Uploaded September 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
The Loess Hills are deposits of wind-blown "glacial flour" hills that line the Little Sioux and Missouri River near the Iowa/South Dakota border. In this episode we take a look at the bison herd on the Broken Kettle Grasslands, the ocean of Indiangrass (Sorghastrum nutans) and Big Bluestem (Andropogon gerardii), and the stands of lead plant (Amorpha canescens) that thrive on top of the ridges. This landscape is a treasure that allows us to glimpse an idea of what much of the landscape must've looked like before 99% of it was turned into monocrop agriculture.
The Loess Hills are deposits of wind-blown "glacial flour" hills that line the Little Sioux and Missouri River near the Iowa/South Dakota border. In this episode we take a look at the bison herd on the Broken Kettle Grasslands, the ocean of Indiangrass (Sorghastrum nutans) and Big Bluestem (Andropogon gerardii), and the stands of lead plant (Amorpha canescens) that thrive on top of the ridges. This landscape is a treasure that allows us to glimpse an idea of what much of the landscape must've looked like before 99% of it was turned into monocrop agriculture.
