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| 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 4 percent remains, primarily in the Flint Hills. Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve is a new kind of national park. The preserve is 10,861 acres, but most of that land will remain under the ownership of the Nature Conservancy, which purchased the land in 2005. The land was originally purchased by the National Park Trust in 1994. The National Park Service may own up to 180 acres, yet the legislation calls for the entire acreage to be managed cooperatively by the National Park Service and the private land owner. ACCESSIBILITY The preserve offers prairie bus tours of the preserve during summer months (May through October). The bus is equipped to accommodate wheelchairs. The historic limestone ranch house is accessible for wheelchairs through a removable ramp on the backporch of the house. The main floor of the house is accessible through movable ramps. The lower portion of the house is not wheelchair accessible at this time. A photo albumn is available, showing the rooms in the lower portion of the house. FACTS Acreage Gross Area Acres for FY 2004 - 10,894 Gross Area Acres for FY 2003 - 10,894 Gross Area Acres for FY 2002 - 10,894 Visitation Budget P.O. Box 585, 226 Broadway Cottonwood Falls, KS 66845 - or - Rt. 1 Box 14, Hwy 177 By Phone |
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