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	Great Plains - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The High Plains refers to the elevated region of the Great Plains generally west of the 100th meridian, which roughly corresponds with the line west of which there is 20 inches (500 mm) of rainfall a year or less.
		Historically the Great Plains were the range of the bison and of the Great Plains culture of the Native American tribes of the Blackfeet, Crow, Sioux, Cheyenne, Arapaho, Comanche and others.
		This continuing population loss has led some to suggest that the current use of the drier parts of the plains is not sustainable, and propose that large parts be restored to native grassland grazed by buffalo, a proposal known as Buffalo Commons.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Great_Plains (883 words)

	America's Northern Plains: An Overview and Assessment of Natural Resources
		The cattle-wheat-sorghum cluster comprised 49% of the Northern Plains region.
		The NRCS recognizes that the Northern Plains region is a land of extremes in soils, climate, crops, and animal agriculture.
		Northern Plains farmers and ranchers have made substantial progress in soil and water conservation since the 1930s and especially in the past ten years, as documented by the 1992 National Resources Inventory.
	www.mnforsustain.org /americas_northern_plains_resources.htm (6033 words)

	Mars Global Surveyor MOC2-63 Northern Plains Release
		The northern plains of Mars have puzzled planetary scientists ever since they were recognized in images from the Mariner 9 orbiter in 1972.
		The northern plains of Mars are lower than most of the cratered terrains in the martian southern hemisphere, and these plains are considerably lower than the volcanic rises of Tharsis and Elysium.
		The northern plains show a complex arrangement of old, eroded impact craters, partly buried craters, polygonal cracks that range in scales from tens of meters to tens of kilometers, and vast areas that appear relatively flat and featureless.
	mars.jpl.nasa.gov /mgs/msss/camera/images/8_21_98_plains_rel (1221 words)

	About Us — Northern Plains Resource Council
		Northern Plains' early efforts led to passage of a state strip mine law and other landmark legislation to protect Montana's natural resources.
		Northern Plains was also a national leader in securing passage of the historic federal strip mine law in 1977.
		Northern Plains’ affiliates and members know that good, clean water is essential to all life.
	www.northernplains.org /about (381 words)

	The Northern Great Plains
		This history of bonanza farming in the Red River Valley traces the developments leading to farming on such a large scale, the impacts of the Northern Pacific land grants, and the scope and operations of these farms.
		The reader is taken from early exploration and settlement to agricultural strengths and weaknesses to prairie politics to the challenges and directions of the 1970s.
		Her daily record provides the reader with a window to view the yearly farm cycle, mirages on the plains, family relationships, and the blizzard of '88.
	memory.loc.gov /ammem/award97/ndfahtml/ngp_biblio.html (3516 words)

	Knife River Indian Villages NHS Northern Plains Tribes page
		The Northern Plains region of the American west was home to several different Indian tribes.
		Plains Cree and their close allies, the Plains Chippewa, were often found trading at the Mandan and Hidatsa villages and at the American Fur Company's Fort Union, especially in the company of their other close ally, the Assiniboine.
		The Plains Chippewa (also known as the Ojibwa) frequently traveled with their allies, the Plains Cree and Assiniboine, and were thus often found trading at the Mandan and Hidatsa villages and at various American Fur Company trading posts.
	www.nps.gov /knri/plains_tribes.htm (1579 words)

	Prehistorical Conditions of Rangelands in the Northern Great Plains
		An accurate account of the Northern Great Plains rangelands does not match the static romantic image of a vast, ageless, pristine grassland in excellent health, with large herds of free-roaming bison accompanied by elk, antelope, wolves, and grizzly bears in idealistic harmony.
		The normal Northern Great Plains climatic pattern is cyclical between wet and dry periods and causes changes in plant species composition, with periodic increases and decreases in woody plants and increases and decreases in taller and shorter grasses.
		Humans lived in the Northern Great Plains prior to the development of the present rangeland ecosystems and have used various techniques and practices to manipulate herbivore movement and plant growth.
	www.ag.ndsu.nodak.edu /dickinso/research/1999/range99e.htm (2200 words)

	Climate Change Impacts on the US. Region: Northern Great Plains
		The uniqueness of the Northern Great Plains, which includes North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, Idaho and northwestern Minnesota, is that both the economic competitiveness and the quality of life of the region are dictated by the environment.
		The focus is on addressing environmental and socio-economic impacts due to climate changes, recognizing that some of the current stresses in the region are complicating factors.
		The general strategy of the Northern Great Plains Region is to take action and to encourage stakeholders to take action, so the worst consequences of climate change can be reduced and opportunities that always accompany major changes can be seized.
	www.usgcrp.gov /usgcrp/nacc/ngp.htm (473 words)

	Northern Plains Cloth Dresses
		These four types of simple cloth dresses seem to be poorly represented in museum collections, and I believe that no specimens of the modern Northern Plains pow-wow dresses have been collected by museums.
		So, although you may not have the opportunity to handle and examine one of these dresses, they do (and did) exist, and examples of all these garments can be found in photographs both old and new, many published.
		The dress is a sort of “Pan—Indian” Northern Plains trait, but the accessories and their decoration are usually in an identifiable tribal art style.
	www.matoska.com /ciha_northern_plains_cloth_dresses.htm (1042 words)

	PRESS RELEASE Eagle Plains/Northern Continental Complete 2005 Exploration Work on Elsiar (LCR) Project, West-Central ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Management of Eagle Plains is very encouraged by results from the 2005 program, though Northern Continental has formally notified the Company that it does not intend to participate in future exploration on the property.
		Eagle Plains plans to continue exploration on the property during the 2006 season, and is actively seeking joint-venture opportunities in this regard.
		Eagle Plains and Northern Continental have recently completed a two-hole, (1722') 525m drill program on the Abo project located 130km east of Vancouver, B.C. Results will be issued as they are received, compiled and interpreted.
	www.marketwire.com /mw/release_html_b1?release_id=105766 (809 words)

	Wetlands of the northern Plains, U.S. and Canada
		For purposes of this overview, the northern Plains includes prairie regions of Nebraska, North and South Dakota, and Montana of the United States, as well as the Canadian Prairie region of southern Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta.
		Wetlands of the northern Plains are particularly important for migrating waterfowl and shorebirds.
		Devils Lake demonstrates the natural history of northern Plains lakes and wetlands, which cycle between dry and overflowing conditions during time periods of decades, centuries and millennia.
	academic.emporia.edu /aberjame/wetland/n_plains/n_plains.htm (2302 words)

	Northern Plains of Karana -- EQ Atlas
		The Northern Plains of Karana consist of a small but dangerous area in the middle of the vast Plains of Karana.
		It is also the hub of most of the traffic on the western half of the continent, as it marks the area where the bridges from the east and south pass over the river that marks two of its borders.
		Also, there is a good chance that werewolves can be found in the northern part of the zone next to the mountains where the Fangbreakers roam, providing all of their associated items as well.
	www.eqatlas.com /northernkarana.html (622 words)

	Crops of Northern USA
		A unique feature of sun oil from crops grown in northern regions is the high level of linoleic acid, an essential fatty acid.
		The classes of most importance in the northern Plains are Hard Red Spring Wheat, Durum Wheat, and Hard Red Winter Wheat.
		The most common types of millet grown in the northern Plains are proso millet and foxtail millet.
	www.northern-crops.com /crops/crops.htm (3707 words)

	SPACE.com -- Mars' Missing Ocean: A New Look at the Northern Plains
		This Mars Global Surveyor image shows the northern plains of Mars, with ridges (at top left and top right) that some have interpreted as an ocean shoreline.
		The author of the new analysis of gentle, parallel ridges in the blandest, flattest northern plains of enigmatic
		that inundation of the northern plains to some degree or other, by some processes related to water, possibly mud flows, has occurred during martian history.
	www.space.com /scienceastronomy/solarsystem/flat_mars_010405.html (1005 words)

	Mars' Enigmatic Northern Plains (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Before MOLA, it was thought that the plains were flat and featureless, reflecting a widespread deposition of volcanic and sedimentary material.
		Wrinkle ridges are tectonic features formed due to compressional stresses associated with loading of the Martian surface due to the formation of the Tharsis rise, and possibly also due to dynamical effects in the interior of Mars.
		The result of this study arguably weakens one line of evidence for the existence of an ocean in the northern plains of Mars during the middle part of Martian history (the Hesperian epoch).
	ltpwww.gsfc.nasa.gov /tharsis/ridge_paper.html (310 words)

	WWF \| Northern Great Plains \| Current Projects (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Ecoregional conservation planning is an effective approach to incorporating the Northern Plains Conservation Network vision of ecosystem restoration with improved diversification of economies for rural Northern Great Plains communities.
		Northern Great Plains prairie species such prairie dogs, bison, grassland birds, and ecosystem processes such as fire, drought, and grazing, require conservation at large scales.
		Strategies for improving and incorporating large-scale conservation in the Northern Great Plains include: a) increasing land designated for biodiversity conservation, b) promoting ecologically sustainable management, c) restoring populations of native species and securing their long-term viability, and d) ensuring improvements in flows and water quality in the Missouri River watershed.
	www.worldwildlife.org /wildplaces/ngp/pubs/ocean_of_grass.cfm (471 words)

	Home
		From the lakes and forests of west central Minnesota to the vast farmlands, potholes, and plains of North Dakota, and even sneaking into Montana, the Presbytery of the Northern Plains consists of Presbyterian Christians as diverse and beautiful as her geography.
		One of sixteen Presbyteries in the upper Midwest making up the Synod of Lakes and Prairies, the Presbytery of the Northern Plains was established in January 1977 with the realignment of the Red River and North Dakota Presbyteries.
		Interestingly, the boundaries of the newly-formed Presbytery were almost identical to those of the Red River Presbytery when she was established in 1879, consisting of all of the northern Dakota Territory and the six northwestern counties of Minnesota.
	www.northernplainspresbytery.com (201 words)

	Northern Great Plains Adobe PDF Library
		In response, a growing number of regional producers are developing multiple sources of income to maintain their agricultural base and link production strategies with survival of the Region’s businesses and communities.
		PDF [236 K] The purpose of the Meadowlark Project Leadership Laboratory is to build demonstrated examples of the northern Great Plains as a place of opportunity.
		In the next decade, the Northern Great Plains region will certainly need to identify and develop new export markets for its manufactured goods, shift its agricultural export focus from bulk commodities to export of food products, biofuels, or other biologically based industrial products, and provide expanded trade development services for rural businesses.
	www.rrtrade.org /Library.asp (1670 words)

	iLikeRacing.com » Open Wheel Racing News And Information
		The season opener for both the ASCS Midwest and Northern Plains Region, add the NCRA into the mix for Saturday night's finale and approximately 50 cars are expected for the weekend atop the 4/10-mile semi-banked dirt oval.
		The Northern Plains Region is expected to bring a contingent of more than 20 drivers from the North Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota area, with the Midwest Region attracting all the top contenders throughout Nebraska, Iowa and portions of Missouri.
		In its inaugural season, the ASCS Northern Plains 2006 schedule is composed of 22 events at ten different tracks throughout Minnesota, South Dakota, North Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa and Wisconsin.
	ilikeracing.com /ascs_sprints_news/ascs_midwest_vs_northern_plains_shootout__20060403.html (608 words)

	NASA - The Martian northern plains
		The martian northern plains remain nearly as mysterious today as they seemed 25 years ago during the Viking missions, even though one of those spacecraft--the Viking 2 lander--went to the northern plains.
		The northern plains are a lowland with fewer impact craters exposed at the surface than the heavily cratered martian southern highlands.
		This low resolution view, covering an area 168 km (104 mi) by 124 km (77 km), shows a few craters at the surface (such as the one at the center of the image), and several circular features that represent craters that are mostly buried beneath the plains.
	www.nasa.gov /multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_23.html (195 words)

	NCDC: Northern Plains Flooding
		Also, an early April blizzard which dumped up to 3 feet of snow in parts of the northern plains made river level forecasting even more difficult, as the water content and rate of melting of this new snow added another variable to the equation.
		Figure 1 is a 1 KM resolution satellite image of the Northern Plains on April 12, 1997 at 19:47 GMT.
		The severity of spring flooding over the Northern Plains is impacted by the following factors: heavy spring rains/snows, snowmelt, deep snowcover, freeze/thaw cycles, ice jams, and ground saturation due to high water tables.
	www.ncdc.noaa.gov /oa/reports/dakotaflood/dakotaflood.html (665 words)

	USATODAY.com - Storms expected in Northern California, Plains (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Snow is expected in the Upper Midwest and a light mix of freezing rain and snow is possible in the Northern Plains and Upper Midwest.
		The Upper Midwest and northern New England will be the country's coldest regions Sunday with highs in the 20s and 30s.
		The Southern Plains will be much warmer, with highs in the 70s, 80s, and some 90s.
	www.usatoday.com /weather/news/2006-03-05-nations-weather_x.htm?csp=34 (350 words)

	University of North Dakota \| School of Law \| Northern Plains Indian Law Center (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The Center's purposes are to assist tribal governments in addressing legal issues affecting tribal lands and members, and to promote diversity within the legal profession by increasing recruitment and retention of American Indian law students.
		Among the Center's programs are the Northern Plains Tribal Judicial Training Institute, the Native American Law Project, Tribal Environmental Law Project, and the Institute for the Study of Tribal Gaming Law and Policy.
		The Northern Plains Indian Law Center is governed by an Internal Advisory Committee which consists of law school faculty and staff.
	www.law.und.nodak.edu /SpecialPrograms/npilc.php (482 words)

	WWF \| Northern Great Plains \| Science (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		In cooperation with the 25 organizations of the Northern Plains Conservation Network, WWF took the lead in preparing Ocean of Grass: A Conservation Vision for the Northern Great Plains.
		Comprehensive biodiversity conservation in the Northern Great Plains requires that we address the conservation needs of species, habitats and ecological and evolutionary processes at multiple scales, from local levels to linkages between ecoregions.
		By 2025, the spread of nonnative aquatic and riparian species should be stabilized or reversed within the identified priority streams and rivers.
	www.worldwildlife.org /wildplaces/ngp/science.cfm (654 words)

	northern plains indian tribes social studies
		It was after the introduction in 1730 of the animal named "elk-horse" for its great size that the Blackfoot tribes became renowned for their expert horsemanship and continued their dominance of neighboring Native American groups as they pushed westward toward the Rocky Mountains.
		The Southern Cheyenne in Oklahoma and the Northern Cheyenne in Montana.
		Their research is primarily with the Northern band but they do have information about various families in the Southern band.
	www.archaeolink.com /northern_plains_indian_tribes_na.htm (4038 words)

	Northern Plains Resource Council
		The Northern Plains Resource Council formed in 1972 to preserve Montana's greatest assets: its land, environmental quality and unique rural character and values.
		Northern Plains is a 30-year old grassroots citizens organization dedicated to providing the tools and information necessary to give citizens a say in decisions that affect their lives.
		Northern Plains protects Montana's land, air, and water by:
	www.worc.org /member_orgs/nprc.html (108 words)

	BMDA - Northern Plains Commerce Center Transload Facility
		The Northern Plains Commerce Centre (NPCC) is an industrial, distribution and technology park with immediate access to road, rail and air transport to be located in Bismarck, North Dakota.
		To learn more about the Northern Plains Commerce Centre, click on the FAQs, NPCC site, and facility layout buttons to the right.
		For further information on the Northern Plains Commerce Centre, go to www.npccbismarck.com.
	www.bmda.org /npcc/index.asp (164 words)

	Northern Great Plains Inc
		The mission of NGP Inc. is to maximize the potential of the Northern Great Plains region through regional collaboration.
		Finally, we evaluate the results, determining whether the work effectively addresses the need or opportunity involved and leads to measurable results that can be used throughout the Region.
		Northern Great Plains Inc. is a not-for-profit research, demonstration and convening organization.
	www.ngplains.org (294 words)

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