Dakota Prairie Grasslands

Recreational Activities

Have fun out there, and please help us protect the Grasslands!

As a visitor to the National Grasslands, you are asked to follow certain rules designed to protect the Grasslands and the natural environment, to ensure the health and safety of visitors, and to promote pleasant and rewarding outdoor recreation experiences for all visitors. Forest Officers are empowered to enforce the Federal Regulations which the rules listed here are taken from. Please take time to read and understand the Federal Regulations.

Safety and Awareness

Review these reminders before any trip on the Grasslands. We want you to stay safe!

Grasslands Regulations

As a visitor to the National Grasslands, you are asked to follow certain rules designed to protect the Grasslands and the natural environment, to ensure the health and safety of visitors, and to promote pleasant and rewarding outdoor recreation experiences for all visitors.

Attention Plant Enthusiasts

The Cedar River and Grand River National Grasslands contain a variety of habitats. The mixed-grass prairie, cottonwood riparian, and woody draws characteristic of the Northern Great Plains are all here. This diversity creates a welcoming site for plant enthusiasts.

Introducing (free to the public) the Plants of the Grand River and Cedar River National Grasslands: 2008, by Kurt Hansen of the Dakota Prairie Grasslands, Forest Service. This document holds 56 pages of a summary of the current list of known plant species found on the Grand River Ranger District. The current known number of plant species on the district is 470 plant species from 78 families. Much remains to be learned, Please, come explore this wonderful place and make discoveries of your own!

The book is available at the Grand River Ranger District in Lemmon SD, or the Supervisor's Office in Bismarck, ND. Or you can download it here, .PDF, 2.80 MB.