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Sebelius to Attend Tallgrass Visitors Center Dedication Friday

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary and former Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius will be back in the Sunflower State Friday.

 

Sebelius and U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Ken Salazar are special guests at the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve Visitors Center dedication.  Both attended the groundbreaking in 2010.

 

Prairie tours and activities will be available from 3-6p.m. The dedication ceremony begins at 7p.m. followed by tours of the new  Visitors Center.

 

The public is invited to attend. All events are free.

 

The Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, west of Strong City in Chase County, is a partnership between the National Park Service and The Nature Conservancy. Both work together to preserve and protect the tallgrass prairie ecosystem, while educating the public about its importance.

 

Tallgrass prairie once covered 170 million acres of North America. Within a generation the vast majority was developed and plowed under. Today less than 4% remains, mostly in the Kansas Flint Hills.
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