Exit78 Photo of the Day #110
Prairie grasses at rest stop at Marais des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge, Kansas, East of US 69 on Kansas 52, July 3, 2010 (Pentax K10D)
On the second day of our 2010 western trip, we stopped at a Kansas rest stop at Marais des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge, one in a system of over 550 refuges administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The Refuge was established in 1992 for the protection and restoration of bottomland hardwood forests. Approximately 5,000 acres of the 7,500 acre refuge are available for wildlife oriented recreation including hunting, fishing, and birding. A wildlife sanctuary encompasses the remaining 2,500 acres of the refuge and is not available for public use. (U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service – Marais des Cygnes)
Series notes:
- The photos in this series are (usually) randomly selected from a batch of photos specifically “curated” for Exit78 Photo of the Day.
- Each photo in this series is an “original work” – a copyright term – of Michael Goad.
