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The Thunder Basin National Grassland is located in northeastern Wyoming in the Powder River Basin between the Big Horn Mountains and the Black Hills.The Grassland ranges in elevation from 3,600 to 5,200 feet (1,100 to 1,600 m), and the climate is semi-arid.
Thunder Basin National Grassland (547,620 acres) is located in northeastern Wyoming and consists primarily of lands leased to cattle interests. In descending order of land area the grassland is located in Weston, Converse, Campbell, Niobrara, and Crook counties. There are local ranger district offices located in Douglas.
Name Photo Location [4] Date formed Area [1] Description Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie: Illinois: 1996: 20,283 acres (82.1 km 2) [5]: The only federally managed prairie east of the Mississippi River, Midewin is in the Central forest-grasslands transition ecoregion and was created when land was transferred to the U.S. Forest Service from the U.S. Army.
National Park Service: Yes Thunder Basin National Grassland: Wyoming: U.S. Forest Service: Trexler Nature Preserve: Pennsylvania: Lehigh County: Yes Turkey River Mounds State Preserve: Iowa: Iowa Department of Natural Resources: Valentine National Wildlife Refuge: Nebraska: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Valles Caldera National Preserve: New ...
This category contains National grasslands of the United States; of the temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands biome . See also Category: National forests of the United States .
- Wyoming State Hwy 59 is a north-south highway passing through Bill and through Thunder Basin Nat'l. Grassland . Interstate 25 intersects with WY-59, 35 miles south of Bill in Douglas .
Formed by the confluence of Antelope Creek and Dry Fork Creek in Wyoming, it rises in northeastern Wyoming in the Thunder Basin National Grassland in Converse County.It flows east into South Dakota, passes Edgemont, and skirts the southern end of the Black Hills, passing through Angostura Reservoir.
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