SPRING 2008 VOL. 18/NO. 1
Engineer Cantonment, Missouri Territory, 1819-1820: America's First Biodiversity Inventory Hugh H. Genoways and Brett C. Ratcliffe 3
Key Words: biodiversity, inventory, Engineer Cantonment, fauna, flora, Stephen Long, Nebraska, Titian Peale, Thomas Say
Testing Multigenerational Colonization of Carrion by Blow Flies in the Great Plains Timothy E. Huntington, David O. Carter and Leon G. Higley 33
Key Words: cadaver, Calliphoridae, carcass, decomposition, Diptera, entomology, forensic resource island, taphonomy
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 39
Key Words: crops, land cover, Nebraska, satellite remote sensing
Using Schools to Map the Frontier of Settlement on the Canadian Prairies John C. Lehr and Brian McGregor 53
Key Words: frontier, Manitoba, mapping, settlement, schools
Mapping the Dispossession: Scandinavian Homesteading at Fort Totten, 1900-1930 Karen V. Hansen and Mignon Duffy 67
Key Words: Fort Totten, homesteading, landowning, Scandinavian, Spirit Lake Dakota Reservation
Developing the Nature-Based Tourism Sector in Southwestern North Dakota Nancy M. Hodur, F. Larry Leistritz, and Kara L. Wolfe 81
Key Words: agritourism, hunting, nature-based tourism, North Dakota, sector development
Perception of Drought Hazard and Its Sociological Impacts in South-Central Nebraska Donna L. Woudenberg, Donald A. Wilhite, and Michael J. Hayes 93
Key Words: community, drought, perception, sociological impacts, water restrictions
Personal Characteristics Preceding Pro-Environmental Behaviors that Improve Surface Water Quality Courtney Quinn and Mark E. Burbach 103
Key Words: motivation, environmental attitude, moral reasoning, conservation practices, pro-environmental behaviors, surface water quality
ABSTRACTS
BOOK REVIEWS
Eau Canada: The Future of Canada's Water edited by Karen Bakker, ed., reviewed by Henry David Venema 115
Canada's Wheat King: The Life and Times of Seager Wheeler by Jim Shiliday, reviewed by Merle Massie 116
Drought Adaptation in Cereals by Jean-Marcel Ribaut, reviewed by Patrick F. Byrne 117
Greener Pastures: Decentralizing the Regulation of Agricultural Pollution by Elizabeth Brubaker, reviewed by Eva Pip 117
Roots of Change: Nebraska's New Agriculture by Mary Ridder, reviewed by James M. Peterson 118
Genetically Engineered Crops: Interim Policies, Uncertain Legislation by Iain E. P. Taylor, reviewed by Rene C. Van Acker 118
Tied to the Great Packing Machine: The Midwest and Meatpacking by Wilson J. Warren, reviewed by R. Douglas Hurt 119
The Grasslands of the United States: An Environmental History by James E. Sherow, reviewed by Francis Moul 120
Native Americans and the Environment: Perspectives on the Ecological Indian by Michael E. Harken and David Rich Lewis, eds., reviewed by Paula Wagoner 120
Handbook of Forage and Rangeland Insects by William O. Lamp, Richard C. Berberet, Leon G. Higley, and Craig R. Baird, eds., reviewed by J. E. McPherson 121
Predator upon a Flower: Life History and Fitness in a Crab Spider by Douglass H. Morse, reviewed by Hank Guarisco 122
George Miksch Sutton: Artist, Scientist, and Teacher by Jerome A. Jackson, reviewed by Paul A. Johnsgard 122
Scats and Tracks of the Great Plains: A Field Guide to the Signs of Seventy Wildlife Species by James C. Halfpenny, with illustrations by Todd Telander, reviewed by Raymond S. Matlack 123
Folsom: New Archaeological Investigations of a Classic Paleoindian Bison Kill by David J. Meltzer, reviewed by Steven R. Holen 124
Inconstant Companions: Archaeology and North American Indian Oral Traditions by Ronald J. Mason, reviewed by Roger Echo-Hawk 124
The Geography of American Poverty: Is There a Need for Place-Based Policies? by Mark D. Partridge and Dan S. Rickman, reviewed by David J. Peters 125
From Snake Oil to Medicine: Pioneering Public Health by R. Alton Lee, reviewed by Michael H. Fox 125
Drinking and Sobriety among the Lakota Sioux by Beatrice Medicine, reviewed by Teresa Milbrodt 126
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 by Richard L. Schiefelbusch and Stephen R. Schroeder, eds., reviewed by Warren J. White 127
The Niobrara: A River Running through Time by Paul A. Johnsgard, reviewed by Fritz L. Knopf 127
FALL 2008 VOL. 18/N0. 2
ARTICLES
Stated Preferences for Ecotourism Alternatives on Standing Rock Sioux Indian Reservation Robert R. Hearne and Sheldon Tucscherer 131
Key Words: choice experiments, ecotourism, Native Americans, Standing Rock Sioux Tribal Reservation, willingness to pay
Investigating Psychosocial Well-Being among Ethnically Diverse Rural Women: Expect the Unexpected Rochelle L. Dalla, Catherine A. Huddleston-Casas, and Maria León 143
Key Words: Non-Latina Caucasian, Latina, Midwest, psychological well-being, rural, women
Moving to the Rural Great Plains: Point of Origin Differences in the Decision Making Process Randy Cantrell, Cheryl Burkhart-Kriesel, Bruce Johnson, Charlotte Narjes, and Rebecca Vogt 155
Key Words: in-migration, labor force, population, population retention, rural community
Producer Responses to Carbon Sequestration Incentives in the Northern Great Plains Dean A. Bangsund and F. Larry Leistritz 165
Key Words: cropland management, Great Plains, greenhouse gas emissions (GHGE) mitigation, soil carbon sequestration
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. Marshall, and Gary Willson 177
Key Words: Devils Tower, drought, fire history, Great Plains, ponderosa pine
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 189
Key Words: Cervus elaphus, distribution, elk, expansion, extirpation, Great Plains, Nebraska
Assessment of Conservation Reserve Program Fields within the Current Distribution of Lesser Prairie-Chicken Dana Ripper, Megan McLachlan, Theodore Toombs, and Tammy VerCauteren 205
Key Words: conservation practice, Conservation Reserve Program, grassland restoration, grassland structure, lesser prairie-chicken, prairie grouse
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 Greg M. Clements 219
Key Words: dispersal, migration, movements, mule deer, Odocoileus hemionus, Odocoileus virginianus, white-tailed deer
ABSTRACTS
BOOK REVIEWS
The Flora of Nebraska: Keys, Descriptions, and Distributional 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, reviewed by James R. Estes 233
Invasive Plants: A Guide to Identification, Impacts, and Control of Common North American Species by Sylvan Ramsey Kaufman and Wallace Kaufman, reviewed by C.R. Allen, A. Alai, A.C. Kessler, T. Kinsell, A.L. Major, K. Nemec, and B.J. Stephen 234
Ladybugs of Alberta: Finding the Spots and Connecting the Dots by John Acorn, reviewed by R.W. Longair 234
Water from Stone: The Story of Selah, Bamberger Ranch Preserve by Jeffrey Greene; illustrations by Margaret Bamberger, reviewed by Louis L. Jacobs 235
Lewis and Clark: Weather and Climate Data from the Expedition Journals edited by Vernon Preston, reviewed by Susan Solomon 236
Storm Warning: The Story of a Killer Tornado by Nancy Mathis, reviewed by Charles A. Doswell III 236
Managing Biodiversity in Agricultural Ecosystems edited by D. I. Jarvis, C. Padoch, and H.D. Cooper, reviewed by Richard K. Baydack 237
Farming in a Changing Climate: Agricultural Adaptation in Canada edited by Ellen Wall, Barry Smit, and Johanna Wandel, reviewed by Debra Davidson 238
Frontiers in Colorado Paleoindian Archaeology: From the Dent Site to the Rocky Mountains edited by Robert H. Brunswig and Bonnie L. Pitblado, reviewed by Jason M. LaBelle 239
Plains Village Archaeology: Bison-hunting Farmers in the Central and Northern Plains edited by Stanley A. Ahler and Marvin Kay, reviewed by John Ludwickson 239
Empowerment of North American Indian Girls: Ritual Expressions at Puberty by Carol A. Markstrom, reviewed by Le Anne E. Silvey 240
Policing the Wild North-West: A Sociological Study of the Provincial Police in Alberta and Saskatchewan, 1905-32 by Zhiqiu Lin, reviewed by Andrew R. Graybill 241
Zhorna: Material Culture of the Ukrainian Pioneers by Roman Paul Fodchuk, reviewed by Svitlana P. Kukharenko 241
Influenza 1918: Disease, Death, and Struggle in Winnipeg by Esyllt W. Jones, reviewed by Mark Osborne Humphries 242
Natives and Settlers Now and Then: Historical Issues and Current Perspectives on Treaties and Land Claims in Canada edited by Paul W. DePasquale, reviewed by Michael Cottrell 242
The Persons Case: The Origins and Legacy of the Fight for Legal Personhood by Robert J. Sharpe and Patricia I. McMahon, reviewed by Jennifer Koshan 243
Slipping Backward: A History of the Nebraska Supreme Court by James W. Hewitt, reviewed by Cloyd Clark 244
The Liberals' Moment: The McGovern Insurgency and the Identity Crisis of the Democratic Party by Bruce Miroff, reviewed by William D. Anderson 245
Twilight of the Texas Democrats: The 1978 Governor's Race by Kenneth Bridges, reviewed by Sean P. Cunningham 245
Aryan Cowboys: White Supremacists and the Search for a New Frontier, 1970-2000 by Evelyn A. Schlatter, reviewed by Mark S. Hamm 246
Patriots, Politics, and the Oklahoma City Bombing by Stuart A. Wright, reviewed by Lane Crothers 247
Reclaiming Assessment: A Better Alternative to the Accountability Agenda by Chris W. Gallagher, reviewed by Mary E. Diez 247
America: Our Next Chapter: Tough Questions, Straight Answers by Chuck Hagel with Peter Kaminsky, reviewed by Charlyne Berens 248