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The national grasslands : a guide to America's undiscovered treasures / by Francis Moul ; photography by Georg Joutras.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Moul, Francis, 1940- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Grasslands--West (U.S.).
- Grasslands.
- Prairies--West (U.S.).
- Prairies.
- Grassland ecology--West (U.S.).
- Grassland ecology.
- Prairie ecology--West (U.S.).
- Prairie ecology.
- Prairie conservation--West (U.S.).
- Prairie conservation.
- Grassland conservation--West (U.S.).
- Grassland conservation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (192 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Lincoln ; London : University of Nebraska Press, [2006]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A guide to the American grasslands and the Grasslands National Park of Canada, this work presents a history of the region, including the establishment of the national grasslands as an important part of the New Deal's social revolution. It also provides a summary of the debates surrounding preservation and use.
- Contents:
- Contents; Illustrations; Maps; Acknowledgments; Prelude; Introduction; Part One: The History of the National Grasslands; 1. "No Darker Chapter nor Greater Tragedy"; 2. Land, the First Essential; 3. A Strange and Dramatic Moment; 4. Broken-up Badlands, Thin Threads of Trees; 5. Highest Purpose of the Grasslands; Part Two: A Guide to the National Grasslands; An Abundance Of Sage Hens; National Grasslands Visitor Center; Western States Grasslands; Crooked River National Grassland; Curlew National Grassland; Butte Valley National Grassland; Northern Great Plains Grasslands
- Little Missouri National GrasslandSheyenne River National Grassland; Cedar River National Grassland; Grand River National Grassland; Fort Pierre National Grassland; Buffalo Gap National Grassland; Oglala National Grassland; Thunder Basin National Grassland; Southern Great Plains Grasslands; Pawnee National Grassland; Comanche National Grassland; Cimarron National Grassland; Rita Blanca National Grassland; Kiowa National Grassland; Black Kettle National Grassland; McClellan Creek National Grassland; Caddo National Grassland; Lyndon B. Johnson National Grassland
- Grasslands National Park of CanadaPart Three: Bison Instead of Cattle?; Afterword; Photographer's Notes; Notes; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [139]-144) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-70526-4
- 9786610705269
- 0-8032-0546-5
- OCLC:
- 476151714
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