Earlier this month, the Eastern Shoshone voted to classify buffalo as wildlife instead of livestock. The change is a way to ...

What do you see when you walk out your door? This isn’t a mindfulness exercise; scientists want to know. Johnson County ...

The Konza Prairie isn’t just a pretty place – it’s an ecological treasure ... The remaining miles take you through some of the most photographed sections of the Konza, where the path cuts through ...

From Canada’s prairie provinces well into Kansas, you might run across some serious-looking folks poking through the grass growing on the roadside. They’ll be collecting prairie cordgrass, hunting for ...

The fires play a critical role in the life cycle of the prairie ecosystem. “These grasses have evolved with fire,” Richardson says. “By February, they’re brown, they’re like standing tinder.

Riders patrol the edge of a raging grass fire on the prairie. Photographer Jim Richardson captured the drama of the annual ritual in the Flint Hills. After more than five decades making pictures ...

While lying on the ground, Renaud shoots Kent in the head, spraying blood across the prairie grass fields. The unforgiving man of God then says, “Now you go scream with the devils.” Jacob tells Jack ...

Nutrients are released from that thatch and infiltrate the ground, nourishing prairie grasses and flowers. Those plants grow more vigorously and exclude undesirable (non-native and woody ...

The contractor will continue to work on sowing a few wildflower and prairie grass plots in some of the bare areas, spreading mulch around the project and putting the final touches on the ...

The Flint Hills’ golden prairie grasses wave like an amber ocean. No wonder early settlers thought they ... It’s a masterclass in sustainable small-town tourism – creating attractions that draw ...

The process helps maintain the parks’ tallgrass prairies, an ecosystem that is home to rare grasses and wildflowers. Controlled burns are needed every three to four years to help regenerate tallgrass ...

Thirteen natural areas in the Quad-Cities region will be getting new prairie plantings under an initiative announced Thursday by River Action Inc. Dubbed “Back to Our Roots,” the plan ...