Great Plains Research publishes original research and scholarly reviews of important advances in the natural and social sciences with relevance to and special emphases on environmental, economic and social issues in the Great Plains. It includes reviews of books and reports on symposia and conferences that included sessions on topics pertaining to the Great Plains. Papers must be comprehensible to a multidisciplinary community of scholars and lay readers who share interest in the region. Stimulating review and synthesis articles will be published if they inform, educate, and highlight both current status and further research directions.

2009

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences Volume 19, Number 1 (Spring 2009): News and Notes

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences Volume 19, Number 1 (Spring 2009): Table of Contents

Book Review: The Allen Site: A Paleoindian Camp in Southwestern Nebraska Edited by Douglas B. Bamforth, Daniel S. Amick

Historical Changes in the Occurrence and Distribution of Freshwater Mussels in Kansas, Robert T. Angelo, M. Steve Cringan, Eva Hays, Clint A. Goodrich, Edwin J. Miller, Mark A. VanScoyoc, and Bryan R. Simmons

Book Review: Not a Drop to Drink: America’s Water Crisis (and What You Can Do) By Ken Midkiff, Ann Bleed

Archeological Interpretation of the Frontier Battle at Mud Springs, Nebraska, Peter Bleed and Douglas D. Scott

Book Review: Ecology and Behavior of Chickadees and Titmice: An Integrated Approach Edited by Ken A. Otter, Charles R. Brown

Book Review: Queer Inclusions, Continental Divisions: Public Recognition of Sexual Diversity in Canada and the United States By David Rayside, Karen Busby

Book Review: Rare Plants of Texas By Jackie M. Poole, William R. Carr, Dana M. Price, and Jason R. Singhurst, Amy K. Buthod

Book Review: Saskatchewan: Geographic Perspectives Edited by Bernard D. Thraves, M.L. Lewry, Janis E. Dale, and Hansgeorg Schlichtmann, Tom Carter

Book Review: A Grammar of Crow: Apsáalooke Aliláau By Randolph Graczyk, Rose Chesarek

Book Review: The State of the Native Nations: Conditions under U.S. Policies of Self-Determination By The Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development, Gavin Clarkson

Book Review: Embracing Watershed Politics By Edella Schlager and William Blomquist, Sandra K. Davis

Book Review: The Ordinary Genius: A Life of Arnold Platt By Ken Hoeppner, Sterling Evans

Book Review: A Biomass Future for the North American Great Plains: Toward Sustainable Land Use and Mitigation of Greenhouse Warming By Norman J. Rosenberg, Steven L. Fales

Book Review: Rights in the Balance: Free Press, Fair Trial, and Nebraska Press Association v. Stuart. By Mark R. Scherer, G. Michael Fenner

Book Review: Rebuilding Native Nations: Strategies for Governance and Development Edited by Miriam Jorgensen, Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Ecology of Small Mammals, Vegetation, and Avian Nest Survival on Private Rangelands in Nebraska, Kent A. Fricke, Silka L.F. Kempema, and Larkin A. Powell

Book Review: The Arapaho Language By Andrew Cowell, with Alonzo Moss Sr., Neyooxet Greymorning

Book Review: It’s a Long Way from Llano: The Journey of a Wildlife Biologist By James G. Teer, Fred S. Guthery

Book Review: Grasses of Colorado By Robert B. Shaw, Stephan L. Hatch

Causes and Impacts of Salinization in the Lower Pecos River, Christopher W. Hoagstrom

Near-Surface Soil-Water Monitoring for Water Resources Management on a Wide-Area Basis in the Great Plains, Kenneth G. Hubbard, Jinshing You, V. Sridhar, E. Hunt, S. Korner, and G. Roebke

Book Review: Owls of the United States and Canada: A Complete Guide to Their Biology and Behavior By Wayne Lynch, Paul A. Johnsgard

Book Review: Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations By David R. Montgomery, Mark S. Kuzila

Precipitation Event Size Controls on Long-Term Abundance of Opuntia Polyacantha (Plains Prickly-Pear) in Great Plains Grasslands, William K. Lauenroth, R. L. Dougherty, and J. S. Singh

Socioeconomic Impacts of Developing Wind Energy in the Great Plains, F. Larry Leistritz and Randal C. Coon

Book Review: Hard Road West: History and Geology along the Gold Rush Trail By Keith Heyer Meldahl., Harmon D. Maher Jr.

Book Review: The Alberta Supreme Court at 100: History & Authority Edited by Jonathan Swainger, James Muir

Book Review: The Great Sand Hills: A Prairie Oasis Text by Rebecca L. Grambo, Bram Noble

Book Review: Forced Federalism: Contemporary Challenges to Indigenous Nationhood By Jeff Corntassel and Richard C. Witmer II, Ezra Rosser

Marginal Value of Irrigation Water Use in the South Saskatchewan River Basin, Canada, Antony Samarawickrema and Suren Kulshreshtha

Book Review: Breeding Major Food Staples Edited by Manjit S. Kang and P.M. Priyadarshan, Paul Scott

Book Review: Crisis & Opportunity: Sustainability in American Agriculture By John E. Ikerd, Paul B. Thompson

Book Review: Books on Trial: Red Scare in the Heartland By Shirley A. Weigand and Wayne A. Weigand, Ahmed A. White

Book Review: Buffalo Inc.: American Indians and Economic Development By Sebastian Felix Braun, Ken Zontek

2008

ANNUAL INDEX

GREAT PLAINS REASEARCH: A JOURNAL OF NATURAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES VOLUME 18, NUMBER 1, SPRING 2008: Table of Contents

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences, Volume 18, Number 2 (2008): Table of Contents

NEWS AND NOTES

NEWS AND NOTES

Book Review: Invasive Plants: A Guide to Identification, Impacts, and Control of Common North American Species by Sylvan Ramsey Kaufman and Wallace Kaufman, Craig R. Allen, Aaron L. Alai, A. C. Kessler, T. Kinsell, A. L. Major, K. Nemec, and B. J. Stephen

Book Review: The Liberals' Moment: The McGovern Insurgency and the Identity Crisis of the Democratic Party By Bruce Miroff, William D. Anderson

PRODUCER RESPONSES TO CARBON SEQUESTRATION INCENTIVES IN THE NORTHERN GREAT PLAINS, Dean A. Bangsund and F. Larry Leistritz

Book Review: Managing Biodiversity in Agricultural Ecosystems Edited by D.I. Jarvis, C. Padoch, and H.D. Cooper, Richard K. Baydack

Book Review: America: Our Next Chapter: Tough Questions, Straight Answers By Chuck Hagel with Peter Kaminsk, Charlyne Berens

Review of Drought Adaptation in Cereals Edited by Jean-Marcel Ribaut, Patrick F. Byrne

MOVING TO THE RURAL GREAT PLAINS: POINT OF ORIGIN DIFFERENCES IN THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS, Randolph L. Cantrell, Cheryl A. Burkhart-Kriesel, Bruce Johnson, Charlotte Narjes, and Rebecca J. Vogt

Book Review: Slipping Backward: A History of the Nebraska Supreme Court By James W. Hewitt., Cloyd Clark

Book Review: Natives and Settlers Now and Then: Historical Issues and Current Perspectives on Treaties and Land Claims in Canada Edited by Paul W. DePasquale, Michael Cottrell

Book Review: Patriots, Politics, and the Oklahoma City Bombing By Stuart A. Wright, Lane Crothers

Book Review: Twilight of the Texas Democrats: The 1978 Governor's Race By Kenneth Bridges, Sean P. Cunningham

INVESTIGATING PSYCHOSOCIAL WELL-BEING AMONG ETHNICALLY DIVERSE RURAL WOMEN: EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED, Rochelle L. Dalla, Catherine Huddleston-Casas, and Maria León

MAPPING AGRICULTURAL LAND COVER FOR HYDROLOGIC MODELING IN THE PLATTE RIVER WATERSHED OF NEBRASKA, Patti R. Dappen, Ian C. Ratcliffe, Cullen R. Robbins, and James W. Merchant

Book Review: Farming in a Changing Climate: Agricultural Adaptation in Canada Edited by Ellen Wall, Barry Smit, and Johanna Wandel, Debra Davidson

Book Review: Reclaiming Assessment: A Better Alternative to the Accountability Agenda By Chris W. Gallagher, Mary E. Diez

Book Review: Storm Warning: The Story of a Killer Tornado By Nancy Mathis, Charles A. Doswell III

Review of Inconstant Companions: Archaeology and North American Indian Oral Traditions. By Ronald J. Mason, Rodger Echo-Hawk

Book Review: The Flora of Nebraska: Keys, Descriptions, and Distribntional Maps of All Native and Introduced Species That Grow Outside Cultivation: With Observations about Their Past, Present, and Future Status By Robert B. Kaul, David Sutherland, and Steven Rolfsmeier, James R. Estes

Review of From Snake Oil to Medicine: Pioneering Public Health. By R. Alton Lee. Westport, Michael H. Fox

HISTORIC AND RECENT DISTRIBUTIONS OF ELK IN NEBRASKA, Kent A. Fricke, Michael A. Cover, Scott E. Hygnstrom, Scott R. Groepper, Hugh H. Genoways, Kit M. Hams, and Kurt C. VerCauteren

ENGINEER CANTONMENT, MISSOURI TERRITORY, 1819-1820: AMERICA'S FIRST BIODIVERSITY INVENTORY, Hugh H. Genoways and Brett Ratcliffe

Book Review: Policing the Wild North-West: A Sociological Study of the Provincial Police in Alberta and Saskatchewan, 1905-32. By Zhiqiu Lin, Andrew R. Graybill

Review of Predator upon a Flower: Life History and Fitness in a Crab Spider. By Douglass H. Morse, Hank Guarisco

Book Review: Aryan Cowboys: White Supremacists and the Search for a New Frontier, 1970-2000 By Evelyn A. Schlatter, Mark S. Hamm

MAPPING THE DISPOSSESSION: SCANDINAVIAN HOMESTEADING AT FORT TOTTEN, 1900-1930, Karen V. Hansen and Mignon Duffy

STATED PREFERENCES FOR ECOTOURISM ALTERNATIVES ON STANDING ROCK SIOUX INDIAN RESERVATION, Robert R. Hearne and Sheldon Tuscherer

DEVELOPING THE NATURE-BASED TOURISM SECTOR IN SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA, Nancy M. Hodur, F. Larry Leistritz, and Kara L. Wolfe

Review of Folsom: New Archaeological Investigations of a Classic Paleoindian Bison Kill. By David J. Meltzer., Steven R. Holen

Book Review: Influenza 1918: Disease, Death, and Struggle in Winnipeg By Esyllt W. Jones, Mark Osborne Humphries

TESTING MULTIGENERATIONAL COLONIZATION OF CARRION BY BLOW FLIES IN THE GREAT PLAINS, Timothy E. Huntington, David O. Carter, and Leon G. Higley

Review of Tied to the Great Packing Machine: The Midwest and Meatpacking. By Wilson J. Warren, R. Douglas Hurt

LITERATURE REVIEW OF MULE DEER AND WHITE-TAILED DEER MOVEMENTS IN WESTERN AND MIDWESTERN LANDSCAPES, Scott E. Hygnstrom, Scott R. Groepper, Kurt C. VerCauteren, Chuck J. Frost, Justin R. Boner, Travis C. Kinsell, and Gregory M. Clements

Book Review: Water from Stone: The Story of Selah, Bamberger Ranch Preserve By Jeffrey Greene., Louis L. Jacobs

Review of George Miksch Sutton: Artist, Scientist, and Teacher. By Jerome A. Jackson., Paul Johnsgard

Review of The Niobrara: A River Running through Time. By Paul A. Johnsgard., Fritz L. Knopf

Book Review: The Persons Case: The Origins and Legacy of the Fight for Legal Personhood By Robert I. Sharpe and Patricia I. McMahon, Jennifer Koshan

Book Review: Zhorna: Material Culture of the Ukrainian Pioneers By Roman Paul Fodchuk, Svitlana P. Kukharenko

Book Review: Frontiers in Colorado Paleoindian Archaeology: From the Dent Site to the Rocky Mountains Edited by Robert H. Brunswig and Bonnie L. Pitblado, Jason M. LaBelle

USING SCHOOLS TO MAP THE FRONTIER OF SETTLEMENT ON THE CANADIAN PRAIRIES, John C. Lehr and Brian McGregor

Book Review: Ladybugs of Alberta: Finding the Spots and Connecting the Dots By John Acorn. Edmonton, R. W. Longair

Book Review: Plains Village Archaeology: Bison-hunting Farmers in the Central and Northern Plains Edited by Stanley A. Ahler and Marvin Kay, John Ludwickson

Review of Canada's Wheat King: The Life and Times of Seager Wheeler. By Jim Shilliday, Merle Massie

Review of Scats and Tracks of the Great Plains: A Field Guide to the Signs of Seventy Wildlife Species. By James C. Halfpenny, Raymond S. Matlack

Review of Handbook of Forage and Rangeland Insects. Edited by William O. Lamp, Richard C. Berberet, Leon G. Higley, and Craig R. Baird. Lanham, J. E. McPherson

Review of Drinking and Sobriety among the Lakota Sioux. By Beatrice Medicine., Teresa Milbrodt

Review of The Grasslands of the United States: An Environmental History. By James E. Sherow, Francis Moul

Review of The Geography of American Poverty: Is There a Need for Place-Based Policies? By Mark D. Partridge and Dan S. Rickman., David J. Peters

Review of Roots of Change: Nebraska's New Agriculture. By Mary Ridder., James Peterson

Review of Greener Pastures: Decentralizing the Regulation of Agricultural Pollution. By Elizabeth Brubaker, Eva Pip

PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS PRECEDING PRO-ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIORS THAT IMPROVE SURFACE WATER QUALITY, Courtney E. Quinn and Mark E. Burbach

ASSESSMENT OF CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM FIELDS WITHIN THE CURRENT DISTRIBUTION OF LESSER PRAIRIE-CHICKEN, Dana Ripper, Megan McLachlan, Theodore Toombs, and Tammy VerCauteren

Book Review: Empowerment of North American Indian Girls: Ritual Expressions at Puberty By Carol A. Markstrom, Le Anne E. Silvey

Book Review: Lewis and Clark: Weather and Climate Data from the Expedition Journals Edited by Vernon Preston, Susan Solomon

SIX CENTURIES OF FIRE HISTORY AT DEVILS TOWER NATIONAL MONUMENT WITH COMMENTS ON REGIONWIDE TEMPERATURE INFLUENCE, Michael C. Stambaugh, Richard P. Guyette, Erin R. McMurry, Joseph M. Marschall, and Gary Willson

Review of Genetically Engineered Crops: Interim Policies, Uncertain Legislation. Edited by lain E.P. Taylor, Rene C. Van Acker

Review of Eau Canada: The Future of Canada's Water. Edited by Karen Bakker., Henry David Venema

Review of Native Americans and the Environment: Perspectives on the Ecological Indian. by Michael E. Harkin and David Rich Lewis, Paula Wagoner

Review of Doing Science and Doing Good: A History of the Bureau of Child Research and the Schiefelbusch Institute for Life Span Studies at the University of Kansas. Edited by Richard L. Schiefelbusch and Stephen R. Schroeder., Warren J. White

PERCEPTION OF DROUGHT HAZARD AND ITS SOCIOLOGICAL IMPACTS IN SOUTH-CENTRAL NEBRASKA, Donna L. Woudenberg, Donald A. Wilhite, and Michael Hayes