From age 15 to 77: 8 remarkable Prairie Fire Marathon performances in Wichita

Beyond the winners: Eight Prairie Fire Marathon performances stood out in Wichita, from potential Kansas records to a ...

Over 3,400 people participate in Wichita’s fall Prairie Fire Marathon

Participants chose between a 5K, a half marathon or a full marathon.

Plants, people and progress for native prairie seeds

Across much of the central United States, there are ongoing efforts to restore native prairie. Returning native plants to the ...

In Backyard Ultramarathons, the Race Goes On Until Everyone Gives Up

Runners complete the same lap every hour for as long as they can — sometimes for days. The brutal format has become ...
The Nature Conservancy

A Little Management On The Prairie

When The Nature Conservancy launched its mission to conserve Ohio’s wildlife more than 50 years ago, our first act was to buy a 42-acre patch of hardscrabble prairie in Adams County. Lynx Prairie was ...

Bison roughly doubled native plant diversity on a Kansas prairie over 29 years, study finds

In October 1987, a small herd of bison stepped onto a tallgrass prairie in the Flint Hills of northeastern Kansas. Bison had ...