NPS Junior Rangers at the Preserve Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve is looking for special Junior Rangers. To earn a Junior Ranger badge, you must complete five of the activities found in the activity book. Come to the park and receive a booklet or visit this link to download a copy. Complete five activities and mail the booklet to the preserve. The rangers will check your work and mail the booklet back to you, along with an official Junior Ranger badge. Visit the preserve in person or virtually to earn your badge and become an official Junior Ranger today! 
NPS Resource Stewards Boy Scout and Girl Scout Programs Help the parks and learn how you can receive these great patches and certificates.
Practice the seven principles of Leave No Trace as you locate some of the natural and cultural resources of the prairie and the ranch. Come to the visitor center to pick up a Scavenger Hunt page then go exploring. Write down where you find the items, leaving them in place for future visitors to enjoy as well. When you are done, bring back your completed page to the rangers and they will award you with a great Leave No Trace patch. When exploring, practice the seven principles and leave no trace of your visit. The Seven Principles of Leave No Trace
NPS EXPLORE the ways that paleontologists work, and the methods and tools they use to understand ancient life. 
Each link below opens in a new page with the image ready to print full size 8 1/2 by 11 inches. Deer Mouse and Pocket Gopher Badger and White-tailed Deer Rattlesnake and Coyote Cottontail Rabbit and Fox Spiderwort and Sunflower Wild Rose and Lead Plant Wild Bergamont and Purple Coneflower Yellow Coneflower and Black-eyed Susan 
Kids Making a Difference in the World They Live - Students at Amanda Arnold Elementary School put together a website showing the differences in their communities, rural and college town. Visit their website to learn more about their project. |
Last updated: February 4, 2019