Bison, native grazers of the tallgrass prairie, were reintroduced to a portion of the Konza Prairie in late 1987.

Prescribed spring fire in the tall grass prairie, a fire-derived and fire-maintained ecosysytem. Data from long-term unburned watersheds indicate that without periodic fire, the tall grass prairie would progress to a woodland/shrub habitat.

Spring, Flint Hills of Kansas, the largest remaining tract of tallgrass or "true" prairie (once the second largest biome in the contiguous United States), and location of the Konza Prairie Research Natural Area LTER site.

Bison and calf at Konza Prairie LTER.

Controlled burn on the prairie ecosystem

Rainfall Manipulation Plots (RaMPs) are used to assess grassland
responses to changes in precipitation variability and temperature.

Kings Creek is the site of extensive grassland stream ecology research,
and an important component of the Konza LTER program.

Watershed-level treatments at Konza include fire return intervals from 1 to
20 years, and grazing by native ungulates (bison).