Badlands environment to be protected in new Kansas SP

OAKLEY, Kan. —

Attention nature lovers: Kansas is getting a new state park that has scenery and wildlife that rivals Badlands National Park.

The Nature Conservancy announced Little Jerusalem Badlands State Park will officially open Oct. 12. The mile-long stretch of 100-foot-tall spires and cliffs lies hidden in a valley between Scott City and Oakley, Kansas, at the conservancy's Smokey Valley Ranch.

https://www.kmbc.com/article/little-jerusalem-badlands-state-park-to-open-in-kansas-in-october-oakley-scott-city/29091185#

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