Contents
Invited Essay: We, the Heartland: Land(scapes), Community, and the Keystone XL Pipeline
Kate Schneider
Geography of Ecotourism Potential in the Great Plains: Incentives for Conservation
Larkin A. Powell, Richard Edwards, Kelly D. J. Powell, and Katie Nieland
Patterns of Diversity and Community Structure of Non-Biting Midges (Diptera: Chironomidae) Support a Targeted Landscape Approach of Nebraska’s State Wildlife Action Plan
Barbara Hayford, Cassidy Wessel, and Jessica Wimmer
Ring-Necked Pheasant Nest Success and Habitat Selection in Central South Dakota
Brian J. Pauly, Travis J. Runia, Alex J. Solem, Charles D. Dieter, and Kent C. Jensen
The Ups and Downs of Nebraska: Recognizing Gilgai Microrelief in the State
R. M. Joeckel and L. M. Howard
Assessment of Carp Biomass in Rat and Beaver Lake
Sean M. Farrier, Zac Brashears, and Keith D. Koupal
Bird Population Changes Following the Establishment of a Diverse Stand of Woody Plants in a Former Crop Field in North Dakota, 1975–2015
Lawrence D. Igl, Harold A. Kantrud, and Wesley E. Newton
Book Reviews
Larkin A. Powell and George A. Gale. Estimation of Parameters for Animal Populations: A Primer for the Rest of Us
Andrew J. Tyre
Michele TD Tanaka. Learning and Teaching Together: Weaving Indigenous Ways of Knowing into Education
Alma M. O. Trinidad
Ruth Milkman. On Gender, Labor, and Inequality
Molly P. Rozum
Mary O. Parker. Photographs by Jeff Parker. Foreword by Carter P. Smith. Explore Texas: A Nature Travel Guide
Michelle M. Haggerty
Kenneth Hafertepe. The Material Culture of German Texans
Martin Brückner
Text by Pixie Christensen. Illustrated by Carl J. Christensen Jr. Foreword by David Ruesink. Lone Star Steeples: Historic Places of Worship in Texas
Mark A. Torgerson
Shelley Armitage. Walking the Llano: A Texas Memoir of Place
Dennis Cooley
John P. Bluemle. North Dakota’s Geologic Legacy: Our Land and How It Formed
Lydia Tackett
Shirley A. McDonald and Bob Barnetson, eds. Farm Workers in Western Canada: Injustices and Activism
Derek S. Oden
Tamara Levi. Foreword by Walter R. Echo-Hawk. Food, Control, and Resistance: Rations and Indigenous Peoples in the United States and South Australia
Charlotte Coté
Brian M. Ronaghan, ed. Alberta’s Lower Athabasca Basin: Archaeology and Palaeoenvironments
R. M. Joeckel
John Borrows and Michael Coyle, eds. The Right Relationship: Reimagining the Implementation of Historical Treaties
Jill Doerfler
Jeffrey A. Lockwood. Foreword by Brianna Jones. Behind the Carbon Curtain: The Energy Industry, Political Censorship, and Free Speech
Randy A. Peppler
Gregory Nobles. John James Audubon: The Nature of the American Woodsman
Matthew Guzman
Edited and with an introduction by Mark Warner and Margaret Purser. Historical Archaeology through a Western Lens
Emily Dale
Peter Brannen. The Ends of the World: Volcanic Apocalypses, Lethal Oceans, and Our Quest to Understand Earth’s Past Mass Extinctions
R. F. Diffendal Jr.
News and Notes