Prairie? Great Plains? Same or Different?

Half the material I read calls this area the prairie. The other half uses the term Great Plains. Since I live here and write about life in North Dakota now, I decided that  this is the time to figure out the difference, if any, between these two terms. Yes, a prairie and the Great Plains…

Prairie Wandering

  The beautiful state of ND is still brown, yet I love wandering and exploring in the early spring. Migrating birds overhead and the return of resident ducks in the ponds and lakes draw me out into the sunshine.  Sandhill Crane, Duck and Snow Goose migration continues overhead. In the water I observed endless species…