swap_horiz Pawnee Prairie Alternatives

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Flint Hills Prairie

The Flint Hills Prairie encompasses a significant portion of eastern Kansas and bordering Oklahoma. It’s notable as one...

Oklahoma Kansas Tallgrass Region

9.8 Brilliant

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Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve

The Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve safeguards a vital remnant of North America’s historic tallgrass prairies in Kan...

Conservation Kansas Nps Tallgrass

9.6 Brilliant

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Grasslands National Park

Grasslands National Park protects a significant expanse of shortgrass and mixed-grass prairie within Saskatchewan, Canad...

Canada National Park Saskatchewan Shortgrass

9.4 Excellent

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Nebraska Sandhills

The Nebraska Sandhills is a region of stabilized sand dunes covering approximately 19,600 square miles (50,800 km²) acro...

Ranching Nebraska Mixed Grass Sandhills

9.4 Excellent

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Konza Prairie Biological Station

The Konza Prairie Biological Station, located in Kansas, is an 8,600-acre preserve of native tallgrass prairie managed b...

Kansas Tallgrass Research Station Ksu

9.2 Excellent

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Northern Great Plains

The Northern Great Plains is a vast temperate grassland ecoregion spanning portions of Montana, North Dakota, South Dako...

North America Ranching Bison Mixed Grass

9.2 Excellent

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Nebraska Sand Hills Mixed Grasslands

The Nebraska Sand Hills Mixed Grasslands is a Level III ecoregion located in the central United States, encompassing app...

Ecoregion Nebraska Rangeland Mixed Grass

9.2 Excellent

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Wanuskewin Heritage Park

Wanuskewin Heritage Park is a National Historic Site of Canada located in Saskatchewan that preserves and celebrates ove...

Indigenous Bison Saskatchewan Mixed Grass

9.1 Excellent

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Conata Basin

Conata Basin is an intermixed grassland and shrubland area located in southwestern South Dakota, adjacent to Badlands Na...

Wildlife Badlands South Dakota Mixed Grass

9.0 Excellent

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Samuel H. Ordway Memorial Prairie

The Samuel H. Ordway Jr. Memorial Preserve is a protected natural area in north-central South Dakota managed by The Natu...

Memorial Plains South Dakota Nature Conservancy

8.2 Great

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Prairie Coteau

Prairie Coteau, historically known as Coteau des Prairies, is a large, elevated plateau primarily spanning eastern South...

Plains South Dakota Mixed Grass Region

8.1 Great

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Suffield National Wildlife Area

Suffield National Wildlife Area is a protected area established in 2003 in southeastern Alberta, Canada. It covers appro...

Alberta Plains Mixed Grass Eccc

8.0 Great

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Grand River National Grassland

Grand River National Grassland encompasses approximately 155,077 acres in northwestern South Dakota, managed by the USDA...

Plains South Dakota Usfs Mixed Grass

7.8 Good

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Fort Pierre National Grassland

Fort Pierre National Grassland is a federally managed grassland in central South Dakota, south of the state capital, Pie...

Plains South Dakota Usfs Mixed Grass

7.7 Good

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Wainwright Dunes Ecological Reserve

The Wainwright Dunes Ecological Reserve is a protected natural area located in east-central Alberta, Canada. Established...

Alberta Plains Mixed Grass Sandhills

7.7 Good

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Kirwin National Wildlife Refuge

Established in 1954, Kirwin National Wildlife Refuge is located in north-central Kansas in the United States. The refuge...

Reservoir Kansas Birds Wildlife Refuge

7.6 Good

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Blackland Prairie

The Blackland Prairie is a tallgrass prairie ecoregion that extends in a broad arc through central and northeastern Texa...

Historical Texas Tallgrass Region

7.2 Good

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Willa Cather Memorial Prairie

Willa Cather Memorial Prairie is a prairie preserve near Red Cloud, Nebraska, associated with the childhood home and lit...

Memorial Nebraska Plains Nature Conservancy

6.9 Fair

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Agassiz Prairie

Agassiz Prairie in Minnesota is a protected region within the Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge, notable for its vast bea...

Minnesota Plains Tallgrass Region

6.6 Fair

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Griffith Prairie

Griffith Prairie is a nature preserve in Nebraska managed by the Prairie Plains Resource Institute, serving as a key sit...

Kansas Plains Dry Mesic Prairie Remnant

5.6 Mediocre