♪♪ [Graham McGaffin] You're going to experience something here that really makes you step back and appreciate what was here 200 years ago.

You can see an expansive grassland area that Lewis and Clark talked about when they came up the Missouri and said there was a sea of grass on those hills.

And as you look at Broken Kettle and you look at the prairies and the private land surrounding here you get that image and you get that feeling.

♪♪ [Kohlsdorf] Encompassing nearly 4,000 acres, Broken Kettle Grasslands is Iowa's largest contiguous prairie reserve.

Managed by the Nature Conservancy of Iowa, this lush landscape is celebrated for its unique geological features and sprawling biodiversity.

♪♪ [Graham McGaffin] It's the largest remnant tallgrass prairie in the state of Iowa.

It's home to 200 bird species, big game, insects, a couple hundred head of bison that have been reintroduced in a cool partnership with the National Park Service that goes back sixteen years and just a really healthy herd that help us manage the prairie.

We don't have the prairie for the bison, we have the bison for the prairie.

♪♪ [Graham McGaffin] It's been a remarkable conservation success in terms of growing our herd.

We've grown it to the point where we've exported bison to other preserves around the country.

The last couple of years we have transferred bison to tribes, local tribes through the Intertribal Buffalo Council and a great partnership with them.

And the herd has been tremendously successful in helping us manage and we've seen the prairie respond to that as well.

♪♪ [Graham McGaffin] What is really neat about Broken Kettle, it's one of the coolest examples I can think of in the state of Iowa owned by the Nature Conservancy or by any conservation entity it is it recreating a landscape scale habitat.

[Kohlsdorf] Experience the natural habitat from inside your car or step outside and spend some time hiking the 10 miles of trails connecting the grasslands of Broken Kettle with neighboring preserves, Camp Joy Hollow and Five Ridge Prairie.

[Graham McGaffin] You're seeing something that there's only one other place in the world that has a geologic landform created by the deposition of Loess soil.

And you can go down a very nerdy path there.

But it also leads and has maintained a really high quality amount of tallgrass prairie and an opportunity to see something and experience something that you don't get in any other part of the country.

And that's a quality of life amenity.

♪♪ [Graham McGaffin] The northern Loess Hills are really one of the most connected conservation landscapes in the state of Iowa.

And, like I said, that's tremendously important for wildlife.

But it's a tremendous opportunity for travelers as well as individuals that live in this part of the state.

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