Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve

On November 12, 1996, legislation was passed creating Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve in the Flint Hills region of Kansas. A new superintendent was assigned to the site in February 1997, and planning activities for the preserve are now underway.

The preserve protects a nationally significant example of the once vast tallgrass ecosystem. Of the 400,000 square miles of tallgrass prairie that once covered the North American Continent, less than 1 percent remains, primarily in the Flint Hills.

Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve will be a new kind of national park. It is approximately 11,000 acres in size, but most of that land will remain under the ownership of the National Park Trust, which purchased the land in 1994. The National Park Service will own up to 180 acres, yet the legislation calls for the entire acreage to be managed cooperatively by the National Park Service and the National Park Trust.

Since this is a new park just under development, visitor opportunities are somewhat limited, but are slowly being expanded.

P.O. Box 585
Cottonwood Falls, KS 66845
620-273-8494 - Ranch Visitor Center
620-273-6034 - Headquarters - Admin
620-273-8494 - Park Superintendent

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