Other uses GreatPlains disambiguation About the Canadian portion of the GreatPlains Canadian Prairies Geobox Brown name The GreatPlains other name category Region image GreatPlains Nebraska USA1.jpg image caption View of the GreatPlains near Lincoln, Nebraska image size 262 country United States ... Plains.png map caption Approximate extent of the GreatPlains ref name Encyclopedia Wishart, David. 2004. The GreatPlains Region, In Encyclopedia of the GreatPlains , Lincoln University of Nebraska ... ngphome.html Library of Congress The GreatPlains are a broad expanse of flat land, much of it covered ... is known for supporting extensive ranching and agriculture . Usage The term GreatPlains is used ... related plateaux and plains. There is no region referred to as the GreatPlains in The Atlas ... defined by topography. ref http www.cec.org atlas CEC.org ref Boundaries File US GreatPlains ... 008000 Tall grass prairie File Johnson 1920 HighPlains.jpg thumb 300px The GreatPlains before the native ... of the GreatPlains is shown by this http www.unl.edu plains about map.shtml map at the Center for GreatPlains Studies, University of Nebraska Lincoln . ref name Encyclopedia The term GreatPlains ... 22 pmc 1091163 oclc 43473694 accessdate 5 October 2010 pmid 16586678 ref brought the term GreatPlains ... is used for a subregion of the GreatPlains. Geology The GreatPlains are the westernmost portion ... States Geological Survey divides the GreatPlains in the United States into ten physiographic subdivisions ... is used in a related, more general context to describe the elevated regions of the GreatPlains ... Period 145 65 million years ago , the GreatPlains was covered by a shallow Inland sea geology inland ... lion that dominated the area of the ancient GreatPlains for millions of years. The vast majority ... pastures. The GreatPlains have dust storms mostly every year or so. The 100th meridian roughly corresponds with the line that divides the GreatPlains into an area that receive convert 20 in abbr ... more details
http www.greatmallgreatplains.com parking The Great Mall of the GreatPlains is a shopping mall located ... screens. Great Mall of the GreatPlains was owned & managed by Glimcher Properties Trust until January ... is located in the mall. History Great Mall of the GreatPlains was co developed by Glimcher Realty ... 08 11 focus4.html title Work bustles at Great Mall of the GreatPlains accessdate 2007 08 17 work Bizjournals.com ... Plains in 1996. ref cite news title What s Happening at... The Great Mall of the GreatPlains ... biz1 ref cite news title Olathe mall s debut delayed The Great Mall of the GreatPlains to open its ... Mall of the GreatPlains opened with 150 stores laid out in a half mile racetrack pattern. ref name ... rtm Great Mall of the GreatPlains saw its success waning with time, due in part to a retail saturation ... Realty Trust s The Great Mall of The GreatPlains accessdate 2007 08 17 work PRNewswire.com ref the mall ... a desire to sell the Great Mall of the GreatPlains. ref cite news url http www.bizjournals.com ... sold the Great Mall of the GreatPlains to focus on more valuable assets to Cecil Van Tuyl of the Van ... website coord missing Kansas KansasCitymalls DEFAULTSORT Great Mall Of The GreatPlains Category ...For other shopping malls called The Great Mall The Great Mall disambiguation update date January 2012 infobox shopping mall shopping mall name The Great Mall of the GreatPlains image caption location Olathe, Kansas , United States USA opening date 1997 developer manager owner Great Olathe Center, LLC ... anchorsgo cite news first Stephan last Roth title Two big anchors plan to go away from Great Mall url ... Journal date December 27, 2002 accessdate 2007 08 01 ref the Great Mall in 2007 had over 80 stores and restaurants ... controller r5i psm file view Great 20Mall LSsm.pdf?id 443 title The Great Mall of the GreatPlains leasing information accessdate 2007 08 17 work Glimcher.com archiveurl http web.archive.org web 20070927075420 http www.glimcher.com controller r5i psm file view Great Mall LSsm.pdf?id 443 ... more details
GreatPlains may refer to GreatPlains region in the central North America Canadian Prairies , a continuation of the GreatPlains region of the United States . GreatPlains band , an American country music group GreatPlains, an American New Wave music ensemble GreatPlains Airlines , a defunct airline GreatPlains Manufacturing , an agricultural machines manufacturer Great Hungarian Plain , a large plain spanning several countries in Eastern Europe Microsoft GreatPlains, accounting software now incorporated into Microsoft Dynamics GP See also Great Planes Model Manufacturing disambig ... more details
Refimprove date December 2009 Infobox lake lake name Great Salt Plains Lake image lake USACE Great Salt Plains Dam.jpg caption lake Aerial view of Great Salt Plains Lake Dam on the Salt Fork Arkansas River image bathymetry caption bathymetry location Alfalfa County, Oklahoma coords Coord 36 44 34.34 N 98 11 18.31 W region US type waterbody display inline,title type reservoir inflow outflow catchment basin countries United States length width area depth max depth volume residence time shore elevation islands cities Great Salt Plains Lake is a reservoir located within the Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma Alfalfa County , Oklahoma in the United States named because of the salt flats in the area and for the Salt Fork Arkansas River , which is dammed to form the lake. File Selenite Crystals.jpg thumb left Selenite crystals dug up from the lake bed. The lake was created in 1940 along with Ralstin Island which is home to heron, egret and ibis. ref name Fish Great Salt Plains Lake expands across convert 8690 acre km2 , has convert 41 mi km of waterfront and is shallow .... These crystals feature an hourglass inclusion which is unique to the Great Salt Plains. ref name Fish http www.fws.gov southwest refuges oklahoma saltplains selenite.html Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge , U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ref ref name DeHaan DeHaan, Vici, Great Salt Plains ... of Great Salt Plains Lake is Great Salt Plains State Park. Recreational opportunities at Great Salt Plains State Park include boating, camping, picnicking, swimming, hiking, mountain biking and exploring ... Reflist External links http www.travelok.com listings view.profile id.3202 Great Salt Plains Lake http www.travelok.com listings view.profile id.6588 Great Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge http www.travelok.com listings view.profile id.3204 Great Salt Plains State Park http www.travelok.com Great Salt Plains Lake Area Great Salt Plains Lake Area information, photos and video on TravelOK.com ... more details
Taxobox name GreatPlains Wolf image regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Mammal ia ordo Carnivora familia Canidae genus Canis species Gray Wolf C. lupus subspecies C. l. nubilus synonyms variabilis Wied Neuwied, 1841 ref MSW3 Wozencraft pages id 14000738 ref trinomial Canis lupus nubilus trinomial authority Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber Schreber , 1775 range map Present distribution of wolf subspecies grtplains.jpg range map width 270px range map caption GreatPlains wolf range The GreatPlains wolf Canis lupus nubilus , also known as the Buffalo wolf , is the most common subspecies of the gray wolf in the continental United States . It currently inhabits the western Great Lakes region of the United States and Canada . A typical GreatPlains wolf is between 4 and 6 feet long, from snout to tail, weighs from 60 to 110 pounds, and may have a coat of gray, black or buff with red ish coloring. Like all wolves , the GreatPlains wolf is a very social animal that communicates .... The territory size for the GreatPlains wolf depends on the type and density of prey. Typical prey for the GreatPlains wolf consists of white tailed deer, moose, beaver, snowshoe hare, and smaller birds and mammals . The historic range of the GreatPlains wolf was throughout the United States and the southern regions of Canada . By the 1930s, GreatPlains wolves were extirpated almost eliminated completely, in much of the western United States. In Wisconsin and Michigan, the GreatPlains ... along the Ontario border. In 1974, the GreatPlains wolf in the Great Lakes region became fully protected ... was reclassified as threatened in Minnesota. The GreatPlains wolf is found in the Eastern distinct ... Category Mammals of Canada Category Mammals of North America Wolf, GreatPlains carnivora stub es Canis ... legislation to completely remove it from the endangered species list. The estimated population for GreatPlains wolves for 2004 in the United States was over 3,700 wolves. The population was distributed ... more details
Infobox CareerTech technology center GreatPlains Technology Center image GreatPlains Technology Center.jpg superintendent Jim Nisbett founded 1971 enrollment 1,192 2006 address 4500 West Lee Blvd. city Lawton, Oklahoma Lawton state Oklahoma zip 73505 website http www.greatplains.edu www.greatplains.edu GreatPlains Technology Center is a public career and technology education center that has campuses in Lawton, Oklahoma and Frederick, Oklahoma . It is part of the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education system. Student organizations The National Technical Honor Society has an active chapter on this campus. See also Oklahoma Tech Prep CareerTech coord missing Oklahoma Category Career and Technology Education in Oklahoma Category OK Cooperative Alliance Category Education in Comanche County, Oklahoma Category Education in Tillman County, Oklahoma ... more details
Multiple issues refimprove January 2008 The Museum of the GreatPlains is a history museum located in Lawton, Oklahoma , USA. The museum s major exhibits reveal the diverse cultures inhabiting the GreatPlains region beginning with the arrival of the Paleo Indians known as the Clovis culture at approximately ... partner museums in the Oklahoma Museum Network . Mission The Museum of the GreatPlains is dedicated ... and exhibition of items pertaining to the cultural and natural history of the GreatPlains region ... of the GreatPlains evolved out of the Comanche County Historical Society CCHS , which was formed .... The http institutegreatplains.tripod.com Institute of the GreatPlains which also originated from the Comanche ... functions to aid the museum in its programs. The Museum of the GreatPlains Trust Authority ... profit entity in 1999. Interpretive philosophy, scope and themes The Museum of the GreatPlains believes ... of the past takes courage. Retelling the past also takes courage, yet the Museum of the GreatPlains ... for history in general as well as the particular history of the GreatPlains region, Encourage meaningful ... of the GreatPlains. The Museum believes that successful educational programs are experiential ... humans on the GreatPlains region at approximately 11,500 BCE. and carries the story up to the present day. Themes include Prehistory on the Plains, Understanding the Land, Hunters and Horsemen, Traders and Trappers, Builders settlement on the GreatPlains , Plains Warriors, and Farmers and Ranchers ... museumgreatplains.org Museum of the GreatPlains http www.travelok.com listings view.profile id.5236 Museum of the GreatPlains information, photos and video on TravelOK.com Official travel and tourism website for the State of Oklahoma coord missing Oklahoma DEFAULTSORT Museum Of The GreatPlains ... McMahon Foundation, the new facility opened its doors to the public in 1961 as, the Museum of the GreatPlains an convert 18000 sqft m2 sing on building located in Elmer Thomas Park and managed under ... more details
Taxobox name GreatPlains Skink image Eumeces obsoletus1.jpg image width 200px status LC status system IUCN status system iucn3.1 regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Reptile Reptilia ordo Squamata familia Scincidae genus Eumeces species E. obsoletus binomial Eumeces obsoletus binomial authority Spencer Fullerton Baird Baird and Charles Fr d ric Girard Girard , 1852 synonyms Plestiodon obsoletus Citation needed date August 2008 The GreatPlains Skink Eumeces obsoletus is together with the Broad headed Skink the largest skink of the genus Eumeces . It reaches a length of 9 to 13 cm 3.5 to 5 inches from snout to vent or up to nearly 34 cm 13.5 in total length including the tail . This lizard is light gray or beige in color its dorsal scales have black or dark brown edges. The scales on the sides run diagonally. The belly is yellow. Juveniles are black with white sports on the lips and the head and have a blue or bluish tail. The GreatPlains Skink is very common on the GreatPlains , ranging from south eastern Wyoming and Nebraska and also Fremont County, Iowa down to eastern Arizona , Texas , and into Mexico . This skink lives in open plains habitat or the eastern foothills of the Rocky Mountains , in areas near water, e.g. irrigation ditches. In southeastern Colorado, it occurs in elevation up to about 1900 m 7200 ft in northern Colorado, only at elevations below about 1400 m 4500 ft . The mating season of the GreatPlains Skink is in April or May. The female lays between 5 and 32 eggs on the average about 12 in early summer, which she guards until they hatch in late summer. Notes Collins, J.T. 1993 Amphibians and reptiles in Kansas, 3rd ed. University Press of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas. External links wikispecies ... greatplains skink.html Description of the GreatPlains Skink http ndis.nrel.colostate.edu wildlifespx.asp ... Skink, GreatPlains Category Great skinks GreatPlains Skink Category Reptiles of the United ... more details
Orphan date September 2010 The GreatPlains Conservation Program GPCP , initiated in 1957, provided cost share and technical assistance to apply conservation on entire farms in 10 GreatPlains states from the Dakotas and Montana to Texas and New Mexico. Contracts were limited to 35,000. At the end of 1995, over 6,800 farms in 558 counties with convert 20 e6acre km2 were participating. It was replaced by the Environmental Quality Incentives Program EQIP in the 1996 farm bill P.L. 104 127 . References CRS article Report for Congress Agriculture A Glossary of Terms, Programs, and Laws, 2005 Edition url http ncseonline.org nle crsreports 05jun 97 905.pdf author Jasper Womach Category United States Department of Agriculture Category Conservation in the United States ... more details
Infobox Company name GreatPlains Energy Incorporated logo Image Greatplains energy.png type Public company Public nyse GXP genre foundation 1882 founder Edwin Ruthven Weeks, Joseph S. Chick, L.R. Moore, William Holmes location city Kansas City, Missouri location country United States location locations area served key people Michael J. Chesser CEO Chairman , William H. Downey President COO industry Electric utility products services revenue United States dollar US 2.675 Billion 2006 operating income United States dollar US 235.42 Million 2006 net income United States dollar US 127.63 Million 2006 owner num employees parent divisions subsid Kansas City Power & Light , KLT Inc. BR Innovative Energy Consultants Inc. IEC BR GreatPlains Energy Services Incorporated slogan homepage http www.greatplainsenergy.com greatplainsenergy.com footnotes intl GreatPlains Energy Incorporated NYSE GXP is a holding company based in Kansas City, Missouri that owns electric utility Kansas City Power and Light Company and Strategic Energy, LLC, an energy management company. KCP&L established the holding company on October 1, 2001. In 2006 , it ranked 667 on the Fortune 1000 list and 41 on the Fortune Gas & Electrics list. http money.cnn.com magazines fortune fortune500 snapshots 1839.html Acquired Aquila, Inc. in July, 2008. ref http www.greatplainsenergy.com investor nr july14 08.pdf Aquila Acquisition ref References Reflist http www.fundinguniverse.com company histories GreatPlains Energy Incorporated Company History.html International Directory of Company Histories, Vol. 65. St. James Press, 2004 External links http www.greatplainsenergy.com Official page http finance.yahoo.com q pr?s gxp Finance yahoo profile Category Power companies of the United States Category Companies based in Kansas City, Missouri ... more details
Infobox zoo zoo name GreatPlains Zoo & Delbridge Museum logo logo caption image GreatPlains Zoo.jpg image caption The entrance to the GreatPlains Zoo and Delbridge Museum. location Sioux Falls, South Dakota Sioux Falls , South Dakota date opened 30 June 1963 ref name city data date closed coordinates coord 43.5373805 96.7648048 type landmark display inline,title area num species 156 ref name siouxfallsparks num animals 850 ref name zoo main largest tank vol total tank vol annual visitors 220,000 ref name sdpb members Association of Zoos and Aquariums AZA ref name aza list exhibits website http www.gpzoo.org The GreatPlains Zoo is a convert 45 acre ha sing on zoo located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota , United States . The Delbridge Museum is included in the zoo entrance fee, and houses a collection of 150 mounted animals including 36 vanishing species. ref name siouxfallsparks The GreatPlains Zoo is accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums AZA . History South Dakota Senator Richard F. Pettigrew had a few animal specimens housed for viewing in local parks from the 1880s through the 1930s, when the Sioux Fall Parks System assumed responsibility and placed additional animals ..., and helped develop the GreatPlains Zoo, which opened its doors to the public on 30 June 1963 ... GreatPlains Zoo & Delbridge Museum work gpzoo.org publisher GreatPlains Zoo accessdate 8 May 2010 ... Rides & Attractions work gpzoo.org publisher GreatPlains Zoo accessdate 8 May 2010 ref ref name siouxfallsparks cite web url http www.siouxfallsparks.org ContactUs misc zoo.aspx title GreatPlains Zoo ... ref ref name city data cite web url http www.city data.com articles GreatPlains Zoo in Sioux Falls.html title GreatPlains Zoo in Sioux Falls, South Dakota work city data.com publisher City Data.com ... Plains Exhibit. The Delbridge Museum of Natural History was added to the zoo in 1984 through the donation ... Canyon, the Primate Complex, the North American Plains exhibit, the Wild Dogs of America exhibit ... more details
Infobox Athletic Conference name GreatPlains Athletic Conference short name established 1969 dissolved logo GreatPlains Athletic Conference logo.png logo size 150 association National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics NAIA division subdivision members 11 sports 19 mens 10 womens 9 region Central United States br List of NAIA regions Region III of the NAIA Region III of the NAIA former names Nebraska Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 1969&ndash 1992 br Nebraska Iowa Athletic Conference 1992&ndash 2000 hq city Sioux City hq state Iowa commissioner Corey Westra since 2003 website http www.gpacsports.com gpacsports.com color font color map GPAC USA states.PNG map size 250 The GreatPlains Athletic Conference GPAC is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics NAIA . Member institutions are located in Iowa , Nebraska and South Dakota . The conference was originally founded in 1969 as the Nebraska Intercollegiate Athletic Conference , later becoming the Nebraska Iowa Athletic Conference 1992 before being renamed the GreatPlains Athletic Conference 2000 . Members and year joined Briar Cliff University Chargers 2002 Concordia University, Nebraska Bulldogs 1969 Dakota Wesleyan University Tigers 2000 Doane College Tigers 1969 Dordt College Defenders 2000 Hastings College Broncos 1969 Midland University Warriors 1969 Morningside College Mustangs 2003 Mount Marty College 2000 Lancers no football Nebraska Wesleyan University ..., wrestling became an official conference sport. History The GreatPlains Athletic Conference was founded ... the GreatPlains Athletic Conference.php History of the GPAC ref With the addition of Northwestern College .... The NIAC was transformed into the GreatPlains Athletic Conference in 2000 with the addition of Dakota ... links Official website http www.gpacsports.com GreatPlains Athletic Conference navbox NAIA conference navbox Category GreatPlains Athletic Conference Category 2000 establishments in the United ... more details
GreatPlains State Park is a convert 487 acre km2 adj on List of Oklahoma state parks Oklahoma state park located in Kiowa County, Oklahoma Kiowa County , Oklahoma . It is located near the city of Mountain Park, Oklahoma . Located south of Hobart off Hwy 183, GreatPlains State Park is nestled between the Wichita Mountains and the Tom Steed Reservoir . The area offers water sports, boating, boat ramps, camping, RV parking, swimming beach, playground, picnic areas, cycling, mountain biking and hiking trails. The campground spans approximately convert 460 acre km2 of park land with 56 RV hookups and 30 tent sites. RV sites consist of 14 modern water, sewer, and electric sites and 42 semi modern sites with water and electric. Located on the shores of Tom Steed Reservoir, a large lake with convert 31 mi km of shoreline. External links http www.travelok.com listings view.profile id.3201 GreatPlains State Park coord 34 46 37 N 98 59 03 W display title Protected Areas of Oklahoma Category Oklahoma state parks Category Protected areas of Kiowa County, Oklahoma Oklahoma geo stub Oklahoma protected area stub ... more details
Infobox airline airline GreatPlains Airlines image image size alt IATA ICAO callsign OZARK founded 2001 commenced ceased 2004 aoc bases hubs li Will Rogers World Airport OKC small Oklahoma City small li Tulsa International Airport TUL secondary hubs focus cities frequent flyer lounge alliance subsidiaries fleet size 5 destinations 11 company slogan parent headquarters Tulsa, Oklahoma Tulsa , Oklahoma , United States key people revenue operating income net income profit assets equity website Image GreatPlains Dornier 328 Jet.jpg thumb A now defunct GreatPlains Airlines jet. GreatPlains Airlines was a regional airline headquartered out of Tulsa, Oklahoma Tulsa , Oklahoma , United States . ref name usa today 2 The airline was founded in 2001 a mix of tax credits and government loans totaling 27 million ref name usa today 1 cite news url http www.usatoday.com travel news 2006 06 22 greatplains sale x.htm title GreatPlains Airlines equipment sold at auction publisher USA Today date 22 June 2006 accessdate 5 October 2010 ref and expanded rapidly, filing with the Air Transportation Stabilization Board for a guarantee of 17 million from a 25 million loan, though this was rejected, as the Board deemed the airlines business plan to be too risky. ref name usa today 2 cite news url http www.usatoday.com travel news 2003 08 22 greatplains dc.htm title GreatPlains Airlines announces three new markets publisher USA Today date 22 August 2003 accessdate 5 October 2010 ref The airline filed for bankruptcy and ceased operations in 2004 after attempts to secure additional financing and investment ... ?tag content col1 title GreatPlains Airlines offers OKC service to Albuquerque publisher BNET ... web url http www.thefreelibrary.com GreatPlains Airlines Adds Nonstop Routes to and from Austin. a096249281 title GreatPlains Airlines Adds Nonstop Routes to and from Austin. publisher The Free ... Via GreatPlains Airlines publisher Hispania News accessdate 5 Octoober 2010 ref Nashville ... more details
GreatPlains Communications is Nebraska s largest independent telecommunications company. ref GreatPlains ... 89 rural communities ref GreatPlains Communications turns 100 . The Chadron Record. March ... archived spotlights industry utility 7484 greatplains communications a reason to celebrate American Executive July 1, 2010 ref recently celebrated its centennial anniversary. The tome GreatPlains ... Emory Clyde Hunt. History Evolution of the Name GreatPlains Communications went through several ... the Camp Dewey Telephone Company and was acquired by GreatPlains Communications founder, E.C. Hunt, in 1910. ref http www.wpnews.com index.php?option com content&view article&id 334 greatplains ... are officially merged and the company is renamed GreatPlains Communications. ref Nebraska Department .... Services Cable Services In 1979, GreatPlains Communications founded Scope Cable Television ... including digital video recording capabilities. Internet Services GreatPlains Communications .... Subsidiaries GreatPlains One Call Service and GreatPlains Locating Service In 1993, GreatPlains Communications added two new subsidiaries, GreatPlains One Call Service and GreatPlains Locating Service. ref cite book last Garrigan first Casey title GreatPlains Communications Centennial ... offered to perform this task for a fee. GreatPlains Locating service grew to be the fifth largest firm of its kind in the U.S. serving a seven state region. Both companies were sold in 2005. GreatPlains Underground Construction GreatPlains Underground Construction was founded in 2001 to complement ... serves. The program is part of GreatPlains Communications Commitment to the Schools initiative ... GreatPlains Communications . The Verdigre Eagle. May 19, 2011 ref and 20,000 in scholarships to students ... development in GreatPlains Communications communities. The foundation has provided 250,000 in matching ... Casey title GreatPlains Communications Centennial 1910 2010 Today s Legacy year 2010 publisher Omaha ... more details
Infobox Museum name GreatPlains Transportation Museum image established location 700 E. Douglas br Wichita KS 67202 type railroad museum visitors director curator website http www.gptm.us coord 37 41 11 N 97 19 47 W type landmark display title Image gptm1.jpg thumb right 360px Santa Fe steam and diesel locomotives on display at the grounds of the GreatPlains Transportation Museum. The GreatPlains Transportation Museum is a railway museum railroad museum in Wichita, Kansas Wichita , Kansas . Collection The museum s collection includes 6 locomotives and several pieces of rolling stock used on freight and passenger trains. Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 4 8 4 steam locomotive 3768. Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway EMD FP45 diesel locomotive http www.santafe93.com 93 . Burlington Northern Railroad EMD NW2 diesel locomotive 421 Ex St. Louis San Francisco Railway 261 Various other diesel locomotives An electric locomotive A drover s car A tank car Maintenance of way equipment A Postal storage car A heavyweight baggage car Various types of cabooses External links http atsf.railfan.net atsfpres atsf3768.html ATSF 4 8 4 3768 info at the Santa Fe Subjects site By Evan Werkema http trainweb.org jfuhrtrain SF93.htm Photos and history on FP45 93 By Jim Fuhrman http www.santafe93.com Preservation project for Santa Fe FP 45 93 References http www.gptm.us GreatPlains Transportation Museum Website Category Railroad museums in Kansas Category Museums in Wichita, Kansas US rail museum stub ... more details
Taxobox name GreatPlains toad status LC status system IUCN3.1 trend down image Bufo cognatus1.jpg image width 250px regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Amphibian Amphibia ordo Frog Anura familia True toad Bufonidae genus Bufo species B. cognatus binomial Bufo cognatus binomial authority Thomas Say Say , 1823 The GreatPlains toad Bufo cognatus is a relatively large species of toad . It ranges from southern Alberta , throughout the midwest United States and the inland western United States into northern Mexico . The greatplains toad is grey , brown , and green in color, with darker colored blotching. It can grow to anywhere between convert 2 and 4.5 in cm abbr on in length. Its primary diet nutrition diet is various species of cutworm s. It prefers grassland habitat with loose soil that is easy to burrow in. Breeding occurs throughout the spring and summer months, most often immediately after heavy rainfall. In dry areas it may only emerge from its burrow for a few weeks when conditions are right, and usually at night, but in areas with permanent water bodies and abundant rain it may be active all day. ref Grismer, L. L. 2002 . Amphibians and Reptiles of Baja California . Los Angeles University of California Press, 69. ref Its mating call is a very loud, harsh chirping noise repeated many times, very fast. The toad is predated by the plains garter snake Thamnophis radix . It uses chemoreceptors to sense chemical cues left by the snake. References aut Pauly, G. B., D. F. F. M. Hillis, and D. C. Cannatella. 2004 The history of a Nearctic colonization Molecular phylogenetics and biogeography of the Nearctic toads Bufo . Evolution 58 2517 2535. IUCN2006 assessors Hammerson & Santos Barrera year 2004 id 54612 title Bufo cognatus downloaded 12 May 2006 Database entry includes a range map and justification for why this species is of least concern http www.zo.utexas.edu ... Category Fauna of Northern Mexico Category Fauna of the Western United States Category GreatPlains ... more details
Orphan date December 2011 COI date August 2011 GreatPlains Examiner is a periodical newspaper based in Bismarck, North Dakota . The newspaper is dedicated to investigative and in depth coverage of local issues affecting central North Dakota, with emphasis on the communities of Bismarck and Mandan, North Dakota Mandan . The newspaper is published monthly and distributed on newspaper vending machine news rack s and via direct mail. Each month, 10,000 copies of the paper are placed on racks at gas stations, restaurants, hotels and other high traffic commercial areas. The newspaper is free, although home delivery is 25 per year. The GreatPlains Examiner launched in June 2011. It is a subsidiary of http www.highgroundpublishing.com Highground Publishing Inc. , a corporation owned and operated by North Dakota natives. The publisher is Matt Bunk, a veteran of the newspaper industry. More than a dozen journalists contribute to the paper. The paper s website is www.GreatPlainsExaminer.com. References See Wikipedia Footnotes on how to create references using ref ref tags which will then appear here automatically Reflist http mobile.inforum.com page article id 322649 http www.northdecoder.com Latest real news in north dakota.html http www.editorandpublisher.com Features Article Six Newspaper Entrepreneurs and Their Road to Success External links http www.GreatPlainsExaminer.com Category 2011 establishments in the United States Category Bismarck Mandan Category Monthly newspapers Category Newspapers published in North Dakota Category Publications established in 2011 NorthDakota newspaper stub ... more details
The GreatPlains Art Museum is a fine art s museum dedicated to the arts of the GreatPlains ref name CGPS cite web url http www.unl.edu plains index.shtml title The Center for GreatPlains Studies author University of Nebraska Lincoln quote A region with highly variable weather set against grassy, rolling land, the GreatPlains stretches westward from the Missouri River at Omaha, Nebraska Omaha and Kansas City, Missouri Kansas City to the Rocky Mountains , and northward from the Texas Panhandle into the Canadian Prairies Canadian Prairie Provinces . The region invites inquiry into the relationships between the environment and the cultures brought to it by its various inhabitants, as well as the implications of these relationships for the future. ref in the United States . The Museum, which opened in 1981 at the University of Nebraska Lincoln , ref name Museum cite web url http www.unl.edu plains gallery gallery.shtml title GreatPlains Art Museum quote The Christlieb Collection consists of approximately 170 bronze sculpture s, 140 painting s and drawing s, 100 other works on paper and several hundred Photography photographs . The library donated by the Christliebs is an impressive 4,000 volumes, which consists of several Western fiction Western novels and many other fiction and nonfiction books about the Western United States West and the GreatPlains . ref was founded with the Christlieb Collection sculpture s, painting s, drawing s, photograph s and library , donated by John and Elizabeth Christlieb of Bellevue, Nebraska . The Christlieb Collection includes works by Albert Bierstadt , William de la Montagne Cary , ref name MontagneCary cite web url http www.wildlifeart.org ... Wood and others. The GreatPlains Art Museum is part of the Center for GreatPlains Studies ref ... Aerial views , maps, etc. ref References reflist External links http www.unl.edu plains gallery gallery.shtml The GreatPlains Art Museum. coord missing Nebraska Category American West museums Category ... more details
The GreatPlains Coliseum is a 3,000 seat multi purpose arena in Lawton, Oklahoma , United States USA . It hosts local sporting events and concerts. It is home to the Lawton Fort Sill Cavalry , who started play in 2007 as the Oklahoma Cavalry and the 580 RollerGirls, who started play in 2011. External links http www.gpcoliseum.com Arena website start succession box title Home of the Oklahoma Cavalry Lawton Fort Sill Cavalry 580 RollerGirls years 2007 &ndash present before Cox Convention Center after Current end Oklahoma stadium stub coord 34.5991 N 98.4189 W display title Category Sports venues in Oklahoma Category Indoor arenas in the United States Category Lawton, Oklahoma Category Buildings and structures in Comanche County, Oklahoma ... more details
The GreatPlains Shelterbelt was a project to create windbreak s in the GreatPlains states of the United States , that began in 1934. ref http books.google.com books?id xd8DAAAAMBAJ&pg PA483&dq 22Popular Mechanics 22 Jan 1935 floating&hl en&ei Wtc4TsGsDeSusAKXtpka&sa X&oi book result&ct result&resnum 10&sqi 2&ved 0CFUQ6AEwCQ v onepage&q&f true Fighting the Drouth Popular Mechanics , October 1934 ref President of the United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt initiated the project in response ... Forestry on the GreatPlains, 1902 1942 url http www personal.ksu.edu jsherow hurt2.htm publisher ... States Forestry Program which planted the GreatPlains Shelterbelt and creation of the Natural Resources ... called for large scale planting of trees across the GreatPlains, stretching in a 100 mile ... relieve the effects of drought in the GreatPlains. The Shelterbelt Program of 1935 1942 later known ... the central GreatPlains are old and are no longer providing the benefits that they used ... GreatPlains Shelterbelt Renovation and the Central GreatPlains Forested Riparian Buffer ... reading cite web first R. Douglas last Hurt title Forestry on the GreatPlains, 1902 1942 url http ... account of the GreatPlains Shelterbelt, describing its limitations and its successes, with a history of the development of forestry in the Plains http www3.northern.edu natsource HABITATS Windbr1.htm ... GreatPlains Category Dust Bowl environment stub ... PBS accessdate 2012 03 02 url http www.pbs.org wgbh amex trouble timeline index 2.html ref The GreatPlains Shelterbelt was allowed under the 1924 Clarke McNary Act , and was carried out by the Works ... Program was twofold a the planting of windbreaks throughout the eastern plains to reduce wind erosion ... Energy efficient landscaping Great Plan for the Transformation of Nature Hedge Human ecology Macro ... art00013 title The Plains Shelterbelt Project author Bates, C. G. journal Journal of Forestry, Society ... more details
of Saskatchewan and University of Regina . Campuses GreatPlains College has campuses in Swift ... to merge the two institutions into a new college to be called GreatPlains College. ref ... economy. We realized we could do more together, said Mark Frison, the former GreatPlains College ... more details
refimprove date September 2010 Infobox Military Conflict conflict The Battle of the GreatPlains partof Second Punic War image Image Battles second punic war.png 300px date 203 BC place Near Utica, North Africa result Roman victory combatant1 Roman Republic combatant2 Carthage commander1 Scipio Africanus br Masinissa br Gaius Laelius commander2 Hasdrubal Gisco br Syphax strength1 Unknown strength2 30,000 casualties1 Unknown casualties2 Rout of whole army Campaignbox Second Punic War The Battle of the Greatplains also known as Battle of Campi Magni , Battle of Bagrades was a battle fought between Scipio Africanus of Rome and a combined Carthaginian and Numidia n army late in the Second Punic War , designed as Feint diversionary tactic by Rome to disrupt Hannibal Hannibal s attack on Italy . By defeating the Carthaginians, Scipio Africanus caused Hannibal to leave Italy and return to Africa, where he was later defeated at the battle of Zama . Prelude Hasdrubal and Syphax had both succeeded in escaping from their camps which the Roman general Scipio Africanus , and his Numidian allies Masinissa and Laelius had destroyed. Hasdrubal and Syphax fell back, with a few followers who had also escaped the massacre at the Carthaginian camps. The arrival of four thousand mercenaries from Southern Iberia made the Carthaginians determined to make one more effort to stop the armies of Scipio Africanus from advancing across North Africa. New levies were raised in Carthage and in Numidia, and soon Hasdrubal and Syphax found themselves at the head of an army of 30,000 men. In 203 BC Scipio, whose command had been extended until the end of the war, marched from his camp at Utica to meet Hasdrubal and Syphax at a place called the GreatPlains. Battle The battle was fought between a Roman army ... Of The GreatPlains Category Battles of the Second Punic War GreatPlains Category History of Numidia Category 203 BC GreatPlains, Battle of the Category Military history of Tunisia ar ... more details
Refimprove date September 2008 Infobox musical artist See Wikipedia WikiProject Musicians name GreatPlains image Great Plains.jpg caption GreatPlains, 1991. image size Only for images narrower than 220 pixels background group or band alias origin genre Country music Country years active 1987 1996 label Columbia Records Columbia br Magnatone associated acts website past members Jack Sundrud br Russ Pahl br Denny Dadmun Bixby br Michael Young br Lex Browning GreatPlains was a Progressive country progressive Country music country Pop music pop band that formed in 1987. The band comprised Jack Sundrud currently of Poco , Russ Pahl, Denny Dadmun Bixby, Michael Young, and Lex Browning. In their career, they recorded two studio albums and had four singles enter the Billboard magazine Billboard country charts. Their highest charting single, Faster Gun , peaked at 41. Early days The band began ... of the GreatPlains project for a year. Record deal The band finished the recording in 1991, showcased ... McReady and Caryl Mack Parker. Another chance Sundrud and Bixby decided to make GreatPlains a band ... and Tia Sillers, but they dropped the band the day after the single was released. GreatPlains played ... scope row GreatPlains Release date October 22, 1991 Label Columbia Records scope row Homeland Release ... 1991 scope row A Picture of You 63 align left rowspan 3 GreatPlains rowspan 2 1992 scope row Faster ... greatplains 383924 faster gun.jhtml title CMT Videos GreatPlains Faster Gun publisher Country Music ... ref cite web url http www.cmt.com videos greatplains 385032 dancin with the wind.jhtml title CMT Videos GreatPlains Dancin With The Wind publisher Country Music Television accessdate October 14, 2011 ref Gerry Wenner scope row Healin Hands ref cite web url http www.cmt.com videos greatplains 385086 healin hands.jhtml title CMT Videos GreatPlains Healin Hands publisher Country Music Television ... http www.cmt.com videos greatplains 385151 wolverton mountain.jhtml title CMT Videos GreatPlains ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 No footnotes date February 2012 The GreatPlains Comedy Festival is a comedy festival held each June in Saskatoon , Saskatchewan, Canada. NOTOC article too short for a ToC History The festival began in 2002 as a three day bar gig event with shows at The Overdrive Nightclub, The Longbranch Country and Western Bar and The Sutherland Hotel. The festival has since grown, attracting bigger names and bigger venues. Emo Philips headlined an event at Saskatoon s Castle Theatre in 2006. Bob Levy comedian Bob Levy best known for his appearances on The Howard Stern Show headlined The Odeon Events Centre in 2007. The Potash Corp came on board in 2007 to sponsor The Potash Corp All Star Comedy Jam, an event in the Adam Ballroom in Saskatoon s historic Delta Bessborough Hotel. The event is a clean comedy show for all ages and has sold out both years it has taken place. Even the Grey Cup Champion Saskatchewan Roughriders have become involved in the festival s success. In July 2008, The GreatPlains Comedy Festival celebrated its 7th edition. The festival moved to June in 2009 and in 2011 celebrated its ten year anniversary. Performers Comedians from around the world also gather at The GreatPlains Comedy Festival. For example, Emo Philips, Bob Levy comedian Bob Levy , Iliza Shlesinger , Rosie Tran , Shuli , Janet Williams, have all attended the festival. Many of the famous names are brought into town to host the gala evening events as well as headline showcase performances. Most recently Year needed date February 2012 comedians Mike MacDonald comedian Mike MacDonald and Kenny Robinson comedian Kenny Robinson attended. References Bill Brownstein, The Gazette Montreal The Gazette , Montreal, published January 26, 2012 Wendy Gillis, The StarPhoenix , Saskatoon, published June 30, 2008 Joanne Paulsen, The StarPhoenix , Saskatoon, published June 30, 2006 http www.canada.com saskatoonstarphoenix news lifestyle story.html?id 3a9efe2f 5420 4b6b b8cf a27a3c1d92e8 Funny ... more details
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