Great Plains Research presents two annual awards for the best articles published during a volume year: The Charles E. Bessey Award for natural science and the Leslie Hewes Award for social science. The awards are announced at the annual Fellows Luncheon of the Center for Great Plains Studies and include a cash stipend of $250.00
Charles E. Bessey Award for the best natural science article in 2012, Spring 2012, Vol. 22, No. 1:69-78. Sharon N. Kahara, Department of Natural Resource Managment and Steven R. Chipps, U.S. Geological Survey, South Dakota Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit at South Dakota State University, Wetland Hydrodynamics and Long-Term Use of Spring Migration Areas by Lesser Scaup in Eastern South Dakota.
Leslie Hewes Award for the best social science article in 2012, Fall 2012, Vol. 22, No. 2:99-122. Robert Pahre, Department of Political Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Reconsidering National Park Interpretation of the Great Plains and Trans-Mississippi West.
Past Award Winners
CHARLES E. BESSEY AWARDAnnounced in 2000 with first award presented in spring 2000 |
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2012 |
Alexander J. Smart, Matthew J. Nelson, and Gary E. Larson |
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2011 |
Michael J. Keables |
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2010 |
Mark P. Vrtiska and Susan Sullivan |
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2009 |
Hugh H. Genoways and Brett C. Ratcliffe Engineer Cantonement, Missouri Territory, 1819-1820; America's First Biodiversity Inventory 2008 Vol. 18, No. 1: 3-31 |
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2008 |
Stephen A. Wolfe, Chris H. Hugenholz, Christopher P. Evans, D.J. Huntley, and Jeff Ollerhead Potential Aboriginal-Occupation-Induced Dune Activity, Elbow Sand Hills, Northern Great Plains, Canada 2007 Vol. 17, No. 2: 173-92 |
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2007 |
Mark E. Burbach and R. Matthew Joeckel A Delicate Balance: Rainfall and Groundwater in Nebraska during the 2000-2005 Drought 2006 Vol. 16, No. 1: 5-16 |
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2006 |
Barbara J. Nicholson and James B. Swinehart Evidence of Holocene Climate Change in a Nebraska Sandhills Wetland 2005 Vol. 15, No. 1: 45-67 |
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2005 |
Mark P. Vrtiska and Nick Lyman Wintering Canada Geese along the Platte Rivers of Nebraska, 1960-2000 2004 Vol. 14 No. 1: 115-28 |
| 2004 | Craig A. Davis Habitat Use and Migration Patterns of Sandhill Cranes along the Platte River, 1998-2001 2003 Vol. 13 No. 2: 199-216 |
| 2003 | Dallas Virchow and Scott Hyngstrom Distribution and Abundance of Black-tailed Prairie Dogs in the Great Plains: A Historical Perspective 2002 Vol. 12 No. 2: 197-218 |
| 2002 | R. Mark Larson, Lawrence C. Todd, Eugene F. Kelly, and Jeffrey M. Welker Carbon Stable Isotopic Analysis of Bison Dentition 2001 Vol. 11 No. 1: 25-64 |
| 2001 | David B. Loope and James B. Swinehart Thinking Like a Dune Field: Geologic History in the Nebraska Sand Hills 2000 Vol. 10 No. 1: 5-35 |
| 2000 | Carolyn Hull Sieg, Curtis H. Flather, and Stephen McCanny Recent Biodiversity Patterns in the Great Plains: Implications for Restoration and Management 1999 Vol. 9 No. 2: 277-313 |
LESLIE HEWES AWARDAnnounced in 1997 with first award presented in spring 1998 |
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| 2012 |
Peter J. Longo and Joan M. Blauwkamp |
| 2011 |
Richard Edwards and Eric Thompson |
| 2010 |
Peter Bleed and Douglas D. Scott |
| 2009 |
Dean A. Bangsund and F. Larry Leistritz |
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Suzanne Walker-Pacheco, Susan Dollar, and Ravindra G. Amonker |
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Susan Hautaniemi Leonard and Myron P. Gutmann |
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Ana-Maria Gonzalez Wahl, Steven E. Gunkel, and Bennie Shobe, Jr. |
| 2005 | Mary S. Willis and Constance J. Fernald A View of Sudanese Refugee Resettlement through Nebraska’s Print Media 2004 Vol. 14 No. 2: 271-92 |
| 2004 | Alexander C. Vias and Charles O. Collins Differential Population and Income Migration in the Great Plains, 1995-1998 2003 Vol. 13 No. 2: 321-52 |
| 2003 | Bruce B. Johnson and John D. Cole Was Old Jules Right?: Soil Stewardship on Leased Land 2002 Vol. 12 No. 2: 339-51 |
| 2002 | Joe Truett, Michael Phillips, Kyran Kunkel, and Russell Miller Managing Bison to Restore Biodiversity 2001 Vol. 11 No. 1: 123-44 |
| 2001 | Ana-María Wahl, Steven E. Gunkel, and Thomas W. Sanchez Death and Disability in the Heartland: Corporate (Mis)Conduct, Regulatory Responses, and the Plight of Latino Workers in the Meatpacking Industry 2000 Vol. 10 No. 2: 329-57 |
| 2000 | Larry R. Peterson Is the Family Disappearing? Northern Great Plains vs. National Trends in Family Structure 1999 Vol. 9 No. 1: 143-63 |
| 1999 | Jane H. Bock and Carl E. Bock Tallgrass Prairie: Remnants and Relicts 1998 Vol. 8 No. 2: 213-30 |
| 1998 | Russel Lawrence Barsh, Michelle Fraser, Faye Morning Bull, Toby Provost, and Kirby Smith The Prairie Indian Vote in Canadian Politics, 1965-1993: A Critical Case Study from Alberta 1997 Vol. 7 No. 1: 3-26 |