BADLANDS GREAT PLAINS
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Principal badland areas in the Great Plains are at Badlands National Park in southwestern South Dakota, Theodore Roosevelt National Park in western North Dakota, and Dinosaur Provincial Park in southern Alberta.
The park’s 244,000 acres protect an expanse of mixed-grass prairie where bison, bighorn sheep, prairie dogs, and black-footed ferrets live today.
The prairies of Badlands National Park are home to a rich environment of plants and creatures.

Prairie ecosystems support and rely on many different animals. Prairie dogs, bison, pronghorn, and many other species munch on the grasses and forbs which grow in grasslands. Blue grama and buffalo grass retain their nutritional value in winter, supporting these grazers in all seasons.