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The Nebraska Sandhills / edited by Monica Norby [and seven others].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Boehm
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Natural history--Nebraska--Sandhills.
- Natural history.
- Sandhills (Neb.)--Environmental conditions.
- Sandhills (Neb.).
- Sandhills (Neb.)--Social life and customs.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (272 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- University of Nebraska Press 2024
- Lincoln, Nebraska : University of Nebraska Press, [2024]
- Summary:
- 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 region.
- Contents:
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Donors
- Contents
- Foreword
- Introduction to the Nebraska Sandhills
- A Kingdom of Grass
- An Abandoned Stone Schoolhouse
- Part 1. A Sense of Place
- Clues as to Indigenous Peoples' Lives
- The Turtle at the End of the World
- Cheyenne Sanctuary
- Settlers
- Town Life-A Photo Essay
- Nebraska's Human-Made National Forest
- Part 2. Land
- Physical Setting in Maps
- The Sandhills through Time
- What It Takes to Form a Giant Dune Field
- Soils
- The Last Five Million Years of Grasslands and Grazers
- Sandhills Grassland, Large Grazers, and Conservative Use
- Part 3. Water
- Groundwater
- Streams and Rivers
- Lakes
- Diverse Wetlands
- A River in Motion
- Part 4. Climate and Weather
- The Times They Are A-Changing
- How and Why Storms Form
- When Too Much Rain Is the Problem
- Part 5. Sea of Grass
- Unique Diversity and Habitat Structure of Grasslands
- Prairie
- Grazing Management
- Part 6. Wildlife
- Birds
- Inconspicuous Mammals
- Sweet Water Lakes Are Productive Fisheries
- Herpetofauna Adapt
- Insect Diversity and Numbers
- Part 7. Ranching
- Ranching through the Seasons
- Leopold Conservation Award Winners
- Irrigation
- Rotational Grazing and Sustainable Grasslands
- Part 8. Future of the Sandhills
- Task Force
- Economy, Ranching, and Ecotourism
- Demographics Over Time
- Local Knowledge and the Future
- Alternative Futures
- Acknowledgments
- Further Reading
- Contributors.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781496237514
- 149623751X
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