01617nas a2200133   4500008004100000245006900041210006700110260005700177300001100234520110300245653002201348100002001370856009301390       1986                        eng d00aNotes about sediment in a tallgrass prairie (Konza Prairie site)0 aNotes about sediment in a tallgrass prairie Konza Prairie site  aChampaign,ILbState Water Survey Contract Report 387  a35 -383 a<p>The Konza Prairie Research Natural Area (KPNRA) is an 8616-acre tract of native tallgrass prairie set aside for ecological research purposes and administered by the Division of Biology at Kansas State University in Manhattan. It is one of the eleven Long-Term Ecological Research sites (LTER) funded by the National Science Foundation. It was acquired by The Nature Conservancy in 1971 and 1977. The research objectives of KPRNA are to evaluate the roles of fire and grazing by native ungulates (bison, elk, and pronghorn antelope) in maintaining the tallgrass prairie ecosystem, through a variety of short- and long-term research projects. The KPRNA management plan includes an array of watersheds upon which is imposed a schedule of prescribed burning at intervals of 1, 2, 4, and 10 years. There are other watersheds that are left unburned, some that are burned in an alternating cycle (3 years burned and 3 left unburned), and some areas that are burned only in years following years with precipitation grater than 1.2 times normal. Native ungulates will be introduced in the near future</p>10atallgrass prairie1 aKoelliker, J.K.  uhttp://knz.lternet.edu/content/notes-about-sediment-tallgrass-prairie-konza-prairie-site