National Grassland
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U.S. National Grasslands are protected areas of the United States. National Grasslands are designated by the Secretary of Agriculture and are permanently held by the Department of Agriculture. National Grasslands are authorized by Title III of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act. For administrative purposes, they are essentially identical to U.S. National Forests, except that grasslands are areas primarily consisting of prairie. Like National Forests, National Grasslands may be open for hunting, grazing, mineral extraction, recreation and other uses. Various National Grasslands are typically administered in junction with nearby National Forests. The three National Grasslands in North Dakota, together with one in northwestern South Dakota, are administered jointly as the Dakota Prairie Grasslands. All but two of the National Grasslands are on or at the edge of the Great Plains. The remaining three are in southeastern Idaho, California and central Oregon.
List of National Grasslands
- Black Kettle National Grassland -- western Oklahoma on the Great Plains, administered as part of the Cibola National Forest
- Buffalo Gap National Grassland -- southwestern South Dakota on the Great Plains, administered as part of Dakota Prairie Grasslands.
- Butte Valley National Grassland -- northern California
- Caddo National Grassland -- north Texas in Fannin County, administered with the Lyndon B. Johnson National Grassland
- Cedar River National Grassland -- southwestern North Dakota on the Great Plains, administered as part of Dakota Prairie Grasslands.
- Cimarron National Grassland -- southwestern Kansas on the Great Plains
- Comanche National Grassland -- southeastern Colorado on the Great Plains, administered with the Arapaho-Roosevelt National Forest
- Crooked River National Grassland -- central Oregon in the Deschutes River valley
- Curlew National Grassland -- southeastern Idaho in the Curlew Valley, adminstered with the Caribou-Targhee National Forest
- Grand River National Grassland -- western North Dakota on the Great Plains
- Fort Pierre National Grassland -- central South Dakota on the Great Plains
- Kiowa National Grassland -- northeastern New Mexico on the Great Plains
- Little Missouri National Grassland -- western North Dakota, administered as part of Dakota Prairie Grasslands
- Lyndon B. Johnson National Grassland -- north Texas on the Great Plains, administered with the Caddo National Grassland
- McClellan Creek National Grassland -- Texas Panhandle on the Great Plains, administered as part of the Cibola National Forest
- Oglala National Grassland -- northwestern Nebraska on the Great Plains
- Pawnee National Grassland -- northeastern Colorado on the Great Plains
- Rita Blanca National Grassland -- northwestern Texas in the Texas Panhandle and western Oklahoma on the Great Plains
- Sheyenne National Grassland -- southeastern North Dakota, administered as part of Dakota Prairie Grasslands.
- Thunder Basin National Grassland -- eastern Wyoming on the Great Plains
See also
- List of U.S. National Forests (includes National Grasslands)