-July-2006
Prairie Harvest Festival 2009 16-October-2009
Prairie Harvest Festival and Barn Dance 08-October-2009
Prairie Harvest Festival and Barn Dance at the Preserve 03-October-2008
Prairie Quilt Show 2007 06-September-2007
Preserve Advisory Committee to Meet 31-January-2008
Preserve Announces Extended Summer Activities 17-June-2008
Preserve Gears Up for Annual Bus Tour Season 15-April-2008
Preserve's Schedule for Winter Holidays 14-December-2007
Quilt Display 2009 02-September-2008
Quilt Display at the Preserve over Labor Day Weekend 23-August-2008
Quilt Show and Living History Activities Over Labor Day 23-August-2007
Site Development Study For New Facilities 10-February-2008
Special Birding Weekend at the Preserve 30-May-2008
Special Bison Bus Tours and Events at the Preserve 13-November-2009
Special Holiday Event at the Preserve 18-November-2009
Summer Activities at the Preserve 20-August-2006
Summer Backcountry Hiking Schedule Resumes 06-May-2008
Sunbonnet Sue Quilt 06-September-2007
Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve Ornament Displayed on White House Christmas Tree 12-December-2007
Photos & Multimedia
Cell Phone Tours 06-May-2009
Photos & Multimedia 09-October-2007
Virtual Tour 27-December-2007
Virtual Tour Barn 2nd Level 30-December-2007
Virtual Tour Barn 3rd Level 30-December-2007
Virtual Tour Carriage House 29-December-2007
Virtual Tour Chicken House 29-December-2007
Virtual Tour Curing Room 29-December-2007
Virtual Tour Icehouse 29-December-2007
Virtual Tour Limestone Barn 30-December-2007
Virtual Tour Limestone Barn 1st Level 30-December-2007
Virtual Tour Lower Fox Creek School 30-December-2007
Virtual Tour Lower Fox Creek Teachers 30-December-2007
Virtual Tour Outhouse 29-December-2007
Virtual Tour Ranch House 27-December-2007
Virtual Tour Ranch House Bedrooms 27-December-2007
Virtual Tour Ranch House Kitchen Area 27-December-2007
Virtual Tour Ranch House Office 27-December-2007
Virtual Tour Ranch House Parlors 27-December-2007
Virtual Tour Ranch House Spring Room 27-December-2007
Virtual Tour School Rules and Tests 30-December-2007
Virtual Tour Schoolhouse Renovation 30-December-2007
Virtual Tour Scratch Shed 29-December-2007
Plan Your Visit
2008 Schedule of Events 03-December-2007
2009 Schedule of Events 07-December-2008
Accessibility at the Preserve 25-July-2006
Backcountry Trails Day Hiking 26-January-2006
Directions 25-January-2006
Fees & Reservations 22-July-2006
Filming and Photography Guidelines 01-June-2009
Filming Application 01-June-2009
Flint Hills Brochure Bus Tours 07-June-2008
Frontcountry Hiking Trails 10-October-2007
Goods & Services 31-May-2009
Group Tours at the Preserve 12-December-2007
Guided Tours 09-October-2007
How To Apply for Special Use Permits 01-June-2009
Operating Hours & Seasons 26-January-2006
Outdoor Activities 10-October-2007
Permits 21-July-2006
Pets 10-March-2009
Plan Your Visit 20-January-2006
Schedule Of Events 20-January-2006
Self-Guiding Headquarters Tour 26-December-2007
Self-guiding ranch and trail map 25-March-2009
Special Use Permit Application 01-June-2009
Special Use Permits 01-June-2009
Things To Do 20-January-2006
Things To Know Before You Come 10-March-2009
Things to see and do in the Flint Hills 05-June-2008
Wedding Guidelines 01-June-2009
Your Safety 12-July-2009
Support Your Park
Bookstore 26-December-2007
Donate 12-November-2009
Support Your Park 26-December-2007
Volunteer 11-April-2009
Volunteer Application 26-December-2007
 
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Dust devil created from spring prairie burns at the preserve.  

Did You Know?
Kansas is tied with Florida for 3rd place in most number of tornadoes per year. This tornado is actually a "dust devil" spawned from annual spring prairie burns at the preserve. Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve

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