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Minneapolis, Kansas. Union Pacific 

 R. R. Santa Fe R. R. — Jessie G. Adee. 

 Castle Rock Park. (A3.) Gove 

 County. Chalk cliffs and bluffs. Plains 

 or prairie vegetation. Grainfield, 

 Kansas. 



Gove, on the Smoky Hill River, about 

 10 mi. distant. Plains Auto Road at 

 Coin to southeast. — Frank U. G. 

 Agreluis. 



Low prairie meadow and stream in 

 McPherson County. (A4.) About 40 

 acres along an unnamed stream. The 

 tract is cut by a tortuous, sluggish 

 stream that is bordered by thickets and 

 marsh grasses. A grove extends along 

 a part of the stream at the southern end 

 of the tract. A typical stand of native 

 Kansas grasses in the virgin condition. 

 Two mi. southeast of McPherson, 

 Kansas. 



Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe R. R. 

 Chicago, Rock Island Pacific R. R. 

 Missouri Pacific R. R. Union Pacific 

 R. R. — Warren Knaus. 



Salt Marsh Area. (A3.) Stafford 

 County. This is an area of about 25 

 sq. mi. of salt marshes, plains and sand 

 dunes on Rattlesnake Creek in the 

 Northeast part of Stafford County, 

 Kansas. Much of the area is salt and 

 undrained. Consists of marshy alkali 

 flats and stream valleys. There are 

 accumulations of alkali in many places 

 and salt is generally present in the waters 

 of the marshes. Vegetation of coarse 

 grasses. 



EUinwood, Kansas, A. T. & S. F. 

 R. R. Sante Fe Trail. 10 mi. south to 

 salt marshes. 



Belvidere Area. (A3.) Kiowa County. 

 An area of bad lands about 10 mi. square 

 with the town of Belvidere as the center. 

 It consists of rough broken country (bad- 

 lands) which has many rock outcrops 

 and deep erosions. Vegetation is a 

 thin growth of buffalo grass. 



Belvidere, Kansas. A. T. & S. F. 

 R. R. 



Prairie dog town. Prairie Dog Reser- 

 vation (A3) in Western Kansas. 



Stevens or Morton County. Several 

 prairie dog towns should be preserved in 

 Kansas. The Prairie dog is fast dis- 

 appearing. The largest town in the 

 state, which occupies about 2000 acres in 

 Morton County, is now being eradicated. 

 Elkhart, Kansas. A. T. & S. F. R. R. 

 — F. L. Hisaw. 



Areas which do not need to he preserved 

 {Kansas, Finney, Kearny, Hamilton, 

 Morton, Clark, Stafford, and Reno 

 Counties). 



Dunes and Areas. (A3.) Sand dunes 

 and hills. 



Along the south side of the Arkansas 

 River extending from the Kansas- 

 Colorado line to Garden City, Kansas. 

 This is one of the largest areas in the 

 state. It varies from one to 20 mi. in 

 width, being widest at Garden City. 

 Most of this area is devoted to grazing. 

 About 3500 acres of this area in Finney 

 County were ceded to the state by the 

 Federal Government to be used as a 

 game reserve. Garden City, Kansas. 

 A. T. & S. F. R. R., Santa Fe Trail. 

 Finney, Kearny and Hamilton counties. 



Along the Cimarron River in Morton 

 County, Kansas. This is a strip of 

 sand hills averaging about 2 miles in 

 width which extends across the county. 

 Elkhart, Kansas. A. T. & S. F. R. R. 



Along the Cimarron River across the 

 south end of Clark County. This is a 

 strip of sand hills of varying width lying 

 on both sides of the river. Two types of 

 sand occur here — dune and Amarillo 

 sand. Englewood, Kansas. A. T. & 

 S. F. R. R. 3 mi. southeast of Englewood. 



Northeast corner of Stafford County, 

 Kansas. This is a large area of sand 

 hills lying adjacent to the Salt Marsh. 

 EUinwood, Kansas. A. T. & S. F. R. R. 

 Santa Fe Trail. 10 mi. south to sand hills. 



Northeast corner of Reno County, 

 Kansas. This is a range of sand hills 

 running parallel to and about 8 mi. 

 north of the Arkansas River. Medora, 

 Kansas. C. R. I. & P. R. R. two mi. 

 southwest to the sand hills. 



LITERATURE 



Kansas State Agricultural Experiment 

 Station, Bulletins 1-227. 



Useful in tracing the agricultural 

 development. Many bulletins are de- 

 voted to the grasses, weeds, mammals, 

 birds, rodents, insects, etc., of the 

 state. Others deal with crops and 

 soils. 



Transactions of the Kansas Academy of 

 Science, Volumes I-XXX. 



A valuable source of reference. Con- 

 tains catalogues of the various groups 

 of plants and animals of the state. 

 Many local areas, geological surveys, 

 meteorological summaries and other 

 data pertaining to ecological work. 



Kansas State Board of Agriculture, 

 Biennial Reports, Volumes 1-22. 



Useful in tracing the agricultural 

 development in the state and the 

 modifications which have resulted. 

 Contain numerous papers relating 

 to the fauna and flora of the state. 



U. S. War Department. Pacific Rail- 

 roads — Explorations and Surveys. 

 Report of Explorations and Surveys. 

 12 volumes. 1855-1860. 



