Oglala National Grassland

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Oglala National Grassland
IUCN Category VI (Managed Resource Protected Area)
Location	Sioux County and Dawes County, Nebraska, USA
Nearest city	Crawford, NE
Coordinates	42°51′52″N 103°37′13″W / 42.86444, -103.62028
Area	94,520 acres (147.7 sq mi/382.5 km²)
Governing body	U.S. Forest Service

The Oglala National Grassland is a United States National Grassland located in the northwest corner of Nebraska. It is located in northern Sioux and northwestern Dawes counties, on the borders with South Dakota and Wyoming. It is 94,520 acres (147.69 sq mi, or 382.5 km²) in size and is one of the small handful of National Grasslands administered by the US Department of Agriculture's Forest Service. It is managed by the Forest Service together with the Nebraska and Samuel R. McKelvie National Forests and the Buffalo Gap and Fort Pierre National Grasslands from common offices in Chadron, Nebraska.

Oglala National Grassland is also home to some of the most striking badlands formations in Toadstool Geologic Park (near Crawford, Nebraska and Whitney, Nebraska). Additionally, the Hudson-Meng Bison Kill, also located on the grassland, is an archaeological excavation in progress. The grassland also contains the Agate, Bordgate, and Rock Bass reservoirs.

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• Oglala National Grassland - U.S. Forest Service

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