| Description |
xii, 153 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, maps ; 23 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [139]-144) and index. |
| Contents |
List of illustrations -- List of maps -- Acknowledgments -- Prelude -- Introduction -- pt. 1. 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 -- pt. 2. 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 Grassland -- Sheyenne 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 -- |
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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 Canada -- pt. 3. Bison instead of cattle? -- Afterword -- Photographer's notes -- Notes -- Index. |
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Grasslands -- West (U.S.)
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Prairies -- West (U.S.)
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Grassland ecology -- West (U.S.)
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Prairie ecology -- West (U.S.)
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Grassland conservation -- West (U.S.)
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Prairie conservation -- West (U.S.)
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| ISBN |
0803283202 paperback alkaline paper |
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9780803283206 paperback alkaline paper |
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