national grassland

Solitude of Thunder Basin NG

“Pushing cows ain’t easy like the movies said” from Garth Brooks’ songThe first thing is the topography of Thunder Basin National Grassland. It has a rolling landscape with huge grass covered swells and an occasional cluster of trees, mainly cottonwoods. The Black Hills NF is almost all vertical with pines and spruce growing out of Read More >>

Grass has been around a long time

We left the mountains of Arizona for the “Lone Prairie”, a..k.a. the rolling expanses of Rita Blanca, Kiowa, Black Kettle, and McClellan Creek national grasslands. Fred and I were exploring the differences, history, and beautiful landscapes. Looking out across the vast expanse of prairie/grassland got me wondering just how did it all come to be. Read More >>