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Review Of The Way To Independence: Memories Of A Hidatsa Indian Family, 1840-1920 And A Coloring Book Of Hidatsa Indian Stories: Based On The Life And Drawings Of Edward Goodbird, Joseph C. Porter Jan 1989

Review Of The Way To Independence: Memories Of A Hidatsa Indian Family, 1840-1920 And A Coloring Book Of Hidatsa Indian Stories: Based On The Life And Drawings Of Edward Goodbird, Joseph C. Porter

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

The Way to Independence exhibition and catalog appeared in 1987 to mark the centennial of the passage of the Dawes Indian Severalty Act of 1887, legislation intended to "civilize" American Indians by abolishing tribes as legal entities and allotting reservation lands to individuals. With the disappearance of the tribal land base, proponents of the Dawes Act assumed that Indians would be compelled to "assimilate" into the mainstream of American life.

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Review Of An Atlas Of The Sand Hills, Bradley H. Baltensperger Jan 1989

Review Of An Atlas Of The Sand Hills, Bradley H. Baltensperger

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

Although the goal of this "Resource Atlas" is to describe the largest region of sand dunes in the western hemisphere in a single, easily accessible volume, this well-illustrated narrative would more appropriately be labeled a natural history of the Sandhills. Half the book describes the region's physical environment, including climate, geology, and water supply, and another quarter treats flora and fauna.

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Review Of Indian Lives: Essays On Nineteenth- And Twentieth- Century Native American Leaders And North American Indian Lives, Charles G. Ballard Jan 1989

Review Of Indian Lives: Essays On Nineteenth- And Twentieth- Century Native American Leaders And North American Indian Lives, Charles G. Ballard

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

Readers will no doubt react favorably to the descriptions of eight unusual people, classified generally as American Indians, that the editors of Indian Lives have assembled. They range from Maris Bryant Pierce of the Seneca (1811-1874) to Peterson Zah (born 1937), the former tribal chairman of the Navajo. Three women are included, the Hopi-Tewa potter Nampeyo (1860- 1942), Dr. Susan LaFleshe Picotte (1865-1915) from the Omaha tribe, and Minnie Kellogg (1880-1949) from the Oneidas of Wisconsin. The three remaining men are Henry Chee Dodge (1857-1947), the crusty first chairman of the Navajo tribal council in 1923, Charles Curtis (1860-1936), who …

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Review Of Oklahoma Botanical Literature, M. R. Bolick Jan 1989

Review Of Oklahoma Botanical Literature, M. R. Bolick

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

Johnson and Milby have produced a valuable bibliographic aid for the serious student of the flora of the southern Great Plains. The listing, in one place, of 862 references from such diverse sources is a major contribution by itself. The addition of indexes for authors and subject-incontext greatly increases the utility of this reference book, making it easy to search among all 800-plus citations for ones of particular interest. This book should find a home in biology libraries across the region.

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Notes And News For Vol.3 No.9 Jan 1989

Notes And News For Vol.3 No.9

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

No abstract provided.

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Review Of A Creek Warrior For The Confederacy: The Autobiography Of Chief G. W Grayson, William E. Unrau Jan 1989

Review Of A Creek Warrior For The Confederacy: The Autobiography Of Chief G. W Grayson, William E. Unrau

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

Without question this memoir by a mixedblood Creek dignitary who fought with Indian units attached to the armies of the Confederacy is the most informative and carefully edited account of the Civil War in Indian Territory after 1862. But it is more than that, for it provides a lucid and candid commentary on important aspects of Creek history from forced removal in the early national period to formal tribal dissolution in 1906.

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Review Of Northern Prairie Wetlands, Jack Deforest Jan 1989

Review Of Northern Prairie Wetlands, Jack Deforest

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

Evidence of human disruption of ecosystems often generates a "crisis response," but fortunately we are finally learning that a base of solid scientific information is crucial for effective policymaking. This useful book provides such information for a type of wetland that is little known and poorly understood, the prairie pothole region. It developed out of a 1985 symposium in North Dakota that aimed to review the "state of knowledge" concerning various elements of the region's wetland ecology. Because of the subject's complexity, the book's content is limited to select areas: geology and hydrology, water chemistry, fauna and flora, food chains, …

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Opera Houses In Kansas, Nebraska, And The Dakotas: 1870-1920, Ronald L. Davis Jan 1989

Opera Houses In Kansas, Nebraska, And The Dakotas: 1870-1920, Ronald L. Davis

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

As the last frontier approached an end, nearly every town of any distinction on the Plains boasted an opera house. The term "opera house" was preferred over "theater" since opera was considered a highly respected art form rather than mere popular amusement, even though grand opera itself was seldom actually performed in the Great Plains. What the management offered on its stage depended primarily on the town's proximity to a railroad, which in the late nineteenth century served as the major link to the outside world. Whether or not opera troupes ever sang for local audiences, a town's opera house----on …

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Freedon And Control In Laura Ingalls Wilder's De Smet, John E. Miller Jan 1989

Freedon And Control In Laura Ingalls Wilder's De Smet, John E. Miller

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

Faith in the future, the virtues of persistence and hard work, the beneficence and occasional destructiveness of nature, the centrality of family, and the search for community are dominant themes of Laura Ingalls Wilder's books for children; one more theme is freedom. 1 But this freedom is never conceived of as absolute; rather, it is subject to a variety of constraints-external and internal-that interact with it in uneasy tension. The Ingalls family moved west to Dakota Territory in 1879 because of Pa's quest for freedom from the constrictions hemming him in on the more settled frontier. Farther west, he believed, …

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Notes And News For Vol.9 No.1 Jan 1989

Notes And News For Vol.9 No.1

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

No abstract provided.

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Women's Contribution To The Family Farm, Richard W. Rathge Jan 1989

Women's Contribution To The Family Farm, Richard W. Rathge

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

Our recognition of women's involvement in Great Plains agriculture is frequently linked to stereotyped images and a romanticized perspective on farmers. These notions have been cultivated over time in the absence of careful research or historical documents that realistically detail women's work on the family farm. Except for collections of oral histories, letters, and diaries, we have relatively few written records of rural women's agricultural heritage in the Great Plains. Traditional images of women and girls on farms show them as helpmates whose labor is only indirectly related to agriculture. 1 Their activities center predominantly on family and domestic chores. …

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Review Of Stories Of The House People, Ahab Spence Jan 1989

Review Of Stories Of The House People, Ahab Spence

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

These stories are told from the heart. Both elders have much historic background-as a matter of fact both are direct descendants of the House People.

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Review Of Willa Cather: A Literary Life, Karen Vierneisel Jan 1989

Review Of Willa Cather: A Literary Life, Karen Vierneisel

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

James Woodress wanted to create a life-size portrait of Willa Cather. But his own assessment of the work sums up its limitation. "[His] present view of Cather does not change in any basic way the image of her contained in [his] earlier book." Since then, he may have read Cather's letters to Louise Pound, the new interpretations of Sharon O'Brien, Doris Grumbach, and Susan Rosowski, and Bernice Slote's copious materials to which he had access. But none of this new information teased his imagination

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An Essay On The Concept Of Demonstration Rooftop Prairies, Patrick Horsbrugh Jan 1989

An Essay On The Concept Of Demonstration Rooftop Prairies, Patrick Horsbrugh

Proceedings of the North American Prairie Conferences

The concept of demonstration prairies on the roofs of industrial and commercial premises is recommended as a means of stimulating interest in prairie ecology and of providing educational facilities in urban areas. The economics of such rooftop locations for prairie studies and research depends upon the multiple use of land for seemingly incompatible activities. The use of selected vegetation as an integral part of the structure provides the opportunity for the prairie to invade the city, while potentially offering the benefits of effective insulation, microclimatic modification, and reductions in roof maintenance costs. This would be one method to meet the …

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51-Year Change In The Shortgrass Prairie Of Eastern Wyoming, Herbert G. Fisser, Kendall L. Johnson, Kellie S. Moore, Glenn E. Plumb Jan 1989

51-Year Change In The Shortgrass Prairie Of Eastern Wyoming, Herbert G. Fisser, Kendall L. Johnson, Kellie S. Moore, Glenn E. Plumb

Proceedings of the North American Prairie Conferences

In 1936, vegetation analyses were conducted on repurchased federal lands in the Powder River Basin of eastern Wyoming. During the summer of 1987 the 74 remaining plots of 97 originally established on a 2.6 km2 (1 mi2) area in Converse County were re-examined. Both surveys were conducted with the "square foot density procedure." During the past 51 years, vegetation abundance increased significantly on the saline upland site as a result of the interactive effects of favorable long-term weather patterns, annual grazing by livestock and wildlife, and reduced fire. Total vegetation cover increased significantly (P < 0.05) from 3% in 1936 to 11 % in 1987, including a threefold increase for all grasses and a fourfold increase for all woody species. A negligible change occurred for all forbs. A shift in the cover composition occurred with grasses decreasing from 52% to 44% and non-grass species showing a corresponding increase. All growth forms, except shrubs, gained wider distribution over the study period, especially succulents and annual grasses. Continuation of current management practices probably means that this range will not return to a short grass-dominated prairie.

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Effects Of Manipulation On Foliage Characteristics Of Andropogon Gerardii Vitman, Rosemary A. Ramundo, T. Dawn Shapley, C. L. Turner, M. I. Dyer, T. R. Seastedt Jan 1989

Effects Of Manipulation On Foliage Characteristics Of Andropogon Gerardii Vitman, Rosemary A. Ramundo, T. Dawn Shapley, C. L. Turner, M. I. Dyer, T. R. Seastedt

Proceedings of the North American Prairie Conferences

The effects of burning, mowing, and nitrogen fertilizer on the chlorophyll, nitrogen, and phosphorus content of big bluestem were measured using a factorial experimental design at Konza Prairie Research Natural Area. While spring burning usually increased foliage production, burning had no effect on mid-season chlorophyll or nitrogen concentrations. Chlorophyll concentrations were significantly increased by fertilizer and mowing treatments. Nitrogen concentrations of foliage were higher on fertilized and mowed plots. Mowing also increased phosphorus concentrations of foliage, but nitrogen fertilizer significantly reduced phosphorus concentrations. These results support other research indicating that: 1) nitrogen use efficiency (grams biomass produced per gram of …

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Effects Of Prescribed Fire On Small Mammals In Aspen Parkland, Garry C. Trottier, Ludwig N. Carbyn, George W. Scotter Jan 1989

Effects Of Prescribed Fire On Small Mammals In Aspen Parkland, Garry C. Trottier, Ludwig N. Carbyn, George W. Scotter

Proceedings of the North American Prairie Conferences

Relative abundance of small mammals was monitored in an area of aspen parkland burned periodically in spring or fall over eight years to control trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.) encroachment into grassland meadows. Seven small mammal species were trapped on the burned and control areas. Meadow voles (Microtus pennsylvanicus Ord) and red-backed voles (Clethrionomys gapperi Vigors) dominated the captures prior to burning. Meadow voles were the most abundant species trapped throughout the study, but abundance was affected by frequency of burning and habitat. After three vegetative growing seasons, meadow voles had not recovered to pre-burn abundance in …

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Effect Of Burning On Germination Of Tallgrass Prairie Plant Species, Sherry R. Rohn, Thomas B. Bragg Jan 1989

Effect Of Burning On Germination Of Tallgrass Prairie Plant Species, Sherry R. Rohn, Thomas B. Bragg

Proceedings of the North American Prairie Conferences

Seeds from 10 prairie plant species of burned and unburned portions of three tallgrass prairies were collected and tested for germinability. Germination of big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii Vitman) consistently averaged higher with burning. Indiangrass (Sorghastrum nutans L.) and sideoats grama [Bouteloua curtipendula (Michx.) Torr.] averaged 5% higher with burning on two of the three sites, although for indiangrass average germination for all three sites was 7% lower. Species for which germination declined with burning were false sunflower [Heliopsis helianthoides (L.) Sweet var. scabra (Dun.) Fern.], -13%; whole leaf rosinweed (Silphium integrifolium Michx.), -10%; and white …

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Ecology Of Mead's Milkweed (Asclepias Meadii Torrey), Robert F. Betz Jan 1989

Ecology Of Mead's Milkweed (Asclepias Meadii Torrey), Robert F. Betz

Proceedings of the North American Prairie Conferences

Mead's milkweed (Asclepias meadii Torrey) is a plant of virgin prairies, whose pre-settlement range included much of the midwest. It is now a rare plant confined to prairie hay meadows, railroad rights-of-way, prairie preserves and pioneer cemeteries. Studies of approximately a hundred individual plants, producing hundreds of flowering and sterile stems, in the wild and in cultivation for seven years (1965-1971) indicated that it was a moderately-sized plant whose stems averaged 56 cm in height with sagittate sessile leaves with a herringbone arrangement of the veins. In late May to early June a mature stem produced a solitary, terminal, …

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Chemical Control Of Eastern Redcedar In Mixed Prairie, University Of Nebraska - Lincoln, James L. Stubbendieck Jan 1989

Chemical Control Of Eastern Redcedar In Mixed Prairie, University Of Nebraska - Lincoln, James L. Stubbendieck

Proceedings of the North American Prairie Conferences

Stands of eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana L.) have been increasing in prairies, often to the detriment of valuable prairie species. Initial control of dense stands of relatively tall eastern redcedar by herbicides may be necessary to alter population demographics before more environmentally sound mechanical methods and prescribed burning can be employed to maintain acceptable populations of this woody species. Previous control effectiveness with herbicides has been highly variable. This study was conducted to determine the effect of hexazinone [3-cyclohexyl- 6-(dimethylamino)-1-methyl-l ,3 ,5-triazine-2,4( IH,3H)-dione] as Velpar L, picloram (4-amino-3 ,5 ,6-trichlora-2-pyridinecarboxylic acid) as Tordon 2K, and tebuthiuron N-[5-(1, I-dimethylethyl)-1 ,3,4-thiadiazol-2-yl]N,N'-dimethylurea …

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Prairie Establishment In Southwestern Ohio, Kimberly A. Lutz Jan 1989

Prairie Establishment In Southwestern Ohio, Kimberly A. Lutz

Proceedings of the North American Prairie Conferences

In 1979 a tallgrass prairie was established in southwestern Ohio; a second prairie , adjacent to the first, was established in 1983 (4-year and 8-year sites). These sites differed in time since establishment, seed source, extent of burning, and extent of soil preparation. Six remnant prairies were also selected for comparison with the established sites. The 8-year site was dominated by switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) and indiangrass [Sorghastrum nutans (L.) Nash.], components of the original seed mix, while the 4-year site was dominated by old-field species and big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii Vitman). Both 4-year and 8-year sites …

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Populations And Prey Selection Of Wintering Raptors In Boulder County, Colorado, Stephen R. Jones Jan 1989

Populations And Prey Selection Of Wintering Raptors In Boulder County, Colorado, Stephen R. Jones

Proceedings of the North American Prairie Conferences

Wintering raptor populations were monitored between 1983 and 1988 in a 35 km2 study area centered 8 km north-northeast of the city of Boulder, Colorado. Raptors congregated around active prairie dog (Cynomys sp.) colonies. Golden eagles (Aquila chrysaetos) , ferruginous hawks (Buteo regalis), and red-tailed hawks (Buteo jamaicensis ) were observed hunting and capturing prairie dogs. Bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) and northern harriers (Circus cyaneus) participated in the competition for captured prey. Thirteen occurrences were noted of bald eagles stealing captured prairie dogs from ferruginous hawks. A bubonic plague …

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Is Fire A Disturbance In Grasslands?, E. W. Evans, J. M. Briggs, E. J. Finck, D. J. Gibson, S. W. James, D. W. Kaufman, T. R. Seastedt Jan 1989

Is Fire A Disturbance In Grasslands?, E. W. Evans, J. M. Briggs, E. J. Finck, D. J. Gibson, S. W. James, D. W. Kaufman, T. R. Seastedt

Proceedings of the North American Prairie Conferences

Many grasslands, and in particular the tallgrass prairies of North America, are generally thought to be maintained by periodic fire. Semantic disagreement among researchers, however, threatens to hamper discussion of fire as an ecological force in grassland ecosystems. Some authors emphasize that fires are disturbances (or perturbations) since these fires disrupt or alter ecosystem states, trends, and dynamics (e.g., accumulating nitrogen is volatilized, plant and animal communities change in composition). Other researchers point out that, because these fire-induced disruptions and alterations can maintain the status quo of the ecosystem (e. g., prevent it from becoming woodland), it is the lack …

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Impact Of Railroad Management And Abandonment On Prairie Relicts, John A. Harrington, Mark Leach Jan 1989

Impact Of Railroad Management And Abandonment On Prairie Relicts, John A. Harrington, Mark Leach

Proceedings of the North American Prairie Conferences

A field survey was begun in 1986 to determine the status of prairie vegetation on railroad rights-of-way in Wisconsin. Two % of 849 sample points located at 1.6 km intervals along railroads were found to contain relatively high quality prairie, and 23 % contained slightly degraded prairie. A significant proportion of these remnants contained mesic prairie, a community type which today is almost non-existent in Wisconsin and neighboring states. The linearity and fragmented state of these remnants, however, increase their susceptibility to invasion by woodland edge species. The lack of management that accompanies railroad abandonment has dramatically affected the ability …

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Hulbert's Study Of Factors Effecting Botanical Composition Of Tallgrass Prairie, David J. Gibson Jan 1989

Hulbert's Study Of Factors Effecting Botanical Composition Of Tallgrass Prairie, David J. Gibson

Proceedings of the North American Prairie Conferences

Lloyd Hulbert's death in May 1986 left a wealth of unfinished projects as well as the legacy of Konza Prairie Research Natural Area, Kansas. One of these was an incomplete manuscript on fire, mowing, and soil effects on the tallgrass prairie, in which canopy cover and frequency in 27 soil-treatment combinations from Konza Prairie were reported. Treatments included unburned and April burned at 1-,2-, and 4-year intervals, annual burning during three seasons, and mowing during two seasons. Soils ranged from deep and non-rocky to shallow, rocky, silty clay loams. Late April burning favored tall C4 grasses at the expense of …

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Forage Value Of Weed Species In A Grass Seeding, B. K. Lawrence, S. S. Waller, L. E. Moser, Bruce Anderson, L. L. Larson Jan 1989

Forage Value Of Weed Species In A Grass Seeding, B. K. Lawrence, S. S. Waller, L. E. Moser, Bruce Anderson, L. L. Larson

Proceedings of the North American Prairie Conferences

Weeds are a major problem in seeding rangeland and cropland to native grasses. However, many immature weedy forbs and grasses are palatable to cattle. Research was conducted using yearling cattle for weed control in big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii var. gerardii Vitman) seedings (1987, 1988) at Mead, Nebraska on a Sharpsburg silty clay loam (fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Typic Argiudoll) soil. Prominent volunteer species were annual foxtails (Setaria spp. Beauv.), redroot pigweed (Amaranthus retroflexus SSL.), velvetleaf (Abutilon theophrasti Medic.), and common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.). Cattle consumed annual foxtails and redroot pigweed, but did not consume velvetleaf …

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Small Mammals Of A Relict Wet Prairie In Ohio, Eric D. Osborn, Carl W. Hoagstrom Jan 1989

Small Mammals Of A Relict Wet Prairie In Ohio, Eric D. Osborn, Carl W. Hoagstrom

Proceedings of the North American Prairie Conferences

Killdeer Plains is a Wildlife Area in northwest Ohio managed primarily for waterfowl. At the turn of the century, the area was a wet prairie remnant of the prairie peninsula. Despite attempts at drainage and farming, parts of the area retain the characteristics of a wet prairie. Two spruce-pine (Picea - Pinus) clumps in the plains are used as winter roosts by long-eared owls (Asio otus). Pellets regurgitated by these owls were examined to determine the species and relative numbers of small mammals in the area. Nearly 90% of all individuals taken by the owls were …

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Small Bison Herd Utilization Of Tallgrass Prairie, Lorence Larson, G.K. Murdock Jan 1989

Small Bison Herd Utilization Of Tallgrass Prairie, Lorence Larson, G.K. Murdock

Proceedings of the North American Prairie Conferences

The utilization of a tall grass prairie remnant by a small bison (Bison bison) herd is described. Three bulls and six cows were introduced to a 257 ha section of Prairie State Park, Liberal, Missouri in 1985. Between 1985 and March 1988, ten calves were born; four cows and a bull were introduced to the herd in 1988. Since March 1986, the behavior of the herd has been observed three times per week, year-round. The portion of the herd using mowed fire breaks or burned or unburned portions was determined at ten-minute intervals; for 3,249 observations over 213 …

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Silica, Nitrogen, And Phosphorus Dynamics Of Tallgrass Prairie, T. R. Seastedt, R. A. Ramundo, D. C. Hayes Jan 1989

Silica, Nitrogen, And Phosphorus Dynamics Of Tallgrass Prairie, T. R. Seastedt, R. A. Ramundo, D. C. Hayes

Proceedings of the North American Prairie Conferences

Experiments were conducted on big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii Vitman) 10 the greenhouse and on a tallgrass site on Konza Prairie to evaluate the effects of simulated grazing on the cycling of silica (SiO2), nitrogen, and phosphorus. Concentrations of all elements increased in vegetation that had been clipped or pruned. The absolute amount of nitrogen obtained by plants 10 the greenhouse experiment was increased by clipping foliage. Phosphorus exhibited only neutral or negative responses, while the absolute amount of silica declined in all but one experiment involving root pruning. In that experiment, the absolute amount of silica in …

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Writing Construction Specifications For Prairie Landscapes: The Basics, Jon Bryan Burley Jan 1989

Writing Construction Specifications For Prairie Landscapes: The Basics, Jon Bryan Burley

Proceedings of the North American Prairie Conferences

Prairie landscaping is being incorporated into the construction industry. This means that designers of prairie landscapes must be able to communicate landscape specifications to landscape contractors. At present, the Construction Specifications Institute (CSI) format has been adopted by the construction industry as the organizing structure to communicate specifications. This paper describes the CSI specification structure and its application in preparing prairie landscaping construction specifications. The paper describes the importance of divisions zero, one, and two plus sections 02200, 02920, 02930, 02950, and 02970. In addition, the paper presents basic key principles in writing each specification section and the content of …

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