Fort Pierre National Grassland is a United States

National Grassland A national grassland is an area of protected area, protected and managed federal lands in the United States authorized by Title III of the Bankhead–Jones Farm Tenant Act of 1937 and managed by the United States Forest Service. For administrati ...

in central

South Dakota South Dakota (; Sioux language, Sioux: , ) is a U.S. state, state in the West North Central states, North Central region of the United States. It is also part of the Great Plains. South Dakota is named after the Dakota people, Dakota Sioux ...

, south of the capital city

Pierre Pierre is a masculine given name. It is a French form of the name Peter. Pierre originally meant "rock" or "stone" in French (derived from the Greek word πέτρος (''petros'') meaning "stone, rock", via Latin "petra"). It is a translation ...

and its neighbor Fort Pierre. The national grassland is primarily a mixed-grass

prairie Prairies are ecosystems considered part of the temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands biome by ecologists, based on similar temperate climates, moderate rainfall, and a composition of grasses, herbs, and shrubs, rather than trees, as the ...

and has a land area of . In descending order of area it lies in parts of Lyman,

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, and

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counties. Part of the movie '' Dances with Wolves'' was filmed there. It is managed by the

U.S. Forest Service The United States Forest Service (USFS) is an agency within the U.S. Department of Agriculture. It administers the nation's 154 national forests and 20 national grasslands covering of land. The major divisions of the agency are the Chief's ...

together with the

Nebraska Nebraska ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Ka ...

and Samuel R. McKelvie National Forests and the Buffalo Gap and

Oglala The Oglala (pronounced , meaning 'to scatter one's own' in Lakota) are one of the seven subtribes of the Lakota people who, along with the Dakota, make up the Očhéthi Šakówiŋ (Seven Council Fires). A majority of the Oglala live on the P ...

National Grasslands from common offices in Chadron,

. There is a local ranger district office located in

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Fort Pierre National Grassland
- Nebraska National Forests and Grasslands Protected areas of Jones County, South Dakota Protected areas of Lyman County, South Dakota National grasslands of the United States Protected areas of Stanley County, South Dakota Grasslands of South Dakota {{SouthDakota-protected-area-stub