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The Last Whisper of an Ocean of Grass The tallgrass prairie once covered 170 million acres of the continent.—Lauren Schuster, Miami Herald, 4 May 2026 And nature lovers will appreciate the Spring Creek Prairie Audubon Center, a 1,160-acre tallgrass prairie boasting wildflowers, exotic birds, spring-fed ponds and authentic 19th-century wagon ruts from a cutoff of the Oregon Trail.—Matt Alderton, USA Today, 22 Apr. 2026 Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge Prairie City, Iowa Before European immigrants arrived, tallgrass prairie covered 85 percent of modern-day Iowa.—Erika Ebsworth-Goold, Midwest Living, 20 Apr. 2026 As in, rolling hills, limestone bluffs, and the largest remaining expanse of tallgrass prairie in North America.—Erin Gifford, Outside, 30 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for tallgrass prairie