Sheyenne National Grassland

Sheyenne National Grassland
IUCN category VI (protected area with sustainable use of natural resources)


Location	Ransom and Richland counties, North Dakota, United States
Nearest city	Milnor, ND
Coordinates	46°25′37″N 97°17′42″W / 46.427°N 97.295°W / 46.427; -97.295Coordinates: 46°25′37″N 97°17′42″W / 46.427°N 97.295°W / 46.427; -97.295^[1]
Area	70,446 acres (28,508 ha)^[2]
Governing body	U.S. Forest Service
Website	Sheyenne National Grassland

Sheyenne National Grassland is a National Grassland located in southeastern North Dakota in the United States, comprising 70,446 acres (28,508 ha) of public land amid 64,769 acres (26,211 ha) of privately owned land in a region of sandy soils in the vicinity of the Sheyenne River in Ransom and Richland Counties.^[2] It is the only National Grassland in the tallgrass prairie region of the U.S.^[3] The grassland provides habitat for the largest population of greater prairie chickens in North Dakota, as well as the Dakota skipper butterfly, the western prairie fringed orchid, and numerous ferns, as well as grazing land for approximately 83 cattle ranchers.^[4]

A 25-mile (40 km) segment of the North Country Trail crosses the Grassland from east to west.

The grassland lies in eastern Ransom and western Richland counties, about 12 miles (19 km) east of the city of Lisbon. The grassland is administered by the Forest Service as part of the Dakota Prairie Grasslands from offices in Bismarck, North Dakota. There are local ranger district offices in Lisbon.^[4]

References

↑ "Sheyenne National Grassland". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
1 2 "Land Areas of the National Forest System". U.S. Forest Service. January 2013. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
↑ United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service. "The National Grasslands Story". Retrieved April 21, 2007.
1 2 "Dakota Prairie National Grassland". U.S. Forest Service. Retrieved December 9, 2012.

External links

Dakota Prairie Grassland: Special places -U.S. Forest Service

Protected areas of North Dakota

National Parks	Theodore Roosevelt

National Historic Sites	Fort Union Trading Post Knife River Indian Villages

National Wildlife Refuges	Appert Lake Ardoch Arrowwood Audubon Bone Hill Creek Brumba Buffalo Lake Camp Lake Canfield Lake Chase Lake Cottonwood Lake Dakota Lake Des Lacs Florence Lake Halfway Lake Hiddenwood Hobart Lake Hutchinson Lake J. Clark Salyer Johnson Lake Kellys Slough Lake Alice Lake George Lake Ilo Lake Nettie Lake Otis Lake Patricia Lake Zahl Lambs Lake Little Goose Long Lake Lords Lake Lost Lake Maple River McLean Pleasant Lake Pretty Rock Rabb Lake Rock Lake Rose Lake School Section Lake Shell Lake Sheyenne Lake Sibley Lake Silver Lake Slade Snyder Lake Springwater Stewart Lake Stoney Slough Storm Lake Stump Lake Sullys Hill National Game Preserve Sunburst Lake Tewaukon Tomahawk Upper Souris White Lake Wild Rice Willow Lake Wintering River Wood Lake

National Grasslands	Cedar River Dakota Prairie Little Missouri Sheyenne

U.S. Wilderness Areas	Chase Lake Lostwood Theodore Roosevelt

Other Federal	International Peace Garden North Country National Scenic Trail

State	Parks Beaver Lake Cross Ranch Fort Abraham Fort Ransom Fort Stevenson Grahams Island Icelandic Lake Metigoshe Lake Sakakawea Lewis and Clark Little Missouri Sully Creek Turtle River Recreation areas Butte Saint Paul Crow Flies High Black Tiger Bay Doyle Memorial Indian Hills Little Metigoshe Pelican Point Pembina Gorge

National Grasslands of the United States

Black Kettle Buffalo Gap Butte Valley Caddo Cedar River Cimarron Comanche Crooked River Curlew Fort Pierre Grand River Kiowa Little Missouri Lyndon B. Johnson McClellan Creek Oglala Pawnee Rita Blanca Sheyenne Thunder Basin Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie

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