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| Keywords: A VIEW OF A PORTION OF KONZA PRAIRIE, 1,000 ACRES OF VIRGIN TALLGRASS PRAIRIE NEAR MANHATTAN, KANSAS - NARA - 557189.jpg Scope and content A VIEW OF A PORTION OF KONZA PRAIRIE <br/>1 000 ACRES OF VIRGIN TALLGRASS PRAIRIE NEAR MANHATTAN KANSAS <br/>ALTHOUGH THE PICTURE WAS TAKEN IN AUGUST DURING A SUMMER OF EXTREME DROUGHT THE PRAIRIE REMAINS GREEN BECAUSE ITS GRASS ROOTS GROW SO DEEP <br/>THE NATIVE TALL GRASSES RETAIN 18 TIMES THE MOISTURE OF CULTIVATED GRASSES SUCH AS WHEAT CORN AND BLUEGRASS ONE ACRE OF NATIVE TALLGRASS RELEASES THE SAME AMOUNT OF MOISTURE AS A 70-TON AIR CONDITIONER <br/>BALDWIN's IRONWEED SEEN IN THE FOREGROUND IS A COMMON TALLGRASS PRAIRIE PLANT General notes 557189 Local identifier 412-DA-14737 Environmental Protection Agency 12/02/1970 - NARA-Author Duncan Patricia D 1932- Photographer 8464441 <br /> Manhattan Riley Kansas United States North and Central America inhabited place 4202023 39 2 -96 6 <br /> Still Picture Records Section Special Media Archives Services Division NWCS-S National Archives at College Park 8601 Adelphi Road College Park MD 20740-6001 08/1974 Record group Record Group 412 Records of the Environmental Protection Agency 1944 - 2006 Record group ARC 708 DOCUMERICA The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern compiled 1972 - 1977 Series ARC 542493 File unit File unit ARC Variant control numbers Agency-Assigned Identifier 246/37/014737<br /> NAIL Control Number NWDNS-412-DA-14737 Other versions <gallery> File A_VIEW_OF_A_PORTION_OF_KONZA_PRAIRIE _1 000_ACRES_OF_VIRGIN_TALLGRASS_PRAIRIE_NEAR_MANHATTAN _KANSAS_-_NARA_-_557189 tif tif File A_VIEW_OF_A_PORTION_OF_KONZA_PRAIRIE _1 000_ACRES_OF_VIRGIN_TALLGRASS_PRAIRIE_NEAR_MANHATTAN _KANSAS_-_NARA_-_557189 jpg jpg </gallery> NARA-cooperation PD-USGov Konza Prairie Preserve Kansas 1974 Tallgrass prairies North America Vernonia baldwinii Flora of Kansas 1974 in Kansas NARA images of Kansas | ||||
