Kansas A to Z: ‘Q’ is for Quivira National Wildlife Refuge

STAFFORD — The East and West merge just 30 miles west of Hutchinson, Kansas — quite literally.

Quivira National Wildlife Refuge — 30 miles west of Hutchinson and 35 miles southeast of Great Bend — covers the area where the tallgrass prairies of the east and shortgrass prairies of the west meet and mingle. That merger, along with the area’s salt marsh wetlands, creates a haven for many migratory birds, mammal and reptile species, and more that is unique to central Kansas.

(Read more: News – SJ News Online – St. John, KS)