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	National Grassland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		National Grasslands are designated by the Secretary of Agriculture and are permanently held by the Department of Agriculture.
		National Grasslands are authorized by Title III of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act.
		The three National Grasslands in North Dakota, together with one in northwestern South Dakota, are administered jointly as the Dakota Prairie Grasslands.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/National_Grassland (470 words)

	Wildernet - Pawnee National Grassland
		Description - Administered by the Arapaho-Roosevelt National Forests, the grassland is fairly level in elevation and is criss-crossed with eroding creek drainages, and elevations range from 4,900' on the prairie to 5,500' at the summit of the Pawnee Buttes.
		The Pawnee National Grassland was transferred to the Forest Service from the Soil Conservation Service in 1954.
		Location - The Pawnee National Grassland is located approximately 30 miles east of Fort Collins, Colorado.
	areas.wildernet.com /pages/area.cfm?areaID=021006&CU_ID=1 (304 words)

	Cimarron National Grassland
		Cimarron National Grasslands is in the SW corner of Kansas.
		Cimarron National Grasslands is well known to wildlife enthusiasts who travel to Morton County to explore the rolling sandsage prairie.
		The District Office, identified as the Cimarron National Grasslands Range Station, is on U.S. 56 in Elkhart.
	www.naturalkansas.org /cimarron.htm (1154 words)

	Kiowa National Grasslands
		These four grasslands are administered for the U.S. Department of Agriculture by the Cibola National Forest and cover 263,954 acres scattered throughout New Mexico, Texas and Oklahoma and are part of the Panhandle National Grassland.
		Scaled quail are found throughout the grasslands, and pheasant hunting is available on the Rita Blanca and Kiowa National Grasslands.
		The Black Kettle National Grassland is in an intermediate moisture zone, which provides habitat for wild turkey and white-tailed deer.
	www.hardingcounty.org /kiowa_national_grasslands.htm (374 words)

	Pawnee National Grassland - The Colorado Directory
		The Pawnee National Grassland covers 193,000 acres in Weld County, 30 miles East of Fort Collins near Greeley.
		The Pawnee National Grassland is known internationally as a place to see birds of prey.
		The grassland is filled with many different species of birds, including mourning doves, red-headed woodpeckers, blue jays, black-billed magpies, gray catbirds, vesper sparrows and American crows plus many more.
	www.coloradodirectory.com /nationalparks/pawnee.html (425 words)

	L.L.Bean: Park Search - Cimarron National Grassland
		Tour pamphlets are available at the Cimarron National Grassland district office and the Morton County Museum.
		The only land in Kansas administered by the U.S.D.A. Forest Service, the Cimarron National Grassland contains many vestiges of the Great Plains that have been reclaimed from the Dust Bowl Years, as well as the longest section of the Santa Fe Historic Trail on public land.
		Primitive dispersed camping is permitted on the grassland except in the Cimarron Recreation Area and on the Cottonwood and Middle Spring Picnic Grounds.
	www.llbean.com /parksearch/parks/html/201llf.htm (370 words)

	GORP - Buffalo Gap National Grasslands, South Dakota
		The habit of burrowing is widespread on the grasslands.
		Hiking and camping are permitted on the Grasslands.
		For those who enjoy "getting away from it all" the Grasslands offers an array of fascinating possibilities, from fishing the numerous stock ponds, to bird watching or mountain biking the two track trails.
	gorp.away.com /gorp/resource/us_national_forest/sd_buffa.htm (691 words)

	09/21/01 -- No grassland wilderness for Wyoming
		Currently, Thunder Basin National Grassland is a mosaic of federal, state, and private properties with large tracts of public lands remaining in a roadless and undeveloped state.
		Rather than having many national grasslands revising in a vacuum, the Forest Service has chosen a new ecosystem approach, forming a collaborative association of the 11 grassland districts involved in the plan revision.
		The need for swift action on the study of the ecosystem is underscored by the changing conditions of the grasslands, including confirmation of sylvatic plague among prairie dog colonies in the area, the association said.
	www.forests.org /archive/america/nogrwild.htm (640 words)

	Kiowa National Grassland
		Mislabeled as the Rita Blanca National Grassland on their New Mexico map, in fact this is the Kiowa and it's only when you cross the state lines into Oklahoma or Texas that it becomes the Rita Blanca.
		By the way, there is a western unit of the Kiowa National Grassland some 75 miles further west, but we didn't make it that far on this journey.
		e visited the eastern unit of the Kiowa National Grassland in May of 2003 as part of our great dinosaur footprint journey.
	www.trailsandgrasslands.org /kiowa.html (1577 words)

	North American Prairie - Ecoregions - Sierra Club
		North Dakota's Little Missouri National Grassland is under siege by oil-and-gas developers, and although only 5.3 million of the original 17 million acres of wetlands remain, the state's prairie-pothole region is still being drained for conversion to cropland.
		Within the ecoregion's boundaries are 16 national grasslands and five national parks, but no federally protected native tallgrass prairie.
		Despite federal "sodbusting" regulations, virgin grassland continue to be plowed; groundwater supplies are dwindling; and federal and state officials see the region's unpopulated open spaces as the perfect places to stash toxic and nuclear trash.
	www.sierraclub.org /ecoregions/prairie.asp (812 words)

	L.L.Bean: Park Search - Pawnee National Grassland
		The Pawnee National Grassland, 90 miles northeast of Denver in Weld County near Briggsdale, preserves 193,060 acres of expansive grasslands in two units located 30 miles east of Fort Collins and 20 miles northeast of Greeley.
		The grassland was transferred to the U.S. Forest Service from the Soil Conservation Service in 1954.
		It was designated a National Grassland in 1960.
	www.llbean.com /parksearch/parks/html/204lln.htm (268 words)

	GORP - Pawnee National Grassland
		Before traveling on the Pawnee National Grassland, purchasing a Grassland map is recommended to help the visitor distinguish between public lands and private ownership.
		The Pawnee National Grassland lies 90 miles northeast of Denver in Weld county, near Briggsdale, CO.
		However, on National Forests and Grasslands, collecting artifacts, arrowheads, vertebrate fossils or barn wood is prohibited.
	www.gorp.com /gorp/resource/US_National_Forest/CO_PAWNE.htm (1087 words)

	National Grassland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Curlew National Grassland -- southeastern Idaho in the Curlew Valley, adminstered with the Caribou-Targhee National Forest
		National Grasslands are designated by the Secretary of Agriculture and are permanently held by the Department of Agriculture.
		The three National Grasslands in North Dakota, together with one in northwestern South Dakota, are administered jointly as the Dakota Prairie Grasslands.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/National_Grassland (470 words)

	Cimarron National Grassland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Cimarron National Grassland is located near Comanche National Grassland which is across the border in Colorado.
		Cimarron National Grassland is a National Grassland located in Morton County, Kansas, United States.
		The Cimarron River is the largest stream the flows through the grassland.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cimarron_National_Grassland (305 words)

	Oglala National Grassland -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		Oglala National Grassland is also home to some of the most striking badlands formations in Toadstool Geologic Park (near (additional info and facts about Crawford, Nebraska) Crawford, Nebraska and (additional info and facts about Whitney, Nebraska) Whitney, Nebraska).
		The Oglala National Grassland is located in (additional info and facts about Sioux County, Nebraska) Sioux County, Nebraska, near the border of (A state in north central United States) South Dakota.
		It is 94,400 acres (382 km²) in size and is one of the small handful of (additional info and facts about National Grasslands) National Grasslands administered by the (additional info and facts about US Department of Agriculture's) US Department of Agriculture's (additional info and facts about Forest Service) Forest Service.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/o/og/oglala_national_grassland.htm (155 words)

	EPA: Federal Register: Forest Plan Amendment for the Curlew National Grassland; Caribou National Forest, Oneida County, Idaho
		The Caribou National Forest proposes to complete an EIS to amend existing and create new management direction for the Curlew National Grassland.
		SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This EIS will tier to the final 1985 EIS for the Land and Resource Management Plan for the Caribou National Forest and Curlew National Grassland (Forest Plan).
		Bulbous bluegrass, a non-native grass species, was seeded on 18,000 acres of the Grassland during the 1940's and 1950's.
	www.epa.gov /fedrgstr/EPA-IMPACT/1999/May/Day-03/i10946.htm (2377 words)

	Colorado - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		There are of course various other federal agencies and federally owned lands in the state, especially with Colorado's abundant National Forests and four National Parks.
		The Rocky Mountains within Colorado contain 54 peaks that are 14,000 feet (4270 m) or higher, known as fourteeners.
		Mount Elbert is the highest peak in the Rocky Mountains within the continental United States.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Colorado (2378 words)

	Pawnee National Grassland
		: Pawnee National Grassland is located in northeastern Colorado, near the town of Briggsdale.
		The ownership pattern in the Pawnee Grassland is checkered — private and public.
		The public land is managed under the U.S. Forest Service’s "multiple-use" concept, while surrounding private land is grazed and farmed for wheat, corn, alfalfa, beans, and sunflowers.
	www.audubon.org /chapter/co/co/IBA/46.htm (272 words)

	Recreation.gov
		The Pawnee National Grassland located approximately 30 miles east of Fort Collins, Colorado, is fairly level in elevation.
		Located in the Rocky Mountains and foothills of north central Colorado, are the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland.
		Arapaho-Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland Map
	www.recreation.gov /detail.cfm?ID=1051 (248 words)

	Biodiversity Conservation Alliance
		The buckwheat is found on Little Missouri National Grassland in badland habitats and is threatened by nonnative plants, oil drilling, and road building.
		The species is found on Little Missouri National Grassland, especially in undeveloped roadless areas.
		Three records of the plant from the Little Missouri River National Grassland, all in sandy floodplains along the Little Missouri River.
	www.voiceforthewild.org /wildspecies/news/n8june04.html (804 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online: RITA BLANCA NATIONAL GRASSLAND
		Rita Blanca National Grassland is off U. Highway 385 twenty-five miles north of Dalhart in Dallam County, Texas, and Cimarron County, Oklahoma.
		The grassland area is administered by the United States Department of Agriculture-Forest Service under a policy of multiple use for range, watershed, recreation, and wildlife.
		Open grasslands, marshes, and woodlands provide habitats for a variety of animal life, ranging from deer and turkeys to the wood duck and barred owl.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/RR/gkr4.html (233 words)

	Pawnee National Grassland
		I'll photograph just about any landscape, but when my wife came back from a visit to Pawnee National Grassland and told me that I 'had' to go out there, I can't say that I was inspired by visions of flat, dry prairie.
		The Grassland's aesthetic appeal is not as immediately obvious as say the San Juans', and its ecological diversity is masked by the apparent simplicity of its geology.
		There are hundreds of bird species - the Grassland is well-known as a hot-spot for birders - including hawks and falcons that nest in and on some of the bluffs.
	colorado.naturephotographers.net /hotspots/pawnee1/index.shtml (727 words)

	Shortgrass Steppe - SGS - Research Sites - Pawnee National Grassland
		The Pawnee National Grassland lies 35 miles east of Fort Collins and 25 miles northeast of Greeley in Weld County.
		Contained within the 30-by-60 mile area are 193,060 acres managed by the Pawnee National Grassland.
		This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Cooperative Agreement #DEB-9634135.
	www.lternet.edu /sites/sgs/research_site.php?site=SGS&research_site_id=317 (238 words)

	Stories: Kiowa National Grassland Integrated Resource Management
		Location: The Kiowa National Grassland occupies 136,505 acres in northeastern New Mexico and is directly adjacent to the 93,323-acre Rita Blanca National Grassland in Texas and Oklahoma.
		Delano estimates that integrated resource management is in place on half of the public grasslands in his district.
		Salt cedar and Russian olive have invaded the watershed of the Canadian River, which marks the western border of the public grasslands.
	www.redlodgeclearinghouse.org /stories/kiowagrasslands.html (858 words)

	North Dakota — Legendary
		Explore the 70,000-acre Sheyenne National Grassland on horseback, including its 25-mile segment of the North Country National Scenic Trail.
		Horseback riding is allowed in all of the state's national grasslands.
		The Maah Daah Hey Trail begins at Sully Creek State Park, approximately five miles south of historic Medora, and meanders north through the two units of Theodore Roosevelt National Park and the Little Missouri National Grassland.
	www.ndtourism.com /secondary/viewArticle.asp?ID=107 (850 words)

	Comanche National Grassland
		sister of the Cimarron National Grassland (which is just across the border in Kansas), the Comanche is split into two parts.
		Once again, if you've never experienced a National Grassland campground, you're in for a real treat; the USDA Forest Service certainly knows how to roll out the red carpet.
		The sites were shaded by a huge sheer rock cliff which spilled forth cool air, and like most National Grassland campgrounds, the sites were well separated.
	www.trailsandgrasslands.org /comanche.html (1805 words)

	Wyoming's Thunder Basin National Grassland - WyomingTourism.org
		The grassland, together with the Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest, encompasses nearly 3 million acres from the north and eastern borders of Wyoming south to the I-70 corridor that traverses north central Colorado.
		The Thunder Basin National Grassland, located in northeastern Wyoming, is in the Powder River Basin, between the Big Horn Mountains and the Black Hills.
		you are here: Wyoming's official state travel website / discover Wyoming/ outdoors & nature / national parks, forests& monuments / thunder basin national grassland
	www.wyomingtourism.org /cms/index.php?id=54 (210 words)

	Pawnee National Grassland
		Like all the Grasslands in North America, this is an area which probably should have never seen the plow; it is the land immortalized by the Dust Bowl of the 1930's, when weeklong dingy clouds filled with grit rose nearly 30,000 feet high.
		Several days later, in the Roosevelt National Forest, the tent was lambasted by a fierce mountain wind bursting with snow and sleet.
		And yet of all the Grasslands I've visited, this is the one most teeming with life.
	www.trailsandgrasslands.org /pawnee.html (3648 words)

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