There are heavy hearts at the Great Plains Zoo in Sioux Falls over the death of T. Denny Sanford. The philanthropist donated ...

Over the course of 12 months, an area of Great Plains grasslands bigger than the state of Delaware was erased from the map. In 2021 alone, 1.6 million acres were plowed across the United States and ...

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The Great Plains Transportation Museum said Thursday that an anonymous donor contributed $10,000 to repair recent vandalism.

Wildflowers like goldenrod thrive in areas grazed by bison, which attracts droves of monarch butterflies to the Konza Prairie Biological Station. Bison grazing on native prairie for three decades ...

[imgbelt img=PlainsPopMaximumyear.jpg]With 18 percent of the land but only three percent of the population, what’s not to like about the Great Plains? A Census demographer reviews 57 years of ...

The Great Plains Food Bank has received a $350,000 grant to advance hunger relief across the Peace Garden State.

The Great Plains are finally beginning to enjoy cloudbursts of relief from two years of epic drought — the worst in the region’s history, and part of the most widespread drought to afflict the U.S.

I'll admit it: I haven't done much traveling in the areas west of the Mississippi and east of California. Translation: I haven't really seen much of my own country. I'll also sheepishly admit that ...