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, 19302004 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: Americas Lingering Wild by Michael Forsberg, foreword by Ted Kooser, chapter introductions by David Wishart, essays by Dan OBrien, 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 Canadas 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
Lets Speak Chickasaw: Chikashshanompa´ Kilanompoli´ by Pamela Munro and Catherine Wilmond, reviewed by Joshua D. Hinson 269
The Nations 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 Waldings Nomination to Constitutional Defeat by Ian Stewart, reviewed by James A. McAllister 272