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Review Of Field Guide To Wildflowers Of Nebraska And The Great Plains, Roadside Wildflowers Of The Southern Great Plains, Wildflowers Of The Northern Great Plains, And Wildflowers Of The Tallgrass Prairie: The Upper Midwest., Kathleen H. Keeler
Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)
These four flower books represent a blossoming of attractive popular books describing prairie plants. Each of these four books has a slightly different goal. In terms of area covered, Farrar focuses on Nebraska, Vance, Jowsey and Mclean consider plants of the northern Great Plains, Freeman and Schofield aim at roadside wildflowers of the southern Plains, and Runkel and Roosa on wildflowers of the northern tallgrass prairie. The types of plants included vary also. Farrar includes both common and rare Nebraska wildflowers but no shrubs or trees, Vance et al. include common native wildflowers, visible introduced species, and some woody plants. …
Native Americans, The Courts And Water Policy: Is Nothing Sacred?, Peter J. Longo, Chrisitana E. Miewald
Native Americans, The Courts And Water Policy: Is Nothing Sacred?, Peter J. Longo, Chrisitana E. Miewald
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)
Public policy in such areas as the environment is increasingly being shaped by the courts as they resolve conflicts. There is some question whether the courts are able to include in policy decisions those values that are not derived from economic utility. In this article, the values represented by traditional Native American beliefs about nature and particularly water are examined. While Native Americans have won some court battles over water, the judges have usually decided on the basis of contractual and treaty agreements and not on the basis of the preservation of traditional values. Cases arising in the Great Plains …
Landscape Ecology Of Hedgerows And Fencerows In Panama Township, Lancaster County, Nebraska, Richard K. Sutton
Landscape Ecology Of Hedgerows And Fencerows In Panama Township, Lancaster County, Nebraska, Richard K. Sutton
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)
This study investigated woody plant composition, structure, and biomass of hedgerows and fencerows, and for effects between human attitudes and management practices; Fencerows arise as narrow strips of woody and herbaceous plants at field margins and property boundaries. Hedgerows grow from intentional linear plantings. Exotic species were more important in fencerow composition. Hackberry, Missouri gooseberry, American plum, and white mulberry readily inhabited both fencerows and hedgerows. Woody plants exhibited clumped distribution in both hedgerows and fencerows. A moisture gradient emerged as a factor in distribution of species. Management caused a significant difference in species richness and biomass in both hedgerows …
Great Plains Research Annual Index - Vol. 2, No. 2, 1992
Great Plains Research Annual Index - Vol. 2, No. 2, 1992
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)
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Great Plains Research Contents - Vol. 2, No. 2, 1992
Great Plains Research Contents - Vol. 2, No. 2, 1992
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)
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Great Plains Research Introduction - Vol. 2, No. 2, 1992, Paul A. Kay
Great Plains Research Introduction - Vol. 2, No. 2, 1992, Paul A. Kay
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)
Most Americans possess an image of the Great Plains derived, I suspect, from a high-speed window. The interstate highways, those great passing through routes, provide constricted views; I-80, for example, trapped in the Platte River Valley across much of Nebraska, leads one to think of the Plains as flat. The image from 30,000-plus feet is no less informative, to the untrained observer, of the web of life below; even the giant circles of the center pivots bespeak large empty spaces. Neither viewing platform is sufficient to reveal the intricacies of the Plains, let alone the concerns of those who live …
Great Plains Research News And Notes - Vol. 2, No. 2, 1992
Great Plains Research News And Notes - Vol. 2, No. 2, 1992
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)
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Review Of Eyewitness At Wounded Knee By Richard E. Jensen, R. Eli Paul, And John E. Carter, Michael L. Tate
Review Of Eyewitness At Wounded Knee By Richard E. Jensen, R. Eli Paul, And John E. Carter, Michael L. Tate
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)
In Native American history, no event is more pregnant with symbolism than the confrontation which occurred four days after Christmas in a remote part ofwestern South Dakota. American Indians have since referred to it as the Massacre at Wounded Knee where more than 250 men, women and children were wantonly killed by vengeance-seeking troops of the 7th Cavalry. Other commentators, especially white observers of 1890, called it the Last Battle of the Indian Wars, implying that two armies met in one final conflict to decide the fate ofthe Northern Plains. Today, most scholars follow the interpretations of Robert Utley's masterful …
Review Of Canadian Agricultural Trade-Disputes, Actions And Prospects By G. Lermer And K. K. Klein, Michael Troughton
Review Of Canadian Agricultural Trade-Disputes, Actions And Prospects By G. Lermer And K. K. Klein, Michael Troughton
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)
This book of edited conference papers addresses Canadian agricultural trade in the context of "an era of trade liberalization" which includes the signing of the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and the anticipated conclusion of the Uruguay Round of the GATT negotiations, both of which receive considerable attention. The book's 13 chapters are divided into three sections; the first describes the context of agricultural trade dispute, with emphasis on the mechanics of resolution in the FTA and GATT; the second examines some specific trade actions, with the emphasis on disputes over dumping and which resulted in applications of countervailing duties; …
Review Of Drought And Natural Resources Management In The United States: Impacts And Implications Of The 1987-89 Drought By William E. Riebsame, Stanley A Changnon, Jr., And Thomas R. Karl, Steven J. Meyer
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)
This effort by Riebsame, Changnon, and Karl is a well-written, well organized examination of the 1987-89 drought from both a scientific and sociological perspective. Through their investigation of society's and government's handling of this drought event, the authors make a strong case that "despite a decade of growing interest in the social and economic impacts of climate fluctuations ... the nation remains ill-prepared to cope with unusual climate conditions."
In the first chapter, Riebsame et al. briefly present how past droughts have impacted the U.S. and how society/government has typically managed (or mismanaged) those past drought events. They also present …
Review Of An Ecological History Of Agriculture, 10,000 B.C.- A.D. 10,000 By Daniel E. Vasey, Donald M. Edwards
Review Of An Ecological History Of Agriculture, 10,000 B.C.- A.D. 10,000 By Daniel E. Vasey, Donald M. Edwards
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)
Population, environment, and energy are used as three significant determinants of agricultural systems. An Ecological History of Agriculture covers the span of time from the first known managed agriculture to an uncertain future. In a systematic manner, the author moves through chapters from the origins of agriculture to the future, covering topics along the span of time of the origins of agriculture, preindustrial agriculture, pastoralism, industrial agriculture, the present state of agriculture, and the future for agriculture. Interwoven is a global coverage of the influence of population, environment, and energy on agricultural systems as impacting ecosystems of the tropics, dry …
Review Of Cheyenne Bottoms: Wetland In Jeopardy By John L. Zimmerman, John Janovy
Review Of Cheyenne Bottoms: Wetland In Jeopardy By John L. Zimmerman, John Janovy
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)
The Cheyenne Bottoms, Barton County, Kansas, has long been hallowed ground for birders and scientists as well as hunters. The dikes let one drive slowly through the marshes, scanning the flats for favorite sandpiper species and experiencing first hand the isolation of the central Kansas prairies. John Zimmerman, professor of biology at Kansas State University, had captured the Cheyenne Bottoms aura in eloquent prose, giving us a taste of wetlands natural history, while bringing to life the political and economic conflicts surrounding Arkansas River, and Walnut Creek, water. In many ways, the Cheyenne Bottoms case is a modern archetypical prairie …
Career Differentiation: The Legal Community In Lincoln, Nebraska 1880-1891, Andrew Koszewski
Career Differentiation: The Legal Community In Lincoln, Nebraska 1880-1891, Andrew Koszewski
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)
The development of a legal community in late nineteenth-century Lincoln, Nebraska, offers an opportunity to examine career differentiation. Relying upon census and Lincoln city directories, the data analysis reveals similar patterns to previous research on the legal profession and some significant differences. Lincoln attorneys usually came from middle or lower classes backgrounds, seldom graduated from college, relocated to Nebraska from midwestern states, practiced alone, joined numerous fraternal organizations, became involved in politics, and were overwhelmingly Republicans.
Review Of Sociobiology And The Social Sciences By Robert W. Bell And Nancy J. Bell, David R. Johnson
Review Of Sociobiology And The Social Sciences By Robert W. Bell And Nancy J. Bell, David R. Johnson
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)
The application of evolutionary theory of inclusive fitness to understanding human social behavior has seen a recent resurgence in anthropology, psychology, and sociology. While sociobiological theory and research are still incipient In these disciplines, the perspective has received enough attention to warrant all social scientists becoming more acquainted with the theory and methods of the practicing sociobiologist. The title and modest size of this book (only 130 pages) suggest that it might serve well for this purpose. It contains seven original papers by practicing sociobiologists written for an audience not well versed in the evolutionary model. While terms are carefully …
A Chromosome Study Of Blue Grama (Bouteloua Gracilis) In Northern Colorado, T. Tsuchiya, W. Mcginnies, A. Shahla
A Chromosome Study Of Blue Grama (Bouteloua Gracilis) In Northern Colorado, T. Tsuchiya, W. Mcginnies, A. Shahla
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)
Chromosomes were studied in somatic cells of 60 plants of blue grama, Bouteloua gracilis (Willd. ex Kunth) Lag ex Griffiths, collected from a 7-hectare field of native range at the Central Plains Experiment Range (CPER), Nunn, Colorado, to determine chromosome constitution in relation to the plant characteristics. Somatic chromosomes were studied in root tips collected from vigorously growing plants in the greenhouse. Acetocarmine squash method was used to make slide preparation. The majority of the plants were 2n =40. However, three plants were 2n=50 and two were 2n=60. The pentaploid plants (2n =50) were recorded for the first time in …
Review Of Contemporary Federal Policy Toward American Indians By Emma R. Gross, Beth R. Ritter
Review Of Contemporary Federal Policy Toward American Indians By Emma R. Gross, Beth R. Ritter
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)
This book is a public policy study detailing the various factors which culminated in pro-Indian federal policy and legislation during the 1970s. The author's primary thesis is to suggest the 1970s represented a marked departure from previous federal Indian policy and legislation in that Native Americans themselves were well-represented in the democratic process impacting favorable federal decision-making.
A Daring Proposal For Dealing With An Inevitable Disaster? A Review Of The Buffalo Commons Proposal, Karen De Bres, Mark Guizlo
A Daring Proposal For Dealing With An Inevitable Disaster? A Review Of The Buffalo Commons Proposal, Karen De Bres, Mark Guizlo
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)
In December 1987, "The Great Plains: From Dust to Dust, a Daring Proposal for Dealing With an Inevitable Disaster," by Frank and Deborah Popper appeared in Planning, a journal of the American Planning Association. While many alternatives have been suggested to solve the environmental, social, and economic problems of the region, the Poppers' Buffalo Commons thesis quickly made regional and national headlines. Since 1987, the Poppers, while writing and speaking on this topic at length, have failed to substantiate many of their arguments. Meanwhile, their somewhat facile assumptions have attracted a wide and sometimes favorable audience. This paper contains three …
The Popper Proposals For The Great Plains: A View From The Canadian Prairies, Alec H. Paul
The Popper Proposals For The Great Plains: A View From The Canadian Prairies, Alec H. Paul
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)
The Popper thesis, that large parts of the U.S. Great Plains are best suited to their pre-settlement role of "buffalo commons" and should be returned to that state, might also be applied to portions of the Canadian prairies north of the 49th parallel. The Canadian Dry Belt, often referred to as the Palliser Triangle, has suffered drought and environmental degradation similar to the U. S. Great Plains. Rural depopulation began in the 1920s, and in the 1930s the region became known as the Canadian Dustbowl. As early as the 1920s, some farmers had begun to work together to develop land-use …
Review Of Gaining Access: Congress And The Farm Lobby, 1919-1981 By John Mark Hansen, Jim Kendrick
Review Of Gaining Access: Congress And The Farm Lobby, 1919-1981 By John Mark Hansen, Jim Kendrick
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)
This work explores the impact that interest groups have on influencing national agricultural legislation, and thus, U.S. agricultural policy. The term "interest groups" implies the entire gambit ofthose who desire to, or actually do, have notable impact on the formulation of U.S. agricultural policy. Actually, Hansen confines his analysis (except for the National Milk Producers Federation) to those general farm organizations that were active during the period 1919-1981.
By confining his main analysis to general farm organizations (American Farm Bureau Federation, National Farmers Union, National Farmers Organization, etc.), Hansen misses other major players who also have access to Congress. In …
Review Of Aquatic Invertebrates Of Alberta By Hugh F. Clifford, Paul B. Kannowski
Review Of Aquatic Invertebrates Of Alberta By Hugh F. Clifford, Paul B. Kannowski
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)
Alberta is a province with diverse geography, climate, and ecology. Encompassing level prairies, gently sloping hills, and the high mountains of the eastern slope of the Rockies, it provides outstanding scenery as well as productive farming and extensive mineral production. Its variable climate provides short, hot summers and long, cold winters. A relatively high level of rainfall (and snowfall) provides an abundance of running and standing water habitats, including four major rivers (Milk, Saskatchewan, Athabasca, and Peace), two large lakes (Athabasca and Lesser Slave), and many smaller lakes and prairie potholes. This physical diversity has provided environmental features that enable …
Withholding Payment On Otoe-Missouria Reservation Lands, Daniel W. Overton
Withholding Payment On Otoe-Missouria Reservation Lands, Daniel W. Overton
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)
In 1883 the U.S. General Land Office conducted the sale of the eastern remnant of the Big Blue reservation in Nebraska and Kansas for the benefit of its owners, the Otoe-Missouria Indians. The property sold for an average of $12.22 an acre. It was the highest per-acre price ever offered for Indian lands on the Central and Northern Great Plains. Before the first year of white settlement had come to an end, however, many landholders began to petition federal authorities for payment-time extensions and, eventually, debt reductions. They argued that they had been "forced" to pay more for their lands …
Population Change In The High Plains Ogallala Region: 1980-1990, Stephen E. White
Population Change In The High Plains Ogallala Region: 1980-1990, Stephen E. White
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)
This study explores the role of groundwater exploitation on population change in the High Plains Ogallala region. Results from several multiple regression analyses are examined to assess the relationship between 1980-1990 population changes in 184 counties with the dominance of irrigated agriculture, change in irrigated acreage, historical population change, farm size change, population density, urbanization, and the level of agricultural employment.
Change in irrigated acreage is significantly associated with population change for Nebraska and for the 90 counties that have an urban place. However, the more important factors are the degree of urbanization among the urban counties and long term …
Review Of The Bats Of Texas By David J. Schmidley, Patricia W. Freeman
Review Of The Bats Of Texas By David J. Schmidley, Patricia W. Freeman
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)
There are few "Bats of” books for states because usually there are not that many species located in a particular state and second, we often do not have much information about the bats in a particular place or state. But there has been increasing interest in bats in the last few years stimulated by organizations like Bat Conservation International and publications like Bats of Carlsbad Caverns, both of which have high quality photographs of bats. The Carlsbad publication has particularly spectacular pictures of bats in flight.
Great Plains Reseach Contents Vol. 2, No.1, 1992
Great Plains Reseach Contents Vol. 2, No.1, 1992
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)
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The Latent Influence Of Equity In Wyoming V. Colorado (1922), James E. Sherow
The Latent Influence Of Equity In Wyoming V. Colorado (1922), James E. Sherow
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)
Clearly, the doctrine of prior appropriation played an integral part in Justice Willis Van Devanter's decision in Wyoming v. Colorado (1922). Not so clear was the pervasive influence of equity in the justice's opinion. In many ways, Van Devanter's thinking is in keeping with the historical unfolding of the United States Supreme Court's use of equity to resolve interstate water conflicts.
Economic And Environmental Futures Of The Black Hills: A Delphi Technique Study, Russell Stubbles
Economic And Environmental Futures Of The Black Hills: A Delphi Technique Study, Russell Stubbles
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)
The future economic and environmental changes in the communities of the Black Hills were examined through the use of the Delphi technique. The study utilized a panel of 80 experts on the wide range of land-use issues and conflicts in the Black Hills. The panel identified 14 future land-use conflict issues: mining, grazing, timbering, outdoor recreation, wilderness areas, tourism, legalized gambling, second home development, Native American claims, fire management, water management, landfills, traffic management, and the US Forest Service's policies of land-use management. The panel predicted when certain events concerning those 14 issues would occur. Their predictions were then related …
Review Of "Reptiles And Amphibians Of The Cimarron National Grasslands Morton" By Joseph T. Collins And Suzanne L. Collins, Royce E. Ballinger
Review Of "Reptiles And Amphibians Of The Cimarron National Grasslands Morton" By Joseph T. Collins And Suzanne L. Collins, Royce E. Ballinger
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)
This small book (pamphlet) provides information about the amphibians and reptiles for the general reader or casual visitor to the Cimarron National Grasslands in southwestern Kansas. Some of the information derives from a brief field trip by the authors in 1987 or from museum specimens and technical literature, but most of the information is not new. Much of the material (some verbatim) comes from J. T. Collins' previous semipopular books on Kansas herpetiles.
After a short introduction and a brief discussion of the history of herp collections in the county there is a checklist of the 31 species, a note …
Review Of "Women In Veterinary Medicine: Profiles Of Success" By Sue Drum And H. Ellen Whiteley, Polly Schoning
Review Of "Women In Veterinary Medicine: Profiles Of Success" By Sue Drum And H. Ellen Whiteley, Polly Schoning
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)
Women in Veterinary Medicine is an enjoyable book composed of short autobiographies of 20 successful women veterinarians. Each autobiography has a photograph and synopsis followed by a life story. Women veterinarians included are Drs. Joan Arnoldi, Maxine Benjamin, Olive Kendrick Britt, Joanne Rick Brown, Ann Schola Clark, W. Jean Dodds, Margaret Gourlay, Elizabeth Atwood Lawrence, Sandra W. McNeel, Linda M. Merry, Janice M. Miller, Patricia O'Connor Halloran, Jessica Porter, Sandra Siwe, Kathleen Smiler, Barbara Soderstrom, Barbara S. Stein, Virginia M. Streets, Susan K. Wells, and H. Ellen Whiteley.
Review Of "Points In Time: Structure And Event In A Late Northern Plains Hunting Society" By Philip Duke, W. Raymond Woods
Review Of "Points In Time: Structure And Event In A Late Northern Plains Hunting Society" By Philip Duke, W. Raymond Woods
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)
The first processual studies in archaeology began appearing-and making an impression on the field as a whole-nearly 30 years ago. These studies ushered in a revolution in American archaeology and forever changed how this field is taught and practiced. A great deal of heat was exchanged between the processualists and the traditionists as the new paradigm slowly was accepted into mainstream archaeology. Much of this heat was unfortunately expended uselessly as people spoke past one another both in person and in print. The processual school eventually won the struggle, and such studies today are themselves traditional. Efforts by a new …
Review Of "Multiple Job-Holding Among Farm Families” By M. C. Hallberg, Jill L. Findeis, And Daniel A Lass, Audie Blevins
Review Of "Multiple Job-Holding Among Farm Families” By M. C. Hallberg, Jill L. Findeis, And Daniel A Lass, Audie Blevins
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)
An increase in the percentage of families involved in off-farm employment provided the intellectual fodder for a symposium on multiple jobholding among farm families held in May, 1988. Like other books that are the off-spring of conferences and symposia, the weaknesses of the symposium are replicated in the book unless the editors apply a heavy hand to ensure interrelatedness and quality of contributions. Unfortunately, evidence of this editorial hand is missing: the book is uneven and fails to demonstrate the interconnections between chapters. Yet, even with this caveat, there are several significant research/modeling contributions and review essays. The five sections, …