SPRING 2010 VOL. 20/NO. 1

  • Saving the World’s Grasslands: An Introduction Richard Edwards and Richard P. Reading, Guest Editors 5

    Global Trends in Private Protected Areas and Their Implications for the Northern Great Plains Jeff Langholz 9

         Key Words: ecotourism, Northern Great Plains, private protected areas

    Lessons Learned from Biodiversity Conservation in the Private Lands of Laikipia, Kenya Siva R. Sundaresan and Corinna Riginos 17

         Key Words: Africa, conservation, savanna, tourism, wildlife ranches

    Conservation and Economic Lessons Learned from Managing the NamibRand Nature Reserve Nils Odendaal and Danica Shaw 29

         Key Words: biodiversity conservation, Namibia, NamibRand, nature reserve, sustainable ecotourism

    Cattle Ranching and Biodiversity Conservation as Allies in South America’s Flooded Savannas Almira Hoogesteijn and Rafael Hoogesteijn 37

         Key Words: cattle ranching, Neotropical savannas, tourism, wildlife conservation

    The Role of Conservation Research and Education Centers in Growing Nature-Based Tourism Richard Edwards and Eric Thompson 51

         Key Words: cheetah, conservation, economic impact, ecotourism, education center, research center, Rowe, whooping crane

    Proposed Standards and Guidelines for Private Nature Reserves in the Northern Great Plains Curtis Freese, Dawn Montanye, and Steve Forrest 71

         Key Words: biodiversity, guidelines, Northern Great Plains, private nature reserves, protected areas, standards

    Conserving Mongolia’s Grasslands, with Challenges, Opportunities, and Lessons for North America’s Great Plains Richard P. Reading, Don Bedunah, and Sukh Amgalanbaatar 85

         Key Words: conservation, Mongolia, nature-based tourism, pastoralism, rangelands, wildlife

    The Role of Ecotourism in Biodiversity and Grassland Conservation in Botswana Glyn Maude and Richard P. Reading 109

         Key Words: ecotourism, cultural, biodiversity, grassland, Botswana, Kalahari

    Toward a Strategy for the Conservation and Protection of the World’s Temperate Grasslands William D. Henwood 121

         Key Words: biodiversity, conservation, grasslands, protection, sustainable use, temperate

    ABSTRACTS

    BOOK REVIEWS

    Rewilding the West: Restoration in a Prairie Landscape by Richard Manning, reviewed by Mace Hack 135

    Lost Tracks: Buffalo National Park 1909-1939 by Jennifer Brower, reviewed by Alan MacEachern 135

    Large-Scale Ecosystem Restoration: Five Case Studies from the United States by Mary Doyle, and Cynthia A. Drew, eds., reviewed by Rich Walters 136

    Colorado Water Law for Non-Lawyers by Andrew P. Jones and Tom Cech, reviewed by Glenn Patterson 137

    Cranes: A Natural History of a Bird in Crisis by Janice M. Hughes, reviewed by Paul A. Johnsgard 137

    Prairie Dogs: Communication and Community in an Animal Society by C.N. Slobodchikoff, Bianca S. Perla, and Jennifer L. Verdolin, reviewed by Daniel T. Blumstein 138

    Remarkable Plants of Texas: Uncommon Accounts of Our Common Natives by Matt Warnock Turner, reviewed by Jackie M. Poole 138

    James Lovelock: In Search of Gaia by John Gribbin and Mary Gribbin, reviewed by R.F. Diffendal, Jr. 139

    Ancient Nomads of the Eurasian and North American Grasslands by Elena Ponomarenko and Ian Dyck, reviewed by Daniel J. Wescott 140

    Skeletal Biology and Bioarchaeology of the Northwestern Plains by George W. Gill and Rick L. Weathermon, eds., Foreword by William M. Bass, reviewed by W. Raymond Wood 140

    Thunder and Herds: Rock Art of the High Plains by Lawrence L. Loendorf, reviewed by Linea Sundstrom 141

    Kiowa Ethnogeography by William C. Meadows, reviewed by Michael P. Jordan 141

    One Hundred Summers: A Kiowa Calendar Record by Candace S. Greene, Foreword by Ellen Censky, reviewed by Phillip Earenfight 142

    Spirited Encounters: American Indians Protest Museum Policies and Practices by Karen Coody Cooper, reviewed by Majel Boxer 143

    Protection of First Nations Cultural Heritage: Laws, Policy, and Reform by Catherine Bell and Robert K. Paterson, eds., reviewed by Katherine Pettipas 144

    Healing Traditions: The Mental Health of Aboriginal Peoples in Canada  by Laurence J. Kirmayer and Gail Guthrie Valaskakis, eds., reviewed by Peter Menzies 145

    The Politics of Official Apologies by Melissa Nobles, reviewed by Rebecca Tsosie 145

    Silent Victims: Hate Crimes Against Native Americans by Barbara Perry, reviewed by Beth R. Ritter 146

    Lipset’s Agrarian Socialism: A Re-examination by David E. Smith, ed., reviewed by Jim Mochoruk 147

    The Grace Abbott Reader by John Sorensen, ed., with Judith Sealander, reviewed by Sonya Michel 148

    North for the Harvest: Mexican Workers, Growers, and the Sugar Beet Industry by Jim Norris, reviewed by Maria S. Arbelaez 149

    Strengths and Challenges of New Immigrant Families: Implications for Research, Education, Policy, and Service by Rochelle L. Dalla, John DeFrain, Julie Johnson, and Douglas A. Abbott, eds., reviewed by Katherine Fennelly 150

    Transplanting the Great Society: Lyndon Johnson and Food for Peace by Kristin L. Ahlberg, reviewed by R. Douglas Hurt 151

    Health Care in Saskatchewan: An Analytical Profile by Gregory Marchildon and Kevin O’Fee, reviewed by Kelly Chessie 151

    The Power of the Texas Governor: Connally to Bush by Brian McCall, Foreword by William P. Hobby, Jr., reviewed by Sean P Cunningham 152

 

FALL 2010 VOL. 20/NO. 2

  • Ranching and State School Land in Cimarron County, Oklahoma Jacqueline Vadjunec and Rebecca Sheehan 163

        Key Words: land tenure change, Oklahoma Panhandle, Political ecology, ranching, school trust land

    Determinants of Net Migration in Montana Evelyn D. Ravuri 179

        Key Words: amenities, internal migration, Montana, population change

    A Text of Personal Characteristics that Influence Farmers’ Pro-Environmental Behaviors Courtney E. Quinn and Mark E. Burbach 193

        Key Words: conservation practices, environmental attitude, moral reasoning, motivation, pro-environmental behaviors, surface water quality

    GIS Spatial Analysis of University of Nebraska at Kearney Alumni Cohorts, 1930–2004 Paul R. Burger and Brett R. Chloupek 205

        Key Words: cluster analysis, GIS, migration, university alumni, Nebraska

    The Really Good Buffalo Concept Test for “Values Added” Bison Diane Rickerl, Tim Nichols, and Carol Cumber 215

        Key Words: Native American Indian values, bison, niche market

    Livestock Responses to Complementary Forages in Shortgrass Steppe Justin D. Derner and Richard H. Hart 223

        Key Words: average daily gains, beef production, crested wheatgrass, forage gaps, livestock production systems, Russian wildrye, stocking rate

    A Soil Water Climatology for Kansas Michael J. Keables and Shitij Mehta 229

        Key Words: climatic water balance, Great Plains, hydroclimatology, Kansas, soil water

    Evaluating a Hybrid Soil Temperature Model in a Corn-Soybean Agroecosystem and a Tallgrass Prairie in the Great Plains Song Feng, F. Salvagiotti, M.R. Schmer, A.B. Wingeyer, and A. Weiss 249

        Key Words: corn-soybean rotation, litter, no-tillage, simulation, soil temperature, tallgrass prairie

    ABSTRACTS

    BOOK REVIEWS

    Great Plains: America’s Lingering Wild by Michael Forsberg, foreword by Ted Kooser, chapter introductions by David Wishart, essays by Dan O’Brien, reviewed by Joe C. Truett 261

    A Kansas Year by Mike Blair, reviewed by Donald W. Kaufman 261

    Weather Matters: An American Cultural History since 1900 by Bernard Mergen, reviewed by Donna L. Woudenberg 262

    Insects of Texas: A Practical Guide by David H. Kattes, reviewed by Christopher J. Durden 262

    First Peoples in a New World: Colonizing Ice Age America by David J. Meltzer, reviewed by Susan C. Vehik 263

    Contesting Knowledge: Museums and Indigenous Perspectives edited by Susan Sleeper-Smith, reviewed by Karen Coody Cooper 264

    The American Indian Oral history Manual: Making Many Voices Heard by Charles E. Trimble, Barbara W. Sommer, and Mary Kay Quinlan, reviewed by Susan D. Penfield 264

    Unearthing Indian Land: Living with the Legacies of Allotment by Kristin T. Ruppel, reviewed by Elizabeth James 265

    Native Peoples and Water Rights: Irrigation, Dams and the Law in Western Canada by Kenichi Matsui, reviewed by Oliver W. MacLaren 266

    Native Activism in Cold War America: The Struggle for Sovereignty by Daniel M. Cobb, reviewed by Daniele Bolelli 266

    Criminal Justice in Native America edited by Marianne O. Nielsen and Robert A. Silverman, reviewed by Jill E. Martin 267

    Identity Captured by Law: Membership in Canada’s Indigenous Peoples and Linguistic Minorities by Sébastien Grammond, reviewed by Patrick Macklem 268

    Native American Language Ideologies: Beliefs, Practices, and Struggles in Indian Country edited by Paul V. Kroskrity and Margaret C. Field, reviewed by William F. Weigel 268

    Let’s Speak Chickasaw: Chikashshanompa´ Kilanompoli´ by Pamela Munro and Catherine Wilmond, reviewed by Joshua D. Hinson 269

    The Nation’s Largest Landlord: The Bureau of Land Management in the American West by James R. Skillen, reviewed by Clare Ginger 270

    Perspectives of Saskatchewan edited by Jene M. Porter, reviewed by J. William Brennan 270

    Heavy Burdens on Small Shoulders: The Labour of Pioneer Children on the Canadian Prairies by Sandra Rollings-Magnusson, reivewed by Bob Barnetson 271

    Retiring the Crow Rate: A Narrative of Political Management by Arthur Kroeger, reviewed by Gary Storey 272

    Just One Vote: From Jim Walding’s Nomination to Constitutional Defeat by Ian Stewart, reviewed by James A. McAllister 272M