Great Plains Research Table of Contents
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
SPRING 2007 VOL. 17/NO. 1
NATURAL SCIENCES
The October 1998 Flood of the Upper Guadalupe River System, Central Texas Richard A. Earl 3
Key Words: Guadalupe River, hydrometeorology, structural flood control, Texas floods
Sulfate Mineral Paragenesis in Pennsylvanian Rocks and the Occurrence of Slavikite in Nebraska R. M. Joeckel, K. D. Wally, S. A. Fischbein, and P. R. Hanson 17
Key Words: hydrated sulfate minerals, Nebraska, pyrite oxidation, slavikite
Evapotranspiration Estimation and Scaling Effects over the Nebraska Sandhills Venkataramana Sridhar 35
Key Words: crop coefficients, evapotranspiration, hydrology, Nebraska Sandhills, scaling
Comparison of Botanical Composition, Soil Carbon Content, and Root Distribution of Subirrigated Meadows in the Nebraska Sandhills Eric M. Mousel, Walter H. Schacht, C. William Zanner, and David A. Wedin 47
Key Words: groundwater, native vegetation, root mass, Sandhills, soil carbon, subirrigated meadow
SOCIAL SCIENCES
Evaluation of the College Experience among American Indian Upperclassmen Terry Huffman and Ron Ferguson 61
Key Words: American Indian cultural traditionalism, American Indian education, American Indian higher educational persistence and attrition, higher education personal evaluation
Assessing the Free Land Programs for Reversing Rural Depopulation Max Lu and Darci A. Paull 73
Key Words: depopulation, free land, Great Plains, Kansas, mini-homesteading, small towns
Population Characteristics and Health Service Use by Latino Immigrants to Southwest Missouri Suzanne E. Walker, Susan Dollar, and Ravindra G. Amonker 87
Key Words: health disparities, health services, Latino immigrants, preventive health care, rural health, socio-demographics
Water Rights and Land Values in the West-Central Plains Allan Jenkins, Bruce Elder, Ram Valluru, and Paul Burger 101
Key Words: irrigation, land values, water rights
ABSTRACTS
BOOK REVIEWS
Ogallala Blue: Water and Life on the High Plains by William Ashworth, reviewed by Sandra Zellmer 113
The Science, Impacts and Monitoring of Drought in Western Canada: Proceedings of the 2004 Prairie Drought Workshop by Dave Sauchyn, Madhav Khandekar, and E. Ray Garnett, eds., reviewed by Virginia Wittrock 114
Prairie Time: A Blackland Portrait by Matt White, reviewed by David Taylor 114
Applying Nature’s Design: Corridors as a Strategy for Biodiversity Conservation by Anthony B. Anderson and Clinton N. Jenkins, reviewed by Curtis Freese 115
Global Warming in the 21st Century. Volume 1: Our Evolving Climate Crisis; Volume 2: Melting Ice and Warming Seas; Volume 3: Plants and Animals in Peril by Bruce E. Johansen, reviewed by Robert Harriss 116
Harvest for Hope: A Guide to Mindful Eating by Jane Goodall, with Gary McAvoy and Gail Hudson, reviewed by Charles A. Francis 116
The Search for the Common Language: Environmental Writing and Education by Melody Graulich and Paul Crumbley, eds., reviewed by Denise Tillery 117
This Land: A Guide to Central National Forests by Robert H. Mohlenbrock, reviewed by James R. Brandle 117
Deep Time and the Texas High Plains: History and Geology by Paul H. Carlson, reviewed by J. Brett Cruse 118
Soils in Archaeological Research by Vance T. Holliday, reviewed by Rolfe D. Mandel 119
The Biology of Freshwater Wetlands: Biology of Habitats by Arnold G. van der Valk, reviewed by Ned H. Euliss, Jr. 119
Watchable Birds of the Black Hills, Badlands and Northern Great Plains by Jan L. Wassink, reviewed by Paul A. Johnsgard 120
The Real Roadrunner by Martha Anne Maxon, reviewed by Janice M. Hughes 121
Laws and Societies in the Canadian Prairie West, 1670-1940 by Louis A. Knafla and Jonathan Swainger, eds., reviewed by Thomas M.J. Bateman 121
The Other Alberta: Decoding a Political Enigma by Doreen Barrie, reviewed by Gurston Dacks 122
Taxing Illusions: Taxation, Democracy and Embedded Political Theory by Phillip Hansen, reviewed by Neil Brooks 123
‘Pictures Bring Us Messages’/Sinaakssiiksi aohtsimaahpihkookiyaawa: Photographs and Histories from the Kainai Nation by Alison K. Brown and Laura Peers with members of the Kainai Nation, reviewed by Susan Berry 124
Native Americans in the School System: Family, Community, and the Academic Achievement by Carol J. Ward, reviewed by Jon Reyhner 124
FALL 2007 VOL. 17/NO. 2
FOREWORD James W. Merchant and Rex Honey 131
ARTICLES
Regional Dynamics of Grassland Change in the Western Great Plains Mark A. Drummond 133
Key Words: grassland, agriculture, driving force, ecoregion, Great Plains, land-cover change
The Shop-Locally Discourse in Jefferson County, Kansas Gina K. Thornburg 145
Key Words: discourse analysis, rural Kansas, socioeconomic change, villages
Native Land Acquisition in the Minnesota River Valley Laura J. Smith 155
Key Words: American Indians, land tenure, land use, regional development, political geography, economic geography
Understanding Scared Lands Roxanne T. Ornelas 165
Key Words: Garrison Dam, human rights, Missouri River, sacred lands, Three Affiliated Tribes
Potential Aboriginal-Occupation-Induced Dune Activity, Elbow Sand Hills, Northern Great Plains, Canada Stephen A. Wolfe, Chris H. Hugenholtz, Christopher P. Evans, D.J. Huntley, and Jeff Ollerhead 173
Key Words: aboriginal occupation, bison, disturbance, optical dating, sand dunes
Physiological Responses of Four Hazelnut Hybrids to Water Availability in Nebraska Tala Awada and Scott Josiah 193
Key Words: carbon isotope, Corylus, drought, Great Plains, photosynthesis, water potential, water use efficiency
Grassland Birds in Restored Grasslands of the Rainwater Basin Region in Nebraska Jill Sporrong Utrup and Craig A. Davis 203
Key Words: grassland birds, grassland restoration, Nebraska, Rainwater Basin Region
Prarie Sandreed Response to Preceding-year Defoliation and Precipitation Regime Patrick E. Reece, Justin W. Morris, Walter H. Schacht, Ann E. Koehler, Jerry D. Volesky, and Lowell E. Moser 215
Key Words: herbage response, prairie sandreed, seasonal water stress, tallgrasses, tiller demography
ABSTRACTS
BOOK REVIEWS
Buffalo Nation: American Indian Efforts to the Restore Bison by Ken Zontek, reviewed by James H. Shaw 225
Being Lakota: Identity and Tradition on Pine Ridge Reservation by Larissa Petrillo with Melda and Lupe Trejo, reviewed by Paula L. Wagoner 225
Treaty Promises, Indian reality: Life on a Reservation by Harold LeRat with Linda Ungar, reviewed by Robert Alexander Innes 226
Indian Gaming and Tribal Sovereignty: The Casino Compromise by Steven Andrew Light and Kathryn R. L. Rand, reviewed by James V. Fenelon 227
Like a Loaded Weapon: The Rehnquist Court, Indian Rights, and the Legal History of Racism in America by Robert A. Williams, Jr., reviewed by Alexander Page 227
Lethal Injection: Capital Punishment in Texas During the Modern Era by Jon Sorenson and Rochy LeAnn Pilgrim, reviewed by Nicole Cásarez 228
Hidden Victims: The Effects of the Death Penalty on Families of the Accused by Susan F. Sharp, reviewed by Mark Costanzo 229
False Expectations: Politics and the Pursuit of the Saskatchewan Myth by Dale Eisler, reviewed by Cristine de Clercy 230
Queer Youth in Province of the "Severely Normal" by Gloria Filax, reviewed by Doreen Fumia 230
North American Icelandic: The Life of a Language by Birna Arnbjörnsdóttir, reviewed by Kirsten Wolf 231
Paleoamerican Orgins: Beyond Clovis by Robson Bonnichsen, Bradley T. Lepper, Dennis Stanford, and Michael R. Waters, eds., reviewed by Matthew G. Hill 232
Deep Alberta: Fossil Facts and Dinosaur Digs by John Acorn, reviewed by Eric Snively 232
Texas Quails: Ecology and Management by Leonard A. Brennan, ed., reviewed by Paul A. Johnsgard 233
Deer of the Southwest: A Complete Guide to the Natural History, Biology, and Management of Southwestern Mule Deer and White-Tailed Deer by Jim Heffelfinger, reviewed by Ruben Cantu 233
The Nature of Eastern North Dakota: Pre-1880 Historical Ecology by Keith E. Severson and Carolyn Hull Sieg, reviewed by Dennis H. Knight 234
Dakota Flora: A Seasonal Sampler by David J. Ode, reviewed by James H. Lochlear 234
Wild Orchids of the Prairies and Great Plains Region of North America by Paul Martin Brown, illustrated by Stan Folson, reviewed by Doris Ames 235
The National Grasslands: A Guide to America’s Undiscovered Treasures by Francis Moul, photographs by Georg Joutras, reviewed by Mary Ann Vinton 236
Plant Breeding: The Arnel R. Hallauer International Symposium by Kendall R. Lamkey and Michael Lee, eds., reviewed by Jianming Yu 236
Developing and Extending Sustainable Agriculture: A New Social Contract by Charles A. Francis, Raymond P. Poincelot, and George W. Bird, eds., reviewed by Fabian D. Menalled 237
Farming and the Fate of Wild Nature: Essays in Conservation-Based Agriculture by Daniel Imhoff and Jo Ann Baumgartner, eds., reviewed by Judith Soule 238
Agates: Treasures of the Earth by Roger Pabian with Brian Jackson, Peter Tandy, and John Cromartie, reviewed by Frances V. Belohlavy 239
