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North American Grasslands
In August of 2011, I traveled with my wife Beth Forrestel and her assistant Arjun Potter to photograph their late-season field work along Beth's North American grassland transect. While we were primarily stationed near Manhattan, KS., at the Konza Prairie Long-Term Ecological Research station, we followed the summer rain into the field to measure the resultant composition of dominant grass species as well as a variety of site characteristics at points along a precipitation gradient. I was able to join Beth for nine of her ten sites.

The images of our time together follow, from east to west:


Lawrence, Kansas

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Konza Prairie, Manhattan, Kansas

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The Land Institute, Salina, Kansas

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Hays, Kansas

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Fox Ranch, Yuma County, Colorado

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Shortgrass Steppe, Nunn, Colorado

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JE Canyon Ranch, Branson, Colorado

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Armendaris Ranch, Truth or Consequences, New Mexico

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Appleton-Whittell Research Ranch, Elgin, Arizona

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In-between

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North American Transect Map

North American Grasslands
August 2011 Filed under Travel