Prairie Ecosystem

Prairie Comeback. This site from PBS explores how the bison are being brought back to the prairie!: http://www.pbs.org/saf/1106/segments/1106-1.htm
Growing Prairie. Find out about biodiversity on the prairie as you grow your own prairie! From PBS! QUESTIONS: (1) How do you think things like prairie animals and prairie fires are related to the amount of shade and light plants get on the prairie? (2) How might prairie fires help or harm plant growth? (3) How long does it take the grass to sprout? What can you find on a prairie besides grasses? How long does it take these to grow or mature after a fire do you think? (4) Finally, much prairie land was converted to farm land by settlers during the land rush -- what do you think about this? -- is it better to grow farm plants or grass on a prairie? -- HINT: Is the prairie dry or moist? -- What grows best in this sort of soil? -- and why?
: http://www.pbs.org/saf/1106/teaching/teaching.htm
The Lakota of the Great Plains. Read about the ancient buffalo and prairie ecosystem here on the "Great Plains" link! (Site from the Carnegie Museum of Natural History.): http://www.carnegiemuseum.org/cmnh/exhibits/north-south-east-west/lakota/index.html
The Lakota Sioux Indian Reservation at the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota's Site. Learn about Lakota culture and famous Lakota chiefs. Listen to music with quicktime.: http://www.rosebudsiouxtribe-nsn.gov/
The Dustbowl: Stories, Timelines, and Maps. Explore the end of the traditional prairie ecosystem. (Site from PBS): http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/dustbowl/
Voices from the Dustbowl An on-line multimedia collection that tells the stories of some of the people who lived through the Dustbowl. (From the U.S. Government.): http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/afctshtml/tshome.html
Photographs of Migrant Mothers During the Dustbowl--by Dorothea Lange- -originally taken for the Farm Security Administration.: http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/128_migm.html
More on Dorothea Lange -- biography and photographs. (From Documenting America).: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/fsahtml/fachap03.html
Photograph of Texas Prairie Storm -- modern-day storm. (From Wayne Brown of Texas Hub Pages site): http://hubpages.com/hub/PRAIRIE-STORMS
The Legend of the Buffalo Dance. (A traditional Blackfoot story. From StonE Producktions and WolfDrum4's collection). Can this story have any meaning for us today?: http://www.ilhawaii.net/~stony/lore02.html
The History of the Formation of the Great Plains -- with click-on maps! (from North Dakota State University.): http://library.ndsu.edu/exhibits/text/greatplains/text.html
The Great Plains -- Key Issues in sustaining the Great Plains (our breadbasket!), including water, biodiversity, and others. This site asks how much interferrence by conservationists is too much as well as how much farming is too much?: http://iisd.ca/agri/default.htm

(This page last updated 2011; links still need updating; background on this page adapted from efreebackground.com
http://www.efreebackgrounds.com/hu/wallpapers/wallpaper/flowers-trees-and-fruit-backgrounds/4709-prairie-flowers-near-east-glacier-park-montana