16 U.S.C. § 698u - U.S. Code - Unannotated Title 16. Conservation § 698u. Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve: findings and purposes

(1) of the 400,000 square miles of tallgrass prairie that once covered the North American Continent, less than 1 percent remains, primarily in the Flint Hills of Kansas;

(2) in 1991, the National Park Service conducted a special resource study of the Spring Hill Ranch, located in the Flint Hills of Kansas;

(3) the study concludes that the Spring Hill Ranch--

(4) the National Park Trust, which owns the Spring Hill Ranch, has agreed to permit the National Park Service--

(1) to preserve, protect, and interpret for the public an example of a tallgrass prairie ecosystem on the Spring Hill Ranch, located in the Flint Hills of Kansas; and

(2) to preserve and interpret for the public the historic and cultural values represented on the Spring Hill Ranch.