Niawathe Prairie, Missouri                                                          Photo by Catherine L. Werner ©

ARKANSAS: For Arkansas prairies check here and search for these prairie natural areas: Baker, Cherokee, Chesney, Downs, Flanagan, Konecny, Railroad, Roth, Searles and Terre.

ILLINOIS: For lots of Illinois prairie information check here.  Also: Indian Boundary Prairies; Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie; Nachusa Grasslands; McHenry County Prairies, Liberty Prairie.

IOWA: For more information on Iowa prairies call (515-281-5145). Also: Five Ridge Prairie;
Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge (formerly called Walnut Creek NWR).

KANSAS: El Dorado State Park (316-321-7180); The Prairie Center (913-894-7669); Konza Prairie; Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve; "Last Stand of Tallgrass Prairie" info.

MICHIGAN: For more information on Michigan prairies see Big Prairie Desert (historical prairie)

MINNESOTA: Glacial Ridge; Blazing Star Prairie; Bluestem Prairie; Blue Mounds State Park; Ordway Prairie; Staffanson Prairie; Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (320) 273-2191; Minnesota Landscape Arboretum's Bennett/Johnson Prairie; Schaefer Prairie.

MISSOURI: For Missouri prairie information check here.  Also: Wah'Kon-Tah Prairie;
Dunn Ranch and Pawnee Prairie ; Prairie State Park, Kennedy Woods Prairie/Savanna (Forest Park).

NEBRASKA: Burchard Lake Wildlife Management Area (402-471-0641); Homestead National Monument of America (402-223-3514); Nine-Mile Prairie (402-472-2971); Twin Lakes Wildlife Management Area (402-471-0641); Audubon Spring Creek Prairie (402-797-2301)

NORTH DAKOTA: For more information on North Dakota prairies call (701-224-2525);  Also: Kraft Slough and McHenry School Prairie (701-224-4892); Shell Valley Prairie; Sheyenne National Grasslands (701-683-4342).

OKLAHOMA: Springer Prairie Preserve; Tallgrass Prairie Preserve.

SOUTH DAKOTA: Buffalo Gap National Grasslands; Crystal Springs Prairie (701-222-8464); Samuel H. Ordway, Jr. Memorial Prairie Preserve.

TEXAS & LOUISIANA: Check out Paradise Lost publication for info on these coastal tallgrass prairies.

WISCONSIN: Curtis Prairie at the Madison Arboretum; Chiwaukee Prairie.