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The Polk City Cemetery in Polk City, Iowa, was constructed in the early 19th century on land that was unsuitable for farming and, as a result, has been discovered to contain untouched pockets of native tallgrass prairie.
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Katy Kelleher, Outside Online, 27 June 2024
Located roughly 21 miles east of Des Moines, Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge is home to some of the few remaining pockets of tallgrass prairie and oak savanna ecosystems in Iowa, serving as a crucial haven for the native species that have been displaced due to the agriculture industry.
—Jared Ranahan, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2022
The seven-mile round-trip hike from the visitor center to Hanging Rock visits Great Bear Mound (the largest effigy, at 138 feet long), skirts tallgrass prairie, and overlooks the river from 400-foot cliffs, where hawks and eagles cruise the thermals.
—The Editors, Outside Online, 15 Apr. 2019
Home to the largest, most productive area of unplowed tallgrass prairie in North America, the site provides a benchmark for exploring the drivers and impacts of environmental change taking place throughout the grasslands of the eastern Central Plains.
—Discover Magazine, 2 June 2017
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Katy Kelleher, Outside Online, 27 June 2024
Located roughly 21 miles east of Des Moines, Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge is home to some of the few remaining pockets of tallgrass prairie and oak savanna ecosystems in Iowa, serving as a crucial haven for the native species that have been displaced due to the agriculture industry.
—Jared Ranahan, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2022
The seven-mile round-trip hike from the visitor center to Hanging Rock visits Great Bear Mound (the largest effigy, at 138 feet long), skirts tallgrass prairie, and overlooks the river from 400-foot cliffs, where hawks and eagles cruise the thermals.
—The Editors, Outside Online, 15 Apr. 2019
Home to the largest, most productive area of unplowed tallgrass prairie in North America, the site provides a benchmark for exploring the drivers and impacts of environmental change taking place throughout the grasslands of the eastern Central Plains.
—Discover Magazine, 2 June 2017
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“Tallgrass prairie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tallgrass%20prairie. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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