Tallgrass Prairie Research Paper

As long as the weave of grass was stitched to the land, the prairie would flourish in dry years and wet. The grass could look brown and dead, but beneath the surface, the roots held the soil in place; it was alive and dormant. The short grass, buffalo and blue grama, had evolved as the perfect fit for the sandy loam of the arid zone. It could hold moisture a foot or more below ground level even during summer droughts, when hot winds robbed the surface of all water-bearing life. In turn, the grass nurtured pin-tailed grouse, prairie chickens, cranes, jackrabbits, snakes, and other creatures that got their water from foraging on the native turf.Through the driest years, the web of life held. When a farmer tore out the sod and then walked away, leaving the land naked, however, that barren patch posed a threat to neighbors. It could not revert to grass, because the roots were gone. It was empty, dead, and transient.

Ash Lawn-Highland is the home of James Monroe, fifth President of the United States, and its located on the outskirts of Charlottesville in Albemarle, Virginia. Originally, owned by Champe Carter, Ash Lawn-Highland was a part of a much larger estate known as the Blenheim. This changed in 1793 when James Monroe purchased the land from Carter for 1,000 pounds. After several delays, Monroe, and his family moved to the Highland in 1799, where they would stay until 1825. The Highland, as Monroe and his family called it, was a working plantation that consisted of 1,000 acres that eventually expanded over time to 3,500 acres.

Sugar Creek: Life on the Illinois Illinois Prairie, a monograph written by John Mack Faragher discusses the life of settlers in Sugar Creek a town of Sagaman county, Illinois. Faragher argues the discoveries of the environment, society, culture, and economy in Sugar Creek throughout the nineteenth century and the changes, development, improvements with it. There are four common themes throughout the monograph: First, the kicking out of the Kickapoo and other Indians in place of Anglo-Americans. Second, the relationship and changes between men and women’s roles throughout the nineteenth century. Third, the community life and the sensibility of bringing the town together. Finally, the transition of agriculture and the innovations that changed the town. Faragher uses many censuses, charts, and records to get an idea of the transition of life in Sugar Creek and the affects it had on the community. Although Faragher presents many arguments he does not entirely discuss the men’s involvement in contrast to women’s roles in the household and town.

Puget prairies are a type of ecosystem that can only be found in small areas in the Puget lowlands as well as in some places in British Columbia. The Puget prairies were created by retreating glaciers thousands of years ago (South Puget Sound Prairies, 2016). The prairies were then maintained by Native American tribes from the surrounding area ("South Puget Sound Prairies," 2016). The Salish tribe systematically burned trees growing into the prairies to maintain the intricate ecosystem, a strategy the prairieland relies on ("The Role of Fire," 2016). Coastal Salish natives lived in the Thurston County prairies long before the arrival of white settlers in 1792. The Salish tribe has since split into the Nisqually, Squaxin, and Chehalis tribes

The summers are warm and short. The winters are cold and long. Precipitation ranges from more than 500 mm per year in the north to less than 300 mm in the south of the Prairies. The winter mean temperatures for the coldest months vary from -9.4°C in Lethbridge and -18.3°C in Winnipeg. In contrast, the mean temperature for the warmest month in Winnipeg is 19.7°C. The grasses tend to have long roots which penetrate deep into the soil where they could find moisture. The northern edge of this ecozone marks the beginning of the transition into forest areas. Prior to agricultural settlement in the late 19th century, the Prairie ecozone was the home of millions of bison. Today, mammals of this ecozone include mule and white-tailed deer, coyote, pronghorn (south-central portion), badger, whitetail jackrabbit, Richardson's ground squirrel, northern pocket gopher and the prairie dog. Unique bird species include ferruginous hawk, greater prairie chicken, sharp-tailed grouse, American avocet, burrowing owl, great blue heron, black-billed magpie and Baltimore oriole. Plains grizzlies, swift fox and greater prairie chickens are a few of animals to disappear from the

Semi-arid grasslands of the great plains were first settled for a large-scale agricultural in the 1860’s. When congress passed the homestead act and encouraged thousands of families to move to the area. Great plains begged literally to blow the land away. Huge cloud dust covered buildings and homes. Dust Bowl decade the plains were torn by climate extremes. Dirt storms recited of the great plains to suffer through coated furniture, clothes , cooking and eating area. Roosevelt's farm security administration built 13 building camps designed by their own self. Each temporary housing complexed accommodated 300 families in tents. Over many years migrantes from the great plains were integrated into the carolina culture.

This is showing that Loyal is realizing that the Japanese people rights are being stripped from them, and he is beginning to regret supporting the decision to put them into camps. Furthermore the text states,” Dad told our boys to walk from the camp in a group. They weren’t to be alone, because somebody could treat them like prey”,(p.237). Indeed this is showing that Loyal cares and is looking after the Japanese, not just because they are his workers, but because are humans who don’t deserve the punishment that is being handed to them. In Tallgrass Loyal changes from biased to open-minded.

One of the best feelings that a person can get while sitting in class is that feeling of “when the light bulb goes on.” That moment happened last Tuesday in class, when Dr. Liu was giving us his overview of Turfgrass. When he explained about how the patterns in the turf are because of the direction that the grass is cut. All those years of playing baseball in middle school and high school came together and the light bulb went off. Learning that special patterns could be done with the help of a roller on the turf was very cool. It would have really awesome to have done a few unique patterns in the outfield in high school. My mind automatly went to the amazing baseball fields that are seen on TV or the Rose Bowl on New Year’s Day every year.

The Interior Plains is also one of the many geographic regions Canada has. It stretches from the Atlantic Ocean all the way to the Gulf of Mexico. It is about 1300 kilometres wide in the south and only 275 kilometres in the north. The Interior Plains cover some parts of Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Alberta, British Columbia, Northwest Territories and Yukon. The interior Plains of Canada is composed of rolling hills and large flat valleys. It is also composed of deep wide river valleys. What composed those rolling hills are the deposits left by the glaciers. In the southern parts of the Interior Plains soil can be found, perfect for growing wheat. Some parts of the Interior Plains also contain a vast amount of minerals, oils, natural gases, and potash.

Savanna is a wet dry climate it is wet part of the year but the other part of the year is dry. Savanna is located in Africa, South America,India, and Australia. There are also a wide variety of animals some are wildebeest, gazelle,lion,and hyenas. Some of the plants in the Savanna are the jackalberry tree, elephant grass,candelabra tree, and many

he Woodlands has an abundance of parks and green area because of the original plot of land that it was built on. There are over 100 parks located throughout The Woodlands, including 13 parks with swimming pools, and 140 miles of hike and bike trails. In addition to nature parks, the area also has an abundance speciality parks such as skate parks and dog parks. The three biggest and most visited parks in The Woodlands are Town Green Park, George Mitchell Nature Preserve, and Northshore Park.

While deer hunting may benefit the environment by providing environmental agencies with funding for their programs it also serves as effective and carefully controlled means to cull and maintain deer populations. What some may not realize is that deer can have a very negative effect on the environment when they become over populated. Deer overpopulation has heavy consequences for environment and species that dwell within the affected area. According to Sharon Levy’s A Plague of Deer the entire Eastern US has been over-browsed for many decades by Deer due to an uncontrolled deer population resulting in a decline of plant diversity within the area (718) and this decline in plant life along with the high deer population has had negative effects on the population and diversity of many creatures within these forests as well. These include insects, mice, and canopy dwelling birds (Levy, 719), but the negative effects aren’t just limited to that of other species. Deer

The importance of preserving Pawnee National Grassland is essential, to not only us, but also for the environment. Pawnee National Grasslands is one of the largest grasslands in the world, situated in Colorado, USA. It covers over 700 km2 of area, which means that it has one of the largest roles in shaping the environment in the surrounding area. Destroying Pawnee National Grasslands will have dire consequences on the ecosystem, including causing a trophic cascade devastating the food chain, increase the intensity and damage caused by flooding, and increase the amount of carbon dioxide in the air which will cause global warming/climate change,

Did you know that having too many deer is bad for the forest? A recent study shows that an over population of deer can cause problems for wildlife as well as people. Some of the problems that an over population of deer can cause for humans are; car collisions and the spread of zoonotic disease. However, the problem they cause for wildlife is that they eat away the song bird’s habitat. Research finds that areas in eastern U.S. with large deer populations tend to have fewer birds that require forest shrubs. These species use low foliage to cover their nests from predators and to hunt their prey; insects. However these plants that the species use to cover their nests are also food for the white-tail deer. In the past, deer numbers were low because

Yet, Shaw concludes, “wild animals increasingly find suburban life in the United States to be attractive.” (Shaw) She explains the suburbs are ideal places for wildlife, citing there are 32 known breeding pairs of bald eagles in Virginia, a species once thought to be on the brink of extinction. She shows the deer population is at an all-time high, with a possible 25 million deer in the United States. She accredits two phenomena to the rise in wild animal populations; including natural reforestation and suburbanization, both of which create a haven for “edge” type wildlife (Shaw).