Joseph H. Williams Tallgrass Prairie Preserve | |
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![]() Tallgrass Prairie Preserve | |
Map of Oklahoma | |
Location | Osage County, Oklahoma |
Nearest city | Pawhuska |
Coordinates | 36°50′31″N 96°25′08″W / 36.842°N 96.419°W |
Area | 45,000 acres (180 km2) |
Established | 1989 |
Governing body | The Nature Conservancy |
The Joseph H. Williams Tallgrass Prairie Preserve, in Osage County, Oklahoma near Foraker, Oklahoma, is the largest protected tract of tallgrass prairie in the world. Managed by The Nature Conservancy, the preserve contains 39,650 acres (160 km2) owned by the Conservancy and another 6,000 acres (24 km2) leased in what was the original tallgrass region of the Great Plains that stretched from Texas to Manitoba.[1][2]