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North Platte National Wildlife Refuge is located in the U.S. state of Nebraska and includes 5,047 acres (20.42 km 2).Managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the refuge is broken into four separate sections that are superimposed on U.S. Bureau of Reclamation–managed lakes and reservoirs.
Prairie dogs live in big social groups called prairie dog towns across the dry grasslands of North America. They may be adorable, but these little mammals are fierce fighters with sharp teeth and ...
Valentine National Wildlife Refuge is located in the U.S. state of Nebraska and includes 19,131 acres (77.42 km 2). The refuge protects a portion of the largest remaining area of tall and mid grass prairie in the United States.
In the Great Plains region, black-tailed prairie dog colonies commonly occur near rivers and creeks. [11] Of 86 colonies located in Mellette County, South Dakota, 30 were located on benches or terraces adjacent to a creek or floodplain, 30 occurred in rolling hills with a slope more than 5°, 20 were in flat areas, and six were in badland areas ...
As a pet prairie dog, he’s part of a growing number of examples of this wild animal being kept in domestic activity that include things like raccoons, hyenas, and other exotic species.
Fort Pierre National Grassland is a United States National Grassland in central South Dakota, south of the capital city Pierre and its neighbor Fort Pierre. The national grassland is primarily a mixed-grass prairie and has a land area of 115,890 acres (46,900 ha). [2] In descending order of area it lies in parts of Lyman, Stanley, and Jones ...
Oglala National Grassland is home to some of the most striking badlands formations in Toadstool Geologic Park, [4] near Crawford, Nebraska and Whitney, Nebraska.. The Hudson-Meng Bison Kill, also located on the grassland, is an archaeological excavation in progress.
The lead plate was found at Pierre, South Dakota, in 1913 and is now in the South Dakota Cultural Heritage Center in Pierre. It is six by eight inches (15 by 20 cm) and similar to ones placed in the Ohio Valley. The front has a die-stamped Latin inscription referring to Louis XV, Pierre La Vérendrye and the year 1741.