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Review Of Aquatic Invertebrates Of Alberta By Hugh F. Clifford, Paul B. Kannowski Aug 1992

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 …

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Withholding Payment On Otoe-Missouria Reservation Lands, Daniel W. Overton Aug 1992

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 …

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Population Change In The High Plains Ogallala Region: 1980-1990, Stephen E. White Aug 1992

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 …

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Review Of The Bats Of Texas By David J. Schmidley, Patricia W. Freeman Aug 1992

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.

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Great Plains Reseach Contents Vol. 2, No.1, 1992 Feb 1992

Great Plains Reseach Contents Vol. 2, No.1, 1992

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)

Contents

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The Latent Influence Of Equity In Wyoming V. Colorado (1922), James E. Sherow Feb 1992

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.

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Economic And Environmental Futures Of The Black Hills: A Delphi Technique Study, Russell Stubbles Feb 1992

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 …

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Review Of "Reptiles And Amphibians Of The Cimarron National Grasslands Morton" By Joseph T. Collins And Suzanne L. Collins, Royce E. Ballinger Feb 1992

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 …

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Review Of "Women In Veterinary Medicine: Profiles Of Success" By Sue Drum And H. Ellen Whiteley, Polly Schoning Feb 1992

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.

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Review Of "Points In Time: Structure And Event In A Late Northern Plains Hunting Society" By Philip Duke, W. Raymond Woods Feb 1992

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 …

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Review Of "Multiple Job-Holding Among Farm Families” By M. C. Hallberg, Jill L. Findeis, And Daniel A Lass, Audie Blevins Feb 1992

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, …

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Review Of "The Government And Politics Of The Alberta Metis Settlements” By T. C. Pocklington, K. P. Binda Feb 1992

Review Of "The Government And Politics Of The Alberta Metis Settlements” By T. C. Pocklington, K. P. Binda

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)

With the emergence of native issues such as land claims and self-government in the Canadian constitutional debate, Pocklington's non-technical, informative, and exploratory book as emerged at a timely moment.

A void of scholarship about the Metis has been observed by historians such as Frideres and Friesen. Pocklington has attempted to fill that void, but acknowledges the complexity of his study since the "government and politics ... as they function in small communities like the settlements is intimidating [as] it is difficult to identify the various players, much less to discover how they interact" (p. xiii).

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Review Of "The Scarab Beetles Of Nebraska" By Brett C. Ratcliffe, William B. Warner Feb 1992

Review Of "The Scarab Beetles Of Nebraska" By Brett C. Ratcliffe, William B. Warner

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)

Of the few regional faunal surveys of Scarabaeidae available, The Scarab Beetles of Nebraska provides by far the most comprehensive treatise to date of any area in the Western Hemisphere. It not only serves as a manual for identification of all adult Nebraskan Scarabaeidae, but also includes available information on larvae and natural history for each species as well. The book is lavishly illustrated with adult habitus drawings of most species, supplemented by line drawings of larval and adult key characters. Illustrator Mark Marcuson's color plates are worthy of framing, and congratulations go to the printers for their reproduction of …

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Review Of "The American West: A Narrative Bibliography And A Study In Regionalism” By Charles Wilkinson, Kenneth A. Erickson Feb 1992

Review Of "The American West: A Narrative Bibliography And A Study In Regionalism” By Charles Wilkinson, Kenneth A. Erickson

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)

For the younger scholar interested in the West, Professor Wilkinson's book offers a bibliographic shortcut with a carefully selected and balanced listing of nearly 500 essential entries. The author skillfully weaves annotation of some works into a smoothly flowing text; other items are simply listed in concluding paragraphs.

The book's distinctive organization selectively highlights certain characteristics of the West. The initial chapter reviews the attempts to define the West geographically. The next chapter, "Events," discusses works dealing with Western history, but focuses on key or illustrative conflicts and turning points. Chapter 3 addresses "Peoples," which may be influential individuals, subcultures, …

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Law And Science: An Introduction, John R. Wunder Feb 1992

Law And Science: An Introduction, John R. Wunder

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)

Law and science have been nervous partners for decades. Legal scholarship based upon scientific method, controversial at first, is now an established genre of the literature. It is particularly prominent in criminal justice studies, but it can be found in almost any aspect of legal research.

Social scientists in criminology, political science, and economics have addressed legal issues, but they are less apt to restrict their conclusions to locality or region or subject matter. For the study of regions, historians have the edge, and some historians have adopted scientific methodologies to investigate the history of law. One of the most …

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Public Policy In Such Areas As The Environment Is Increasingly Feb 1992

Public Policy In Such Areas As The Environment Is Increasingly

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)

Contents:

International Geographical Congress, Commission on Changing Rural Systems

Thirteenth North America Prairie Conference

Twelfth Annual National Rural Families Conference

50th Plains Conference

17th Annual Symposium, Center for Great Plains Studies

New Journal

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Review Of "Strength In Adversity: A Study Of The Alberta Economy” By Robert L. Mansell And Michael B. Percy, William Watson Feb 1992

Review Of "Strength In Adversity: A Study Of The Alberta Economy” By Robert L. Mansell And Michael B. Percy, William Watson

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)

This review of Alberta's economic fortunes in the early and mid-1980s by two of Alberta's best academic economists will interest economists concerned either with western Canada in particular or with the problems of non-very- diversified regional economies in general.

The book's first two substantive chapters consist of a data-laden review of Alberta's protracted economic downturn in the early 1980s and its recovery following 1985. Using simulations with a computer model of the Alberta economy, the authors find that the provincial economy's performance was worse in the early 19808 and better in the middle 1980s than it would have been had …

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Law Careers And Community Context: A Comparison Of Rural And Urban Experience, Donald D. Landon Feb 1992

Law Careers And Community Context: A Comparison Of Rural And Urban Experience, Donald D. Landon

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)

The legal profession is highly differentiated by practice situation, clientele, and community setting, producing multiple professions within the practice of law. Using community size as the independent variable, this paper argues that the structuring of a legal career has less to do with the commonalities of legal training or the presumed solidarity of a learned profession and more to do with the characteristics of the community in which professional practice takes root. With a comparative approach, using data selected from a sample of rural lawyers in communities of 20,000 or less in Missouri, a midsize (150,000) Missouri city, and a …

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Great Plains Reseach Vol. 2 No.1, 1992 - Editor's Note Feb 1992

Great Plains Reseach Vol. 2 No.1, 1992 - Editor's Note

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)

When manuscripts are evaluated for possible publication in Great Plains Research, the editorial panel has the question of “place” firmly in mind. The distinction is of a place rather than in a place. Residence of the author is certainly not a prerequisite. While it might seem that the best regional scholarship comes from the region, the cosmopolitan character of the academy belies that generalization. Nor is a study done in a region necessarily of the region. A fine paper may result from a survey of residents of Kansas, for example, without any insight into whether the location makes any …

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Review Of "Nebraska Residents' Perceptions Of The State's Water Quality” By S. Kay Rockwell, Ann Ziebarth, Delynn R. Hay, And Shirley M. Niemeyer, J. Allen Williams Jr. Feb 1992

Review Of "Nebraska Residents' Perceptions Of The State's Water Quality” By S. Kay Rockwell, Ann Ziebarth, Delynn R. Hay, And Shirley M. Niemeyer, J. Allen Williams Jr.

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)

On the basis of national program initiatives, the Nebraska Cooperative Extension staff identified three high priority needs for the 19905 related to agriculture. These needs are to increase agricultural profitability, conserve and manage natural resources, and enhance water quality. This book focuses on water quality, especially with respect to domestic drinking water.

The investigators obtained 877 completed mailed questionnaires from an original sampling frame of 2,000 households stratified by city size. Forty of the questionnaires were returned as nondeliverable or as "addressee deceased." Thus, from the remaining 1,960 potential households, the response rate was 44.7%. This response rate is adequate, …

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Review Of "At Odds With Progress" By Bret Wallach, William E. Riebsame Feb 1992

Review Of "At Odds With Progress" By Bret Wallach, William E. Riebsame

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)

Geographer Bret Wallach's stated goal in this book is to show that environmentalism is rooted in a fundamental human love for the land. He argues that we are "at odds with progress" and that this aversion is illustrated through efforts to protect the land from exploitation. But, .Wallach argues, our loyalty to the land is cloaked in "disguises" of efficiency, social welfare, and scientific ecology.

This argument is pursued through a series of personal reflections on places: northern Maine, southern Appalachia, Wyoming desert, San Joaquin oil fields, the national grasslands, and Texas High Plains. Wallach obviously loves these lands, and …

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Review Of "Politics And Public Policy In The Contemporary American West” By Clive S. Thomas, Peter Longo Feb 1992

Review Of "Politics And Public Policy In The Contemporary American West” By Clive S. Thomas, Peter Longo

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)

Clive S. Thomas has edited a fascinating collection of works in Politics and Public Policy in the Contemporary American West. Scholars of public policy, especially those in the 13 states west of the l00th meridian, now have an excellent resource in Thomas' edited work.

Thomas sets the stage of the book by identifying ten enduring characteristics of western politics (p. 8). Those characteristics include political pragmatism, political individualism, direct democracy, regionalism and sectionalism, candidate-oriented elections, weak political parties and strong interest groups, weak political institutions, the dominance of economic development, dependence on government, and the paradox between myth and …

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Review Of "Free Trade On The Prairies: The Implications Of Canada-U.S. Trade Pact For The Three Prairie Provinces" By Steve Dorey, Bashir Qasmi Feb 1992

Review Of "Free Trade On The Prairies: The Implications Of Canada-U.S. Trade Pact For The Three Prairie Provinces" By Steve Dorey, Bashir Qasmi

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)

This book is based on a study funded, in part, by the Canadian Department of Regional Industrial Expansion. The book provides a good insight into the Canadian positions during the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations, the concerns and expectations of key industry groups in the Prairies, and a good review of several quantitative studies that 74 estimated the impacts of bilateral trade liberalization in Canada. However, the conclusions of the book are not based on anyone particular quantitative study.

The author's basic thrust is that in recent decades, the Prairie economies have become diversified and much less dependent on eastern …

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Review Of "Agricultural Policy Reform: Politics And Process In The Ec And Usa” By H. Wayne Moyer And Timothy E. Josling, James G. Kendrik Feb 1992

Review Of "Agricultural Policy Reform: Politics And Process In The Ec And Usa” By H. Wayne Moyer And Timothy E. Josling, James G. Kendrik

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)

In days gone by, Economics and Political Science were one. and the discipline was termed Political Economics. Here, it was recognized that acceptable economic theory was tempered by the political system in which the economy existed. The Mercantilism of England and the Netherlands was in direct conflict with the Physiocratic doctrines of France, yet each prospered in their own political environment-and could be studied separately as an integrated unit. Today, the separation of Economics and Political science can lead to frustration when an economic solution for the problems of one society is not perceived by another political system as appropriate. …

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Review Of "Co-Operatives And Community Development: Economics In Social Perspective” By Brett Fairbairn, June Bold, Murray Fulton, Lou Hammond Ketilson, And Daniel Ish, Sharon Lord Gaber Feb 1992

Review Of "Co-Operatives And Community Development: Economics In Social Perspective” By Brett Fairbairn, June Bold, Murray Fulton, Lou Hammond Ketilson, And Daniel Ish, Sharon Lord Gaber

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)

For residents of rural towns throughout the United States and Canada, particularly in the Great Plains region, the issues of economic survival and community sustainability are paramount. Brett Fairbairn and colleagues book about cooperatives reintroduces an old strategy for community development. Their concept is that cooperatives are an "alternative kind of development"-well-suited to the needs of rural communities. The book is derived from the authors' concern for community development in Saskatchewan.

The book is divided into six chapters. Although not identified as such, the first three chapters serve to convince the reader that cooperatives are a good and viable mechanism …

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Tenth Great Plains Wildlife Damage Control Workshop Feb 1992

Tenth Great Plains Wildlife Damage Control Workshop

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)

The Tenth Great Plains Wildlife Damage Control Workshop (GPWDCW) was held 15-18 April 1991 in Lincoln, Nebraska. The goal was to provide a forum for individuals involved in wildlife damage management to discuss new ideas and recent advances in ecology, technology, public education, and policy. The format allowed for interaction and exchange on current issues, damage control techniques, priority areas for research, public education, and extension activities. The GPWDCW is one of three national conferences (including the Vertebrate Pest Conference and the Eastern Wildlife Damage Control Conference) that deal specifically with wildlife damage management.

More than 250 people from 22 …

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Review Of "Colorado's Government: Structure, Politics, Administration And Policy” By Robert Stuart Lorch, Robert Sittig Feb 1992

Review Of "Colorado's Government: Structure, Politics, Administration And Policy” By Robert Stuart Lorch, Robert Sittig

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)

For some decades a number of sponsoring agencies have sought to provide a standardized work on each state's government and politics; thus far this goal has proven to be unattainable. In the meantime, studies such as this one have appeared in nearly all the states; this serves to inform interested readers about a particular state's politics, and Lorch's contribution has been a handsome one over these past years.

Lorch recounts the quite old-how Colorado was settled, got its name, and achieved statehood-and the very new-adoption of the state's first presidential preference primary for the 1992 election cycle, and the approval …

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Review Of "The Wright Space: Patterns And Meaning In Frank Lloyd Wright's Houses” By Grant Hildebrand, David Seamon Feb 1992

Review Of "The Wright Space: Patterns And Meaning In Frank Lloyd Wright's Houses” By Grant Hildebrand, David Seamon

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)

This book by architectural historian Grant Hildebrand is a search for the special quality that makes Frank Lloyd Wright's houses so well liked, both by their owners and general public. Hildebrand calls this special quality a "pattern"-that is, a repetitive configuration of architectural elements that, although uniquely expressed in each house, is an underlying motif in all of them. Hildebrand believes that this pattern involves the spatial dialectic of inside and outside as expressed through repeated architectural parts-the entry, the fireplace, ceilings, solid and windowed walls, terraces, and openings from the house to the outside, especially immediate spaces. Hildebrand's aim …

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Review Of "American Indianwaterrights And The Limits Oflaw" By Lloyd Burton, Richard B. Collins Feb 1992

Review Of "American Indianwaterrights And The Limits Oflaw" By Lloyd Burton, Richard B. Collins

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)

Professor Burton's work focuses on legal recognition and enforcement of Indian tribal water rights. He explains the uncertainty of tribal rights and the difficulties of perfecting rights in court. Lawsuits encounter jurisdictional disputes between state and federal courts, huge litigation costs, technical problems with engineering and hydrologic data, years of delay, and, in his view, hostile Republican judges on the federal bench. Given the difficulties with lawsuits, he examines in some detail tribes' efforts to pursue negotiations and legislation as alternatives to litigation. He is quite critical of the alternatives and concludes that litigation is still the best choice for …

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Review Of "Crane Music: A Natural History Of American Cranes" By Paul A Johnsgard, Amy Richert Feb 1992

Review Of "Crane Music: A Natural History Of American Cranes" By Paul A Johnsgard, Amy Richert

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)

A well-known author among wildlife enthusiasts, Paul Johnsgard has dedicated much of his life to the study of birds. In his lyrically written Crane Music, Johnsgard thoroughly compares and contrasts the natural history of the world's cranes with special emphasis on the two North American species, the sandhill crane (Grus canadensis) and the whooping crane (Grus americana).

This book begins with an interesting historical overview of the importance of cranes to human cultures around the world. Through the years, these exquisite long-legged birds have influenced religion, mythology, derivation of words, and important conservation efforts. Johnsgard …

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