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Monthly Archives: June 2013
The Remaining National Grasslands
To wrap up National Grasslands Week, here’s a really quick look at the remaining eight Great Plains National Grasslands. Most of them fall outside the scope of where the Great Plains Trail will be, but they are important pieces of … Continue reading
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Tagged black kettle, butte valley, caddo, cimarron, crooked river, curlew, fort pierre, lyndon b johnson, mccllelan creek, rita blanca, thunder basin
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Kiowa National Grassland
We’ll finish the work week with a look at Kiowa National Grassland in New Mexico. I visited Kiowa NG for the first time last year, and I was totally blown away, particularly by the western unit and the Canadian River … Continue reading
Pawnee and Comanche National Grasslands
Today we feature the two National Grasslands of Colorado – Pawnee in the northeast and Comanche in the southeast. Pawnee National Grassland has two main sections and totals about 200,000 acres. Pawnee NG has been discussed several times on … Continue reading
Oglala and Buffalo Gap National Grasslands
Today’s featured National Grasslands are Oglala in Nebraska and Buffalo Gap in South Dakota. These are perhaps my favorite in that I find them endlessly fascinating with stunning scenery. They remain sparsely popualated with several towns that could qualify as … Continue reading
Dakota Prairie Grasslands
Today’s featured National Grassland, Dakota Prairie, is actually four grasslands in both North Dakota and South Dakota operated by one agency. The four different units include three in North Dakota – Little Missouri National Grassland, Cedar River National Grassland, and … Continue reading
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Tagged cedar river national grassland, dakota prairie, dakota prairie national grasslands, grand river national grassland, lemmon south dakota, little missouri national grassland, maah daah hey, maah daah hey trail, sheyenne national grassland, standing rock sioux, theodore roosevelt national park
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National Grasslands Week – June 23-29
This is National Grasslands Week. There are 20 National Grasslands nationwide and almost all of them are in the Great Plains. National Grasslands are administered by the Department of Agriculture, which is also responsible for National Forests. All this week, … Continue reading
Gallery – Eastern Colorado
The GPTA is pleased to announce our June Photo Gallery which features the delights of eastern Colorado. It goes without saying that the common perception of Colorado involves snow capped mountains, but lying to the east of the Front Range … Continue reading
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Tagged eastern colorado, grasslands, high prairies, pete dunne, pete dunne quote
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