SPRING 2017 VOL. 26/NO. 1
Invited Essay: When Global Is Local: The Great Plains, Globalization, and the World Economy
James M. Scott, 1
Invited Essay: Ecotourism: A Big, Interdisciplinary Idea
Katie Nieland, 15
Distribution and Status of the Freshwater Mussel Fauna of the Salt River Basin, Missouri
Stephen E. McMurray, J. Scott Faiman, Alan C. Buchanan, 21
Key words: freshwater mussels, local colonization, local extirpation, Missouri, Salt River, Unionoidea
Interior Least Tern Productivity in Relation to Flow in the Central Platte River Valley
David M. Baasch, Patrick D. Farrell, Jason M. Farnsworth, Chadwin B. Smith, 35
Key words: Central Platte River, forage fish, interior least tern, Platte River Recovery Implementation Program, productivity
Free Exercise and the Fashion Police: Nebraska's Ban on Religious Dress
Joan M. Blauwkamp, 43
Key words: civil liberties, establishment of religion, free exercise of religion, Nebraska state law, public education, religious garb laws
BOOK REVIEWS
Planning for Rural Resilience: Coping with Climate Change and Energy Futures ed. by Wayne J. Caldwell, reviewed by Lauren Kolojejchick-Kotch, 59
Texas Mexican Americans and Postwar Civil Rights by Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez, reviewed by Steven L. Willborn, 60
American Crossings: Border Politics in the Western Hemisphere ed. by Maiah Jaskoski, Arturo C. Sotomayor, and Harold A. Trinkunas, reviewed by Elissa Steglich, 60
Natural Treasures of the Great Plains: An Ecological Perspective ed. by Tom Lynch, Paul A. Johnsgard, and Jack Phillips, reviewed by Neil L. Heckman, 61
Law at Little Big Horn: Due Process Denied by Charles E. Wright, reviewed by Grant Christensen, 62
To See Them Run: Great Plains Coyote Coursing by Eric A. Eliason, reviewed by Stephen M. Vantassel, 63
When Wheat Was King: The Rise and Fall of the Canada-UK Grain Trade by André Magnan, reviewed by Laura Larsen, 63
George McGovern and the Democratic Insurgents: The Best Campaign and Political Posters of the Last Fifty Years by Hal Elliott Wert, reviewed by Ralph Young, 64
Teaching Indigenous Students: Honoring Place, Community, and Culture ed. by Jon Reyhner, reviewed by Linda LeGarde Grover, 65
Wyoming Grasslands by Jr. Frank H. Goodyear and Charles R. Preston, reviewed by Amanda Breitbach, 66
News and Notes: 67
FALL 2017 VOL. 26/NO. 2
Invited Essay: Pipelines, Protest, and Property, 69, Jessica A. Shoemaker
Bison Conservation in Northern Great Plains National Parks: No Need to Panic, 83, Daniel S. Licht
Acoustic Characteristics of Lekking Male Greater Prairie-Chicken (Tympanuchus cupido pinnatus) Vocalizations, 93, Cara E. Whalen, Mary Bomberger Brown, JoAnn McGee, Larkin A. Powell, Edward J. Walsh
Assessment of Seasonal Changes in Abiotic and Zooplankton Communities in Highly and Moderately Alkaline Sandhills Lakes, 109, Julie J. Shaffer, Brian C. Peterson, Keith D. Koupal
A New Ending to an Old Classical Stocking Rate Study, 117, Keith Harmoney
Evaluating Persuasive Messages to Influence Dog Leash Law Compliance at a Public Area in the Great Plains, 131, Joel G. Jorgensen, Mary Bomberger Brown
BOOK REVIEWS
Heads Above Water: The Inside Story of the Edwards Aquifer Recovery Implementation Program by Robert L. Gulley, reviewed by Cherie J. Westbrook
Unsustainable Oil: Facts, Counterfacts, and Fictions by John Gordon, reviewed by Steve Larter
Sustainability Planning and Collaboration in Rural Canada: Taking the Next Steps ed. by Lars Hallstrom et al., reviewed by Duane (Dewey) Thorbeck
Roads and Ecological Infrastructure: Concepts and Applications for Small Animals ed. by K. M. Andrews, P. Nanjappa, and S. P. D. Riley, reviewed by Stephen M. Vantassel
Weaponizing Maps: Indigenous Peoples and Counterinsurgency in the Americas by Joe Bryan and Denis Wood, reviewed by Sarah Montoya
Success Depends on the Animals: Emigrants, Livestock, and Wild Animals on the Overland Trails, 1840–1869 by Diana L. Ahmad, reviewed by Abel A. Alves
Pig Tales: An Omnivore's Quest for Sustainable Meat by Barry Estabrook, reviewed by Elisabeth (Lisa) Stoddard
The Texas Landscape Project: Nature and People by David Todd and Jonathan Ogren, reviewed by Kimberly M. Meitzen
The Walk Across North Dakota by Jeremy Bold et al., reviewed by AnnMarie Kajencki
The Atlas of Water: Mapping the World's Most Critical Resource by Maggie Black, reviewed by Daniel D. Snow
Outlaw Dakota: The Murderous Times and Criminal Trials of Frontier Judge Peter C. Shannon by Wayne Fanebust, reviewed by Hon. Mark C. Dillon
Ecological Governance: Toward a New Social Contract with the Earth by Bruce Jennings, reviewed by Dennis R. Cooley
Varmints and Victims: Predator Control in the American West by Frank Van Nuys, reviewed by Bracy V. Hill II
Wildlife, Land, and People: A Century of Change in Prairie Canada by Donald G. Wetherell, reviewed by Sterling Evans
News and Notes: 155