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The Joseph H. Williams Tallgrass Prairie Preserve, in Osage County, Oklahoma near Foraker, Oklahoma, is the largest protected tract of tallgrass prairie in the world. . Managed by The Nature Conservancy, the preserve contains 39,650 acres (160 km 2) owned by the Conservancy and another 6,000 acres (24 km 2) leased in what was the original tallgrass region of the Great Plains that stretched ...
The preserve protects a nationally significant example of the once vast tallgrass prairie ecosystem. Of the 400,000 square miles (1,000,000 km 2) of tallgrass prairie that once covered the North American continent, less than 5% remains, primarily in the Flint Hills. [2] Since 2009, the preserve has been home to the Tallgrass Prairie bison herd. [3]
The Tallgrass Prairie Preserve in the western Osage Hills.. The Osage Hills is a hilly area in Oklahoma, commonly known as The Osage.The name refers to the broad rolling hills and rolling tallgrass prairie and Cross Timbers encompassing Osage County and surrounding areas, including portions of Mayes, Tulsa, Washington and Kay Counties.
A unique way to experience Oklahoma is to visit the Joseph H. Williams Tallgrass Prairie Preserve. Managed by The Nature Conservancy, the 39,650-acre preserve aims to preserve the tallgrass ...
Flowering big bluestem, a characteristic tallgrass prairie plant. The tallgrass prairie is an ecosystem native to central North America.Historically, natural and anthropogenic fire, as well as grazing by large mammals (primarily bison) provided periodic disturbances to these ecosystems, limiting the encroachment of trees, recycling soil nutrients, and facilitating seed dispersal and germination.
With 39,000 acres (160 km 2), the Tallgrass Prairie Preserve in north-central Oklahoma is the largest protected area of tallgrass prairie in the world and is part of an ecosystem that encompasses only 10 percent of its former land area, once covering 14 states. [14]
A view of Tallgrass Prairie Preserve in Osage County, Oklahoma. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 2,304 square miles (5,970 km 2), of which 2,246 square miles (5,820 km 2) is land and 58 square miles (150 km 2) (2.5%) is water. [6] It is the largest county in Oklahoma by area.
Foraker is a town in Osage County, Oklahoma, United States. It was named for Ohio Senator Joseph B. Foraker. The Tallgrass Prairie Preserve is southeast of town. The official population peaked at 415 in 1910 and has declined steadily since 1930. [4] The population was only 18 at the 2010 census, a 21.7 percent decline from 23 in 2000.