A perfect example the trials and tribulations endured over the better part of a century are well portrayed in William Least Heat-Moon’s book PrairyErth, which highlight some of the believes from both side of the discussion in regards to establishing a Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve. He has demonstrated how the Kansas Grassroots Association did not support the idea of a national park in Kansas because they feared property owners may forced off their lands, the reduction in public owned land would affected the states incoming property taxes, and beef production would decline during a time when food supply was critical. The Association also believed the park proposal to be great threat to a way of life central to American history (Heat-Moon
