Sentences with phrase «prairies states»

What do you expect from someone who has spent most of her life in the prairie state?

Rhubarb is a tart and tangy summer staple in cooler prairie states like North Dakota; it's usually picked in June, before its red stalks become stringy and tough.

«We grew up in Minnesota, a prairie state in the northern United States.

In telling the story of this meteorological catastrophe, the deadliest blizzard ever to hit the prairie states, David Laskin has produced a masterful portrait of a tragic crucible in the settlement of the American heartland.

Aaron Spangler ZACH FEUER GALLERY In the contemporary art world, work featuring (or even originating from) the prairie states is about as popular as wood carving, but both figured prominently in...

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Located in the Texas Hill Country, where blackland prairies roll into beautiful hills, Texas State's roughly 38,000 students choose from 97 bachelor's, 88 master's and 12 doctoral degree programs.

The incoming immigrants, some from other parts of the United States, others from Sweden, Germany, and elsewhere, built «an archipelago of Christian churches on the Dakota prairie that deepened community ties, inculcated social virtue, and generally promoted social order.»

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (AP) Gary Blackston scored 21 points, JD Wallace had 16 points and 11 rebounds and Prairie View A&M beat Alcorn State 87 - 71 on Tuesday night in a Southwestern Conference quarterfinal.

Load up on adrenaline, or cool down with oxytocin About 20 years ago, neuroendocrinologist Sue Carter began examining the brains of prairie voles to understand why the small rodent indigenous to the midwestern plains of the United States is one of the natural world's great romantics.

Two Kansas State University biologists are studying streams to prevent tallgrass prairies from turning into shrublands and forests.

The researchers counted plant types and amount of cover in 180 one - meter - square plots in four prairie types in the Western United States and also in 200 plots in forests and meadows in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado.

About 10 % of North America's original tallgrass prairie remains in scattered patches across the plains states.

In the United States, plague cases tend to crop up in the bubonic form, usually among people in the American Southwest who have been exposed to prairie dogs or ground squirrels and their fleas.

Virginia Winder of Benedictine College, Andrew Gregory of Bowling Green State University, Lance McNew of Montana State University, and Brett Sandercock of Kansas State University monitored prairie - chicken leks, or mating sites, before and after turbine construction and found that leks within eight kilometers of turbines were more likely to be abandoned.

At the end of 2009, the capacity of Texas wind turbines, reaching to the horizons of farm and prairie land, totaled 9,410 megawatts, well more than the combined total of the next three largest wind - power states, Iowa, California and Washington.

These quail used to be fairly common in the state, but they depend on tall - grass prairies as habitat.

Plague doesn't usually kill people these days, but it's alive and well among the millions of ground - dwelling rodents of Colorado and other western states, notably the black - tailed prairie dog.

Colorado State University biologists say this sporadic ebb and flow of prairie dog plague is an ideal model for the study of rare infectious zoonotic disease — disease that can jump from wildlife to humans — like MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome) and Ebola.

They found that 12 per cent of the insects were born in the northwestern U.S. and Canadian Prairies, 17 per cent in the north - central States and Ontario, 15 per cent in the northeastern U.S. and the Maritimes, 11 per cent in the south - central U.S. and eight per cent in the southeastern States.

US national parks, for example, often encompass mountainous areas of the United States, but not prairies and wetlands.

A previous Iowa State study showed that converting just 10 percent of farmland back to native prairie grass could reduce nitrogen and phosphorous runoff by nearly 90 percent.

Between 10 - 20 people in the United States are infected each year from flea or rodent bites, mainly in the rural southwest where prairie dogs sometimes carry the bacterium.

Dr. Rocke is currently leading a large - scale field trial in 8 western states of the U.S. to determine if oral vaccination through consumption of vaccine - laden baits prevents plague in wild prairie dogs, thus reducing the risk of disease for the endangered black - footed ferret, other animals, and possibly humans.

The majority of the state is dominated by the mountain ranges and rangelands of the Rocky Mountain West, while the easternmost section of the state includes part of a high elevation prairie region known as the High Plains.

If you fly over the prairies that stretch across the middle of the United States, you see below the farms and municipalities neatly laid out in townships composed of 36 sections, each a mile square.

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Named in honor of Big Bluestem which is the state prairie grass, the award may include both timeless classics and current titles, as well as books that have appeared on Monarch and Rebecca Caudill lists.

The land of plains and prairie, Kansas is the nation's leading state in growth of wheat.

In the United States, dachshunds were first used for hunting small game such as prairie dogs.

Farmers and hunters in the United States relied on it to track deer and capture prairie dogs.

An experimental vaccine for prairie dogs, developed jointly by Dr. Jorge Osorio, University of Wisconsin, and Dr. Rocke, recently was field tested in several key states.

-- Marc Chagall Among the tall grasses, windswept prairies and lines of spindly Osage orange trees on the campus of Governors State University rise giant works of steel,...

Whether it's the diverse range of grass species, wildflowers, expansive skies, or beautiful wildlife, the landscapes around the hills and prairies of Missouri offered accomplished artist John Cleaveland awesome aesthetic potential for an upcoming solo exhibition at the Missouri State Botanical Gardens.

«Missouri Prairies: Paintings by John Cleaveland» opens in the Ridgway Center at the Missouri State Botanical Gardens on September 7 and will be on view through November 11.

His cousin, the prairie dog, is campaigning for a Prairie Dog Day, with the support of several zoos and animal rights activists in the United States.

Virginia Winder of Benedictine College, Andrew Gregory of Bowling Green State University, Lance McNew of Montana State University, and Brett Sandercock of Kansas State University monitored prairie - chicken leks, or mating sites, before and after turbine construction and found that leks within eight kilometers of turbines were more likely to be abandoned.

Belote said that the very tops of the western mountains and the central Great Plains and prairies in the United States are «particularly vulnerable... mostly because species that are accustomed to living in high alpine environments can't typically move any further upslope to track warming climate conditions.

A new study from researchers at the University of Wisconsin - Madison shows that corn and soy, two crops commonly used for biofuels, are expanding into previously un-farmed prairie in the United States.

Researchers at the University of Northern Iowa's Tallgrass Prairie Center (TPC) are looking at ways to use the state's mixed prairie plantings as a source of renewable energy — as biomass to produce ethanol or to burn for electricity.

North Dakota's nickname of the «Flickertail State» comes courtesy of these prairie dwellers, and gave rise to name Dakrat, a portmanteau of «Dakota Rat.»

WildEarth Guardians has released a report grading states and federal agencies on their support of the cute critters and what they're doing to help keep the populations from shrinking further.Taking into consideration factors like habitat preservation, plague monitoring and conservation plans, the report card showed most states sitting below a B, with only Arizona and the National Park Service actually scoring a B. With all species declining and nearing threatened and endangered status, and the Mexican prairie dog currently listed as endangered, protection of this important animal is important.

While long and severe drought in the US State of Georgia is officially «over», and water restrictions going «off» across the US Southeast, the Canadian prairie provinces (Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, as pictured) are suffering an historic drought that may have serious impacts on farmers and food production.

The groups say the State Department and the Fish and Wildlife Service have quietly allowed TransCanada to do the work, including mowing a corridor of native prairie grasslands in Nebraska's ecologically sensitive Sand Hills region.

South Dakota is a Plains State known for vast prairies, but it also has lakes, rivers and reservoirs that make excellent destinations for boaters.

Kansas is a beautiful state, with flat prairies and booming downtown areas.

Indeed, the state is full of mountain ranges, but more than half of the state is actually part of the Great Plains prairie.

Located in the heart of the United States, Nebraska's terrain is largely treeless prairie land.

Whether you prefer riding across the open prairie east of the Missouri River, or exploring the scenic beauty afforded by the many trails that run through the Black Hills, this state has a lot to offer.

The state of Oklahoma's mountains, mesas, prairies, and forests are home to 3,850,568 people as of the last Census Bureau count in 2013.

Park Ranger — Duties & Responsibilities Highly trained in resource and wildlife management in academic and field settings Assist Texas Parks and Wildlife with prairie restoration project Responsible for trail clearance, seed collection, and seed cleaning Conduct agricultural and wildlife surveys, inventories, and analysis Manage wildlife projects such as alligator relocation and mourning dove banding Direct elk, Montezuma quail, and scaled quail capture and blood sampling Oversee cattle and horse tagging, vaccinations, branding, herding, and training Perform telemetry work and utilize industry equipment including Locate 3 Operate machinery including backhoes, skid steer, tractors, and welding equipment Serve as a public speaker for Sul Ross State University and Texas Parks and Wildlife Recognized for excellence in leadership and dedication to natural stewardship Represent profession with poise, integrity, and positivity