Monthly Archives: September 2008

Open arms

The tallgrass prairie waits. With open arms, it waits. Tall grass once covered the heart of the continent, providing food and protection for species of all sorts, from migratory birds to year-round avian residents, and from animals as small as … Continue reading

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Early Flint Hills visitors

Happy Zebulon Pike Month! What? You mean you didn’t know September is Zebulon Pike Month? Well, that’s because it isn’t, at least not in an official, nationally-sanctioned-by-the-government sort of way. This special designation happens only here at Flint Hills, Tall … Continue reading

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