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High Points – Guadalupe Peak
The Great Plains may be relatively flat in places, but it is not a lowland. It is high country. If you were to start at,
Center for Great Plains Studies
I have mentioned it a few times in this blog, but for anyone interested in tapping into a deeper knowledge of the Great Plains there
Dances with Wolves
Let’s return to films for a moment to cover arguably the most popular and well received film to have the Great Plains as a backdrop
NEW – Oregon Desert Trail
This is awesome! We’re not quite ready to have a thru-hike of the GPT yet, but it’s inspiring to know there’s another arid country long
Please Welcome . . . ABE
As some of you may recall, our mascot bison who appears on the logo has a name – ABE, which is an acronym that stands
The Great Plains – The Most American Landscape
Happy 4th of July from the Great Plains Trail! On this most American of holidays, it’s time to recognize (and brag just a bit) that
The Remaining National Grasslands
To wrap up National Grasslands Week, here’s a really quick look at the remaining eight Great Plains National Grasslands. Most of them fall outside the
Kiowa National Grassland
We’ll finish the work week with a look at Kiowa National Grassland in New Mexico. I visited Kiowa NG for the first time last year,
Pawnee and Comanche National Grasslands
Today we feature the two National Grasslands of Colorado – Pawnee in the northeast and Comanche in the southeast. Pawnee National Grassland has two
Oglala and Buffalo Gap National Grasslands
Today’s featured National Grasslands are Oglala in Nebraska and Buffalo Gap in South Dakota. These are perhaps my favorite in that I find them endlessly
Dakota Prairie Grasslands
Today’s featured National Grassland, Dakota Prairie, is actually four grasslands in both North Dakota and South Dakota operated by one agency. The four different units
National Grasslands Week – June 23-29
This is National Grasslands Week. There are 20 National Grasslands nationwide and almost all of them are in the Great Plains. National Grasslands are administered
