Perkins County, South Dakota

Bison and northwest South Dakota short-grass prairie - from Bison's position as the remote governmental hub of one of South Dakota's most sparsely settled northwestern counties to Perkins County's expansive short-grass prairie ranching landscape (the county's vast rolling terrain near the North Dakota border supports extensive cattle and sheep ranching on native range, with the Grand River drainage providing water for livestock operations across a landscape that has changed little since the open range era of the late 1800s).