The Kansas prairie was chosen for the tests because of its relevance to desertification problems and the relative ease of making the measurements.

Nobody calls 911 or whatever the equivalent of that would be on the Kansas prairie in 1918.

One night we camped on the Kansas prairie with a moon rising over the far edge of the world and stars a-plenty.

The book is about the months the Ingalls family spent on the Kansas prairie, around the town of Independence.

In others it appears that a stretch of Kansas prairie has invaded the city, or that two unrelated photographs have been digitally combined.

Finally, with a trip to see the Kansas prairie in bloom on my agenda, I went in search of a replacement.

The next 48 hours, some fear, could be the most volatile of this painful summer on the Kansas prairie.

Soon the Kansas prairie below was littered with Yak wreckage.

"The Kansas prairie is a great big carbon sponge," Mr. Roberts said.

Gordon Parks was reared by protective parents on the stubborn soil of the Kansas prairie.