For many, the Konza Prairie located just south of Manhattan, Kansas, has the best nature hiking trails in the Flint Hills, but it also serves as a biological research station and home to nearly 280 bison.
Researchers study impact of bison
The reintroduction of bison is significant to tallgrass-prairie research primarily because of grass species like big bluestem becoming dominant without the presence of large-animal grazers.
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