MOROCCO, Ind. − The Nature Conservancy's Kankakee Sands nature preserve will soon have a new Welcome Center and bison viewing area. Kankakee Sands in Newton County is made up of around 1,000 acres for ...

When you look out over the Kankakee Sands bison pasture and spot a six-foot tall male bull bison weighting more than 1500 ...

MOROCCO, Ind. — When officials drafted versions of the Indiana seal sometime in the early 19th century, so plentiful were bison across the state that the image they eventually settled on was of one ...

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“Kankakee Sands also supports thousands of acres of prairie habitat,” Edmonson said. “Historically, Indiana was approximately 15% prairie, the majority of which was located in Northwest Indiana.” Most ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The Nature Conservancy’s Kankakee Sands in Newton County, Indiana, is undergoing a significant restoration project, bringing back native prairie ecosystems and reintroducing ...

At Kankakee Sands Preserve in Newton County, The Nature Conservancy has spent more than 25 years restoring native plants, wildlife and prairie habitat. Four years ago, a still more powerful part of ...

Kankakee Sands, an 8,400-acre expanse of prairie and wetlands in northern Indiana, is adding accessible parking, viewing scopes and signs to help tell the history of the area and a new chapter about ...

Bison make their home at Kankakee Sands. Photo credit: T.Edmonson/TNC Bison make their home at Kankakee Sands. MOROCCO, IN – The National Park Service Rivers, Trails, and Conservation Assistance (RTCA ...

Forest Preserve District of Will County game cameras captured some rare photos of bobcats, possibly a mother and her kittens, walking through a small open area in Kankakee Sands Preserve in Custer ...

A late-morning mist drifting over a herd of shaggy buffalo ambling across a quiet prairie in northwest Indiana creates an iconic scene harkening back to before Indiana became a state in 1816. But this ...