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Marais des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) is located in Linn County, Kansas along the Marais des Cygnes River.The 7,500 acre (30 km 2) Refuge was established in 1992 to protect one of the northwesternmost examples of bottomland hardwood forest in the United States as well as the largest contiguous tract of bottomland hardwood forest in Kansas.
The other preserves in Kansas, are the 17-square-mile (44 km 2) Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve in northern Chase County near Strong City, [7] [8] the Flint Hills Tallgrass Prairie Preserve east of Cassoday, "the Prairie Chicken Capital of the World", [9] and the Konza Prairie, which is managed as a tallgrass prairie biological research ...
The Central Kansas Uplift is a broad arch in the rocks of west-central Kansas. The rock units within this arch have been major oil producers. The Anadarko Basin of southwest Kansas contains significant natural gas. The Sedgwick Basin, the Cherokee Basin and the Forest City Basin of south and east Kansas also produce petroleum and natural gas. [22]
Near the Tri-Cities, rockhounding is popular along the Columbia River, Horse Heaven Hills, Saddle Mountains, Bickleton and the Ginkgo Petrified Forest State Park. Rockhounding on WA DNR-managed land
In general, land managed by the U.S. Forest Service, like the Umatilla National Forest, allows a reasonable collection of rocks and minerals for personal, hobby and noncommercial use. Generally ...
Spring River, Kansas. Nearly 75 mi (121 km) of the state's northeastern boundary is defined by the Missouri River.The Kansas River (locally known as the Kaw), formed by the junction of the Smoky Hill and Republican rivers at appropriately-named Junction City, joins the Missouri River at Kansas City, after a course of 170 mi (270 km) across the northeastern part of the state.
Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) is a wildlife refuge located north and east of the city of Hartford, Kansas, United States, in northwestern Coffey and southeastern Lyon Counties. It was established in 1966 as part of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers , John Redmond Reservoir flood control project. [ 1 ]
Name Image Date Location County Ownership Description Haskell-Baker Wetlands: 1969: Douglas: Private An example of undisturbed wetland prairie. Baldwin Woods