All is not Lost
Modern technology has given us much in a very short period of time. This blog being a very good example. Not long ago, such a way to communicate would have been only a wish. We have the internet, cell phones, satellite TV, Facebook, Twitter, and so on. Need I even make the list? It’s true […]
O Pioneers!
The Willa Cather Foundation has a nice website and is currently in charge of a 600+ acre prairie reserve in central Nebraska which has never been broken by plow. There are few places in the world that have not had to bend to the will of modern man, and they are all fascinating in their […]
The Magnificence of Being
There is a mysterious, but consistent thread running through the literature of the Great Plains. This being that there is something about the open spaces of the world which elicits an almost existential response from those who visit them. I certainly attempted to describe this in my opening post, High Plains Drifter, but I am […]
American Serengeti
There are two things I’m excited about right now with regards to the preservation and conservation of the Great Plains. The first is a current National Geographic Channel program called American Serengeti. It highlights the goals of the American Prairie Foundation to which I posted a link in my blog last week. I’ve seen the […]
American Prairie Reserve
Here is a link to an excellent article from Sierra Magazine about the American Prairie Reserve being set aside in north central Montana. Approximately 3 million acres of the Great Plains that will be preserved. Beautiful photos too. http://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/201011/grassroots.aspx
High Plains Drifter
This blog is a first step in the realization of an idea. The idea is to establish The Great Plains Trail, a long distance non-motorized trail running north/south through the short grass prairies of North America. The inspiration began in 1991 with an encounter with a landscape. I was in college in my home state […]