06603cam a2200421 i 4500 1172178575 TxAuBib 20240320120000.0 240122s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2023027046 9781496235831 cloth 1496235835 cloth TxAuBib rda The Nebraska Sandhills / edited by Monica M. Norby, Judy Diamond, Aaron Sutherlen, Sherilyn C. Fritz, Kim Hachiya, Douglas A. Norby and Michael Forsberg ; foreword by Michael J. Boehm. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2024. pages cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references. Foreword / Michael J. Boehm -- My introduction to the Nebraska Sandhills / Mary Harner -- A kingdom of grass : the Nebraska Sandhills / Michael Forsberg -- Tantalizing clues as to indigenous peoples' lives in the Sandhills / John R. (Rob) Bozell and Courtney L.C. Ziska -- The turtle at the end of the world / Roger Echo-Hawk -- Cheyenne sanctuary : the northern Cheyenne exodus, Mari Sandoz, and Lost Chokecherry Lake / Emily Levine -- Settlers : ranchers, homesteaders, immigrants / Andrew Pollock -- The Black homesteaders of DeWitty / Richard Edwards -- Town life / Mark Harris -- Nebraska's human-made national forest / Carson Vaughan -- An abandoned stone schoolhouse in the Nebraska Sandhills / Ted Kooser -- Physical setting of the Sandhills in maps / R. Matthew Joeckel, Clayton L. Reinier, Paul R. Hanson, Jesse T. Korus. Troy E. Gilmore, and Aaron R. Young -- The Sandhills through time / David Loope, James Swinehart, and Joe Mason -- What it takes to form a giant dune field / David Loope, James Swinehart, and Joe Mason -- The last five million years of grasslands and Grazers / Chris Widga -- Sandhills grassland, large grazers, and conservative use / Al Steuter -- Sandhills soils : interactions among topography, water, sand, vegetation, and grazers / Martha Mamo -- Groundwater : how the high plains aquifer shapes the Sandhills / Erin Haacker -- Sandhills streams and rivers as influenced by groundwater, climate, and humans / Jessica Corman and Troy Gilmore -- Sandhills lakes in space and time / Sherilyn C. Fritz -- Sandhills alkaline lakes / David Dunigan -- Diverse groundwater-fed Sandhills wetlands / Ted LaGrange -- Fens / Ted LaGrange and Gerry Steinauer -- A river in motion : Platte basin timelapse / Michael Farrell, Michael Forsberg, Kim Hachiya, and Mary Harner -- The times they are a changing : seasonal, inter-annual, and long-term variability in Sandhills temperature, wind, rain, and drought / Martha Shulski -- How and why storms form in the Sandhills : location, location, location / Adam Houston -- Storm chasing / Adam Houston -- When too much water is the problem : 2019 and the flooding of the Sandhills / Bethany Johnston -- The unique diversity and habitat structure of Sandhills grasslands / Chris Helzer -- Sandhills prairie / Gerry Steinauer -- Blowout penstemon / Cheryl Dunn -- Grazing management for beef production and wildlife habitat / Walt Schacht and Larkin Powell -- Irrigation in the Sandhills / Jerry Volesky -- Ranching through the seasons : Planned for the worst. hoped for the best / Sara Sortum -- Leopold conservation award winners / Douglas Norby -- Rotational grazing and sustainable grasslands / Jim Jenkins -- Birds of the Sandhills / Larkin Powell -- Sandhills' inconspicuous mammals make the region unique / Shaun Dunn -- Kangaroo rats' habits enhance plant diversity / Keith Geluso and Jeremy A. White -- Sandhills' sweet water lakes are productive fisheries / Daryl Bauer -- Herpetofauna adapt to Sandhills' idiosyncratic landscapes / Dennis Ferraro -- Blanding's turtles : Sandhills smileys / Ashley Forrester -- Diverse landscapes enrich insect diversity and numbers / Jeffrey Bradshaw -- American burying beetle. Giant skipper. Sandy tiger beetle / Steve Spomer -- Sandhills task force / Shelly Kelly -- Economy, ranching, and ecotourism in the Sandhills / Richard Edwards and Katie Nieland -- World-class golf courses / Douglas Norby -- Demographics of the Sandhills over time / Dennis Bauer -- Local knowledge and the future of the Sandhills / Mary Ann Vinton and Jay Leighter -- Alternative futures of the Sandhills / Craig Allen and Caleb Roberts. ""Like a rumpled wool blanket, the Nebraska Sandhills spreads out over twenty thousand square miles of north central Nebraska and is the largest stabilized dune field in the Western Hemisphere. It is also the largest intact mixed-grass prairie left on the continent." This description by photographer Michael Forsberg alludes to the exceptional physical geography of the Nebraska Sandhills, a place of rolling grasslands, rivers, and wetlands created by the Ogallala Aquifer that underlies the region. Home to abundant wildlife, from pronghorn antelope to sandhill cranes, the Sandhills are an ecological treasure. Dotted with ranches and small towns, the Sandhills are rich with deep cultural history, including those of Indigenous peoples, settlers, Black homesteaders, immigrants, ecotourists, and some adventurous golfers.The Nebraska Sandhills features nearly forty essays about the history, people, geography, geology, ecology, and conservation of the Nebraska Sandhills. Illustrated with hundreds of remarkable color photographs of the area, this is the most up-to-date and illuminating portrayal of this remarkable yet largely unknown region of the United States. "-- Provided by publisher. "Nearly forty essays about the history, geography, geology, ecology, and conservation of the Nebraska Sandhills, supplemented by numerous remarkable photos of the region"-- Provided by publisher. 20240320. Natural history Nebraska Sandhills. NATURE / Ecosystems & Habitats / Plains & Prairies. bisacsh HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI.) bisacsh Sandhills (Neb) Environmental conditions. Sandhills (Neb) Social life and customs. Norby, Monica M.,. Diamond, Judy,. Sutherlen, Aaron,. Fritz, Sherilyn C., (Sherilyn Claire.) Hachiya, Kim,. Norby, Douglas A.,. Forsberg, Michael, photographer. Boehm, Michael Jon, 1965-