Cedar River National Grassland

Cedar River National Grassland
IUCN category VI (protected area with sustainable use of natural resources)


Location	Sioux and Grant counties, North Dakota, United States
Nearest city	Lemmon, SD
Coordinates	45°57′19″N 101°50′39″W / 45.9552°N 101.8443°W / 45.9552; -101.8443^[1]Coordinates: 45°57′19″N 101°50′39″W / 45.9552°N 101.8443°W / 45.9552; -101.8443^[2]
Area	6,717 acres (27.18 km²)^[3]
Governing body	U.S. Forest Service
Website	Cedar River National Grassland

Cedar River National Grassland is a National Grassland located in Sioux County and Grant County in southern North Dakota, United States. It has a land area of 6,717 acres (2,718 ha).^[3] The portion in Sioux County lies within the Standing Rock Indian Reservation. Within the grassland are topographic features such as level plains and rolling hills. Dry streams and some small flowing streams exist throughout the Grasslands.

The grassland is administered by the U.S. Forest Service as part of the Dakota Prairie Grasslands from offices in Bismarck, North Dakota. There are local ranger district offices (shared with Grand River National Grassland) in Lemmon, South Dakota.

References

↑ "Cedar River Motor Vehicle Use Map" (PDF). fs.fed.us. U.S. Forest Service. 2007. Retrieved March 10, 2012.
↑ "Cedar River Motor Vehicle Use Map" (PDF). fs.fed.us. U.S. Forest Service. 2007. Retrieved March 10, 2012.
1 2 "Land Areas of the National Forest System". U.S. Forest Service. January 2013. Retrieved December 8, 2012.

Hansen, Kurt (2008). Plants of the Grand River and Cedar River National Grasslands:2008 (PDF). USDA United States Forest Service. p. 56.

External links

Media related to Cedar River National Grassland at Wikimedia Commons
Dakota Prairie Grasslands - U.S. Forest Service

Protected areas of North Dakota
National Parks	Theodore Roosevelt
National Historic Sites	Fort Union Trading Post Knife River Indian Villages
National Wildlife Refuges	Appert Lake Ardoch Arrowwood Audubon Bone Hill Creek Brumba Buffalo Lake Camp Lake Canfield Lake Chase Lake Cottonwood Lake Dakota Lake Des Lacs Florence Lake Halfway Lake Hiddenwood Hobart Lake Hutchinson Lake J. Clark Salyer Johnson Lake Kellys Slough Lake Alice Lake George Lake Ilo Lake Nettie Lake Otis Lake Patricia Lake Zahl Lambs Lake Little Goose Long Lake Lords Lake Lost Lake Maple River McLean Pleasant Lake Pretty Rock Rabb Lake Rock Lake Rose Lake School Section Lake Shell Lake Sheyenne Lake Sibley Lake Silver Lake Slade Snyder Lake Springwater Stewart Lake Stoney Slough Storm Lake Stump Lake Sullys Hill National Game Preserve Sunburst Lake Tewaukon Tomahawk Upper Souris White Lake Wild Rice Willow Lake Wintering River Wood Lake
National Grasslands	Cedar River Dakota Prairie Little Missouri Sheyenne
U.S. Wilderness Areas	Chase Lake Lostwood Theodore Roosevelt
Other Federal	International Peace Garden North Country National Scenic Trail
State	Parks Beaver Lake Cross Ranch Fort Abraham Fort Ransom Fort Stevenson Grahams Island Icelandic Lake Metigoshe Lake Sakakawea Lewis and Clark Little Missouri Sully Creek Turtle River Recreation areas Butte Saint Paul Crow Flies High Black Tiger Bay Doyle Memorial Indian Hills Little Metigoshe Pelican Point Pembina Gorge

National Grasslands of the United States
Black Kettle Buffalo Gap Butte Valley Caddo Cedar River Cimarron Comanche Crooked River Curlew Fort Pierre Grand River Kiowa Little Missouri Lyndon B. Johnson McClellan Creek Oglala Pawnee Rita Blanca Sheyenne Thunder Basin Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie
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