Great Plains images - Joel Sartore

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A critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered female eastern black rhino (Diceros bicornis michaeli) named Imara at the Great Plains Zoo.

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A critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered female eastern black rhino (Diceros bicornis michaeli) named Imara at the Great Plains Zoo.

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A critically endangered (IUCN) and a federally endangered female eastern black rhino (Diceros bicornis michaeli) named Imara at the Great Plains Zoo.

Picture of two vulnerable (IUCN) and federally endangered Nene geese, Branta sandvicensis, at Great Plains Zoo, leaning forward.

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Two vulnerable (IUCN) and federally endangered Nene geese, Branta sandvicensis, at Great Plains Zoo, leaning forward.

Picture of two vulnerable (IUCN) and federally endangered Nene geese (Branta sandvicensis) at Great Plains Zoo, leaning forward.

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Two vulnerable (IUCN) and federally endangered Nene geese (Branta sandvicensis) at Great Plains Zoo, leaning forward.

Photo: A volunteer collects seeds from wildflowers and native grasses to plant.

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A volunteer collects seeds from wildflowers and native grasses to plant. Since they were never farmed, old graveyards are prime locations for finding the original tallgrass that has virtually disappeared elsewhere on the Great Plains.

Nene geese (Branta sandvicensis) at the Great Plains Zoo, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. (IUCN: Vulnerable; US: Endangered)

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Nene geese (Branta sandvicensis) at the Great Plains Zoo, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. (IUCN: Vulnerable; US: Endangered)

Nene geese (Branta sandvicensis) at the Great Plains Zoo, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. (IUCN: Vulnerable; US: Endangered)

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BIR032-00143

Nene geese (Branta sandvicensis) at the Great Plains Zoo, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. (IUCN: Vulnerable; US: Endangered)

Nene geese (Branta sandvicensis) at the Great Plains Zoo, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. (IUCN: Vulnerable; US: Endangered)

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Nene geese (Branta sandvicensis) at the Great Plains Zoo, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. (IUCN: Vulnerable; US: Endangered)

Nene geese (Branta sandvicensis) at the Great Plains Zoo, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. (IUCN: Vulnerable; US: Endangered)

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BIR032-00141

Nene geese (Branta sandvicensis) at the Great Plains Zoo, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. (IUCN: Vulnerable; US: Endangered)

Nene geese (Branta sandvicensis) at the Great Plains Zoo, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. (IUCN: Vulnerable; US: Endangered)

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BIR032-00140

Nene geese (Branta sandvicensis) at the Great Plains Zoo, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. (IUCN: Vulnerable; US: Endangered)

Nene geese (Branta sandvicensis) at the Great Plains Zoo, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. (IUCN: Vulnerable; US: Endangered)

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BIR032-00139

Nene geese (Branta sandvicensis) at the Great Plains Zoo, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. (IUCN: Vulnerable; US: Endangered)

Nene geese (Branta sandvicensis) at the Great Plains Zoo, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. (IUCN: Vulnerable; US: Endangered)

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BIR032-00138

Nene geese (Branta sandvicensis) at the Great Plains Zoo, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. (IUCN: Vulnerable; US: Endangered)

Nene geese (Branta sandvicensis) at the Great Plains Zoo, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. (IUCN: Vulnerable; US: Endangered)

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BIR032-00136

Nene geese (Branta sandvicensis) at the Great Plains Zoo, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. (IUCN: Vulnerable; US: Endangered)

Nene geese (Branta sandvicensis) at the Great Plains Zoo, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. (IUCN: Vulnerable; US: Endangered)

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BIR032-00135

Nene geese (Branta sandvicensis) at the Great Plains Zoo, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. (IUCN: Vulnerable; US: Endangered)

Nene geese (Branta sandvicensis) at the Great Plains Zoo, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. (IUCN: Vulnerable; US: Endangered)

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BIR032-00134

Nene geese (Branta sandvicensis) at the Great Plains Zoo, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. (IUCN: Vulnerable; US: Endangered)

Nene geese (Branta sandvicensis) at the Great Plains Zoo, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. (IUCN: Vulnerable; US: Endangered)

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BIR032-00133

Nene geese (Branta sandvicensis) at the Great Plains Zoo, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. (IUCN: Vulnerable; US: Endangered)

Nene geese (Branta sandvicensis) at the Great Plains Zoo, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. (IUCN: Vulnerable; US: Endangered)

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BIR032-00132

Nene geese (Branta sandvicensis) at the Great Plains Zoo, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. (IUCN: Vulnerable; US: Endangered)

Nene geese (Branta sandvicensis) at the Great Plains Zoo, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. (IUCN: Vulnerable; US: Endangered)

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BIR032-00131

Nene geese (Branta sandvicensis) at the Great Plains Zoo, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. (IUCN: Vulnerable; US: Endangered)

Nene geese (Branta sandvicensis) at the Great Plains Zoo, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. (IUCN: Vulnerable; US: Endangered)

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BIR032-00130

Nene geese (Branta sandvicensis) at the Great Plains Zoo, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. (IUCN: Vulnerable; US: Endangered)

Nene geese (Branta sandvicensis) at the Great Plains Zoo, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. (IUCN: Vulnerable; US: Endangered)

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BIR032-00129

Nene geese (Branta sandvicensis) at the Great Plains Zoo, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. (IUCN: Vulnerable; US: Endangered)

Nene geese (Branta sandvicensis) at the Great Plains Zoo, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. (IUCN: Vulnerable; US: Endangered)

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BIR032-00128

Nene geese (Branta sandvicensis) at the Great Plains Zoo, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. (IUCN: Vulnerable; US: Endangered)

Nene geese (Branta sandvicensis) at the Great Plains Zoo, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. (IUCN: Vulnerable; US: Endangered)

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BIR032-00127

Nene geese (Branta sandvicensis) at the Great Plains Zoo, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. (IUCN: Vulnerable; US: Endangered)

Nene geese (Branta sandvicensis) at the Great Plains Zoo, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. (IUCN: Vulnerable; US: Endangered)

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BIR032-00126

Nene geese (Branta sandvicensis) at the Great Plains Zoo, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. (IUCN: Vulnerable; US: Endangered)

Nene geese (Branta sandvicensis) at the Great Plains Zoo, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. (IUCN: Vulnerable; US: Endangered)

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BIR032-00125

Nene geese (Branta sandvicensis) at the Great Plains Zoo, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. (IUCN: Vulnerable; US: Endangered)

Picture of federally threatened, spectacled eider duck (Somateria fischeri) at the Great plains Zoo.

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BIR032-00124

Federally threatened, spectacled eider duck ( Somateria fischeri) at the Great plains Zoo. Females are brown. The males are white and green with a black underside.

Photo: A section of earth fell away near a creek bank, revealing the complex root system of prairie grasses (mostly big bluestem) in the Flint Hills of Kansas.

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A section of earth fell away near a creek bank, revealing the complex root system of prairie grasses (mostly big bluestem) in the Flint Hills of Kansas.

Photo: A section of earth fell away near a creek bank, revealing the complex root system of prairie grasses (mostly big bluestem) in the Flint Hills of Kansas.

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A section of earth fell away near a creek bank, revealing the complex root system of prairie grasses (mostly big bluestem) in the Flint Hills of Kansas.

Photo: A section of earth fell away near a creek bank, revealing the complex root system of prairie grasses (mostly big bluestem) in the Flint Hills of Kansas.

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A section of earth fell away near a creek bank, revealing the complex root system of prairie grasses (mostly big bluestem) in the Flint Hills of Kansas.

Photo: A section of earth fell away near a creek bank, revealing the complex root system of prairie grasses (mostly big bluestem) in the Flint Hills of Kansas.

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A section of earth fell away near a creek bank, revealing the complex root system of prairie grasses (mostly big bluestem) in the Flint Hills of Kansas.

Photo: A section of earth fell away near a creek bank, revealing the complex root system of prairie grasses (mostly big bluestem) in the Flint Hills of Kansas.

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A section of earth fell away near a creek bank, revealing the complex root system of prairie grasses (mostly big bluestem) in the Flint Hills of Kansas.

Photo: A section of earth fell away near a creek bank, revealing the complex root system of prairie grasses (mostly big bluestem) in the Flint Hills of Kansas.

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A section of earth fell away near a creek bank, revealing the complex root system of prairie grasses (mostly big bluestem) in the Flint Hills of Kansas.

Photo: Ruts from the Santa Fe Trail cut through the grass of the Big Basin Prairie Preserve in the Flint Hills of Kansas.

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Ruts from the Santa Fe Trail cut through the grass of the Big Basin Prairie Preserve in the Flint Hills of Kansas.

Photo: Ruts from the Santa Fe Trail cut through the grass of the Big Basin Prairie Preserve in the Flint Hills of Kansas.

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Ruts from the Santa Fe Trail cut through the grass of the Big Basin Prairie Preserve in the Flint Hills of Kansas.

Photo: A section of earth fell away near a creek bank, revealing the complex root system of prairie grasses (mostly big bluestem) in the Flint Hills of Kansas.

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A section of earth fell away near a creek bank, revealing the complex root system of prairie grasses (mostly big bluestem) in the Flint Hills of Kansas.

Photo: A section of earth fell away near a creek bank, revealing the complex root system of prairie grasses (mostly big bluestem) in the Flint Hills of Kansas.

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A section of earth fell away near a creek bank, revealing the complex root system of prairie grasses (mostly big bluestem) in the Flint Hills of Kansas.

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