Flint Hills Style Guide
Overview
This hilly area is situated in eastern Kansas and was one of the last tallgrass prairies. Now small havens of tallgrass are surrounded by expanses of prairie shortgrass. Common tallgrass species are bluestem, switch grass and Indian grass. Trees only grow close to bodies of water and the surviving specimens are either charred trunks or saplings a few feet high.
The Flint Hills are made of a honey-colored limestone and the abundance has led to it being a common construction material for buildings and fences. Cattle was the biggest industry in the area until the war. Now, raising cattle is cost prohibitive and thus very rare. Most ranches have been converted to farms but a few still function although on a much smaller scale. The petroleum and natural gas industry has disappeared and the facilities are left empty. Despite an initial outcry from locals, wind farms were rapidly constructed in the years prior to the war and are now a significant source of energy for the area.
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