Royalty-free images by Mike1 — No. 158 of over 1200 images
Buffalo Gap National Grassland, South Dakota, August 23, 2007
Buffalo Gap National Grassland2
Buffalo Gap National Grassland is a National Grassland located primarily in southwestern South Dakota. It is second largest National Grassland in the United States after Little Missouri National Grassland in North Dakota. Characteristics of the grasslands include mixed prairie and chalky badlands. The grassland is managed by the U.S. Forest Service and is a division of Nebraska National Forest. In descending order of land area it is located in parts of Fall River, Pennington, Jackson, and Custer counties.
Buffalo Gap National Grassland is managed by the Forest Service together with the Nebraska and Samuel R. McKelvie National Forests and the Fort Pierre and Oglala National Grasslands from common offices in Chadron, Nebraska. There are local ranger district offices located in Hot Springs and Wall. It also surrounds Badlands National Park and Minuteman Missile National Historic Site.
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- “Buffalo Gap National Grassland.” Wikipedia, last edited May 3, 2021. Accessed October 2, 2021. https://en.wikipedia.org/…Grassland.
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