SPRING 2006 VOL. 16/NO. 1
EDITOR'S NOTE, 3
INTRODUCTION, 3
ARTICLES
A Delicate Balance: Rainfall and Groundwater in Nebraska during the 2000-2005 Drought Mark E. Burbach and R. Matthew Joeckel 5
Key Words: climate impacts, drought, groundwater levels, groundwater monitoring, vulnerability
Hydrological Effects and Groundwater Fluctuations in Interdunal Environments in the Nebraska Sandhills David C. Gosseling, Venkatraramana Sridhar, F. Edwin Harvey and James W. Goeke 17
Key Words; evapotranspiration, groundwater fluctuation, interdunal valleys, Nebraska Sandhills
Ecophysiological Responses of Schizachyrium scoparium to Water and Nitrogen Manipulations Amy Kochsiek, Veronica Ciganda, Neal Bryan, Lena Hite, and Tala Awada 29
Key Words: bluestem, climate change, gas exchange, Great Plains, nutrient availability, water potential
Precipitation and Fire Effects on Flowering of a Rare Prairie Orchid Gary D. Wilson, Manda J. Page, and F. Adnan Akyüz 37
Key Words: burn decision scenarios, Pipestone National Monument, prescribed fire, precipitation, western prairie fringed orchid
Reducing Smooth Sumac Dominance in Native Tallgrass Prairie Susan J. Tunnell, James Stubbendieck, Sal Palazzolo, and Robert A. Masters 45
Key Words: Great Plains, herbicide, prescribed burning, Rhus glabra
Grazing and Military Vehicle Effects on Grassland Soils and Vegetation John A. Guretzky, Alan B. Anderson, and Jeffrey S. Fehmi 51
Key Words: cattle grazing disturbance, grasslands, Great Plains ecosystems, military impacts, state-and-transition models
Underlying Causes and Implications of Nebraska Retail Trade Patterns Rex Nelson, Bruce B. Johnson, and David L. Darling 63
Key Words: retail trade pull factors, rural economic development, rural retail development
Bison and the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations David Lulka 73
Key Words: bison, Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations, Great Plains, Native Americans
Demand Estimation for Agricultural Processing Coproducts Cheryl J. Wachenheim, Patrick Novak, Eric A. DeVuyst, and David K. Lambert 85
Key Words: coproducts, demand estimation, econometrics, linear programming, livestock feeding
BOOK REVIEWS
George Beadle, An Uncommon Farmer: The Emergence of Genetics in the 20th Century by Paul Berg and Maxine Singer, reviewed by Donald P. Weeks 95
Windswept: A Passionate View of the Prairie Grasslands by Wayne Lynch, reviewed by Jane E. Austin 96
Grasslands: Toward a North American Conservation Strategy by David A. Gauthier, Alberto Lafon, Theodore P. Toombs, Jügen Hoth and Ed Wiken, reviewed by David J. Gibson 97
Managing Changing Prairie Landscapes by Todd A. Radenbaugh and Glenn C. Sutter, eds., reviewed by Fred B. Samson 98
Biological Control of Invasive Plants in the United States by Eric M.Coombs, Janet K. Clark, Gary L. Piper, and Alfred F. Cofrancesco, Jr., eds., reviewed by Andrew P. Norton 98
Wildflowers and Grasses of Kansas: A Field Guide by Michael J. Haddock, reviewed by Douglas Ladd 99
Wildflowers of Montana by Donald Anthony Schiemann, reviewed by Clayton H., McCracken 100
Species at Risk: Using Economic Incentives to Shelter Endangered Species on Private Lands by Jason F. Shogren, ed., reviewed by Mace Hack 100
Amphibian Declines: The Conservation Status of United States Species by Michael Lanoo, ed., reviewed by William E. Duellman 101
Fishes of Oklahoma by Rudolf J. Miller and Henry W. Robison, reviewed by Keith B. Gido 102
On Ancient Wings: The Sandhill Cranes of North America by Michael Forsberg, reviewed by Dale G. Hjertaas 102
Prairie Dog Empire: A Saga of the Shortgrass Prairie by Paul A. Johnsgard, reviewed by Richard P. Reading
Hard Choices: Climate Change in Canada by Harold Coward and Andrew J. Weaver, eds., reviewed by Matthew Bramley 103
Weather Extremes of the West by Tye W. Parzybok, reviewed by John W. Nielsen-Gammon 104
The Settlements of the America Continents: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Human Biogeography by C. Michael Barton, Geoffrey A. Clark, David R. Yesner, and Georges A. Pearson, eds., reviewed by Steven R. Holen 105
Archaeology on the Edge: New Perspectives from the Northern Plains by Brian Kooyman, and Jane Kelley, eds., reviewed by Raymond Le Blanc 105
The Art of the Warriors: Rock Art of the American Plains by James D. Keyser, reviewed by Kelley Hays-Gilpin 106
Troubled Fields: Men, Emotions, and the Crisis in American Farming by Eric Ramírez-Ferrero, reviewed by Charles W. Nuckolls 107
Civic Communion: The Rhetoric of Community Building by David E. Proctor, reviewed by Brett Zollinger 108
One House: The Unicameral’s Progressive Vision for Nebraska by Charlyne Berens, reviewed by James B. Johnson 108
Red Pedagogy: Native American Social and Political Thought by Sandy Grande, reviewed by Steven Crum 109
The Courts and the Colonies: The Litigation of Hutterite Church Disputes by Alvin J. Esau, reviewed by Rod Janzen 110
NEWS AND NOTES, 111
FALL 2006 VOL. 16/NO. 2
EDITOR'S NOTE, 115
ARTICLES
River Size and Fish Assemblages in Southwestern South Dakota Christopher W. Hoagstrom, Steven S. Wall, Jeremy P. Duehr, and Charles R. Berry Jr. 117
Key Words: Bad River, Belle Fourche River, Cheyenne River, longitudinal succession, White River
Climate and Habitat Factors Related to a Localized Extirpation of Gizzard Shad (Dorosoma cepedianum) Mark T. Porath 127
Key Words: climate conditions, extirpation, gizzard shad, habitat factors, winterkill
Arsenic in Groundwater and Rural Public Water Supplies in Nebraska, U.S.A. David C. Gosselin, Lynne M. Klawer, R.M. Joeckel, F. Edwin Harvey, Angela R. Reade, and Kevin McVey 137
Key Words: arsenic, groundwater, Nebraska, public water supplies, water sampling
Fire History at the Southwestern Great Plains Margin, Missouri River Loess Hills Michael C. Stambaugh, Richard P. Guyette, Rose-Marie Muzika, and Erin R. McMurry 149
Key Words: bur oak, fire history, Great Plains, Loess Hills, Quercus
Fire History at the Southwestern Great Plains Margin, Capulin Volcano National Monument Richard P. Guyette, Michael C. Stambaugh, Rose-Marie Muzika, and Erin R. McMurry 161
Key Words: dendrochronology, fire scars, New Mexico,Pinus edulis, Pinus ponderosa
Seed Bank Viability of Inland Saline Wetland Sites in Agro-Ecosystems Paul D. Nabity and Kyle D. Hoagland 173
Key Words: hydrology, inland saline wetland, Nebraska Eastern Saline Wetlands, seed bank, wetland restoration assessment
Land Use and Transfer Plans in the U.S. Great Plains Susan Hautaniemi Leonard and Myron P. Gutmann 181
Key Words: land use, land transfer, farm succession, farm exit, agriculture, retirement
Are Anti-Spit Tobacco Campaigns Striking Out? A Survey of Iowa and Nebraska College Baseball Players David C. Ogden, Teresa A. Lamsam, Hugh J. Reilly and Michael L. Hilt 195
Key Words: advertising, baseball, college, fear appeals, relaxation, spit tobacco
BOOK REVIEWS
Oceans of Kansas: A Natural History of the Western Interior Sea by Michael J. Everhart, reviewed by Jonathan R. Hendricks 203
The Sauropods: Evolution and Paleobiology by Rogers Curry, Kristina A. and Jeffrey A. Wilson, eds. reviewed by Anthony R. Fiorillo 203
Twilight of the Mammoths: Ice Age Extinctions and the Rewilding of America by Paul S. Martin, reviewed by Michael Fosha 204
Archaeological Theory and the Politics of Cultural Heritage by Laurajane Smith, reviewed by George P. Nicholas 205
Discovering North American Rock Art by Lawrence L. Loendorf, Christopher Chippindale, and David S. Whitley, eds., reviewed by Linea Sundstrom 206
Stone by Stone: Exploring Ancient Sites on the Canadian Plains by Liz Bryan, reviewed by David Meyer 206
Plains Earthlodges: Ethnographic and Archaeological Perspectives by Donna C. Roper and Elizabeth P. Pauls, eds., reviewed by Thomas D. Thiessen 207
Archaeology as a Process: Processualism and Its Progeny by Michael J. O’Brien, R. Lee Lyman, and Michael Brian Schiffer, reviewed by Dawn Bringelson 208
Venereal Disease and the Lewis and Clark Expedition by Thomas P. Lowry, reviewed by Ronald V. Loge 208
Improved Earth: Prairie Space as Modern Artefact by Rod Bantjes, reviewed by Arn Keeling 209
“Will the Circle be Unbroken?”: Aboriginal Communities, Restorative Justice, and the Challenges of Conflict and Change by Jane Dickson-Gilmore and Carol La Prairie, reviewed by Tim Quigley 210
Loud Humphreys: Prophet of Homosexuality and Sociology by John F. Galliher, Wayne H. Brekhus, and David P. Keys, reviewed by Stephen Valocchi 211
New Destinations: Mexican Immigration in the United States by Victor Zúñiga and Rubén Hernández-León, eds., reviewed by David M. Heer 211
The Limits of Participation: Members and Leaders in Canada’s Reform Party by Faron Ellis, reviewed by David J. Hall 212
Determining the Economic Value of Water: Concepts and Methods by Robert A. Young, reviewed by David W. Yoskowitz 213
The Elemental Prairie: Sixty Tallgrass Plants by George Olson and John Madson, reviewed by Misty Hays 213
A Dictionary of Common Wildflowers of Texas and the Southern Great Plains by Joel E. Holloway and Amanda Neill, ed., reviewed by George M. Diggs, Jr. 214
Entomology at the Land Grant University: Perspectives from the Texas A&M University Department Centenary by Kevin M. Heinz, Raymond Frisbie, and Carlos Bogran, eds., reviewed by Richard Berberet 214
A Dazzle of Dragonflies by Forrest L. Mitchell and James L. Lasswell, reviewed by Rob Cannings 215
Birds of the Great Plains by Bob Jennings, Ted T. Cable and Rogers Burrows, reviewed by David L. Swanson 216
In the Company of Crows and Ravens by John M. Marzluff and Tony Angell, reviewed by Paul A. Johnsgard 217
Portraits of the Bison: an Illustrated Guide to Bison Society by Wes Olson, reviewed by Greg Wilson 217
Raising Less Corn, More Hell: The Case for the Independent Farm and Against Industrial Food by George Pyle, reviewed by Robert Gronski 218
Women and Sustainable Agriculture: Interviews with 14 Agents of Change by Anna Anderson, reviewed by Sarah Fogleman 219
Good Growing: Why Organic Farming Works by Leslie A. Duram, reviewed by Edward (Ted) Carey 219