Description
This tallgrass prairie preserve is set among low rolling hills of limestone strata that cover layers of sandstone, flint and chert. The headwaters of the South Fork Cottonwood River run through the preserve that was purchased in 1972 and 1973. Public access trails were opened in 2023.
This preserve contains healthy populations of big bluestem, little bluestem, Indian grass, switch grass and other plants typical of the tallgrass prairie.
Here, we also protect grassland birds like greater prairie-chicken and Henslow's sparrow which require a large and diverse area of healthy prairie for habitat. Coyotes, deer and bobcats also roam this prairie.
