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Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve is a United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 National Preserve
National preserve

National Preserve is a designation applied by the United States Congress to protected areas that have characteristics normally associated with United States national parks but where certain activities not allowed in National Parks are permitted....
 located in the Flint Hills
Flint Hills

The Flint Hills, historically known as Bluestem Pastures or Blue Stem Hills, are a band of hills in eastern Kansas stretching into north-central Oklahoma, extending from Marshall County, Kansas in the north to Cowley County, Kansas and Osage County, Oklahoma in the south....
 region of Kansas
Kansas

The State of Kansas is a Midwestern U.S. state in the Central United States of the United States of America, an area often referred to as the United States "Heartland"....
. The preserve protects a nationally significant example of the once vast tallgrass prairie
Tallgrass prairie

The tallgrass prairie is an ecosystem native to Central United States North America, with fire as its primary periodic disturbance. In the past, tallgrass prairies covered a large portion of the American Midwest, just east of the Great Plains, and portions of the Canadian Prairies....
 ecosystem. Of the 400,000 square miles (1,000,000 kmē) of tallgrass prairie that once covered the North America
North America

North America is the northern continent of the Americas, situated in the Earth's northern hemisphere and almost totally in the western hemisphere....
n continent, less than 4% remains, primarily in the Flint Hills.

Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve is a new kind of national park
National park

A national park is a reserve of land, usually declared and owned by a national government, protected from most human development and pollution....
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Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve is a United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 National Preserve
National preserve

National Preserve is a designation applied by the United States Congress to protected areas that have characteristics normally associated with United States national parks but where certain activities not allowed in National Parks are permitted....
 located in the Flint Hills
Flint Hills

The Flint Hills, historically known as Bluestem Pastures or Blue Stem Hills, are a band of hills in eastern Kansas stretching into north-central Oklahoma, extending from Marshall County, Kansas in the north to Cowley County, Kansas and Osage County, Oklahoma in the south....
 region of Kansas
Kansas

The State of Kansas is a Midwestern U.S. state in the Central United States of the United States of America, an area often referred to as the United States "Heartland"....
. The preserve protects a nationally significant example of the once vast tallgrass prairie
Tallgrass prairie

The tallgrass prairie is an ecosystem native to Central United States North America, with fire as its primary periodic disturbance. In the past, tallgrass prairies covered a large portion of the American Midwest, just east of the Great Plains, and portions of the Canadian Prairies....
 ecosystem. Of the 400,000 square miles (1,000,000 kmē) of tallgrass prairie that once covered the North America
North America

North America is the northern continent of the Americas, situated in the Earth's northern hemisphere and almost totally in the western hemisphere....
n continent, less than 4% remains, primarily in the Flint Hills.

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Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve is a new kind of national park
National park

A national park is a reserve of land, usually declared and owned by a national government, protected from most human development and pollution....
. The preserve is 10,894 acres (44 kmē), but most of that land will remain under the ownership of the National Park Trust, which purchased the land in 1994, and The Nature Conservancy
The Nature Conservancy

The Nature Conservancy is a US charitable environmental organization working to preserve the plants, animals, and natural communities that represent the diversity of life on Earth by protecting the lands and waters they need to survive....
. The National Park Service
National Park Service

The National Park Service is the List of United States federal agencies that manages all List of areas in the United States National Park System, many U.S....
 may own up to 180 acres (0.7 kmē), yet the legislation calls for the entire area to be managed cooperatively by the National Park Service and the National Park Trust.

On September 20, 2002, approximately 32 acres (129,000 mē) were donated to the National Park Service from the National Park Trust. This area includes the 1881 historic ranch house, limestone barn and outbuildings, and one-room schoolhouse.

Tallgrass Prairie is the nation's second newest national preserve and the park is still under development with visitor opportunities continually being expanded.

There are currently five maintained hiking trails in the preserve allowing visitors access to the tallgrass prairie. During the summer, narrated bus tours of the prairie are offered.

On January 29, 2008, Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve was named as one of the 8 Wonders of Kansas.

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  • from The Nature Conservancy
    The Nature Conservancy

    The Nature Conservancy is a US charitable environmental organization working to preserve the plants, animals, and natural communities that represent the diversity of life on Earth by protecting the lands and waters they need to survive....