Draining the Great Oasis : an environmental history of Murray County, Minnesota
Table of contacts
Introduction -- A wet and dry landscape / Anthony J. Amato -- Crops and land use / Geoff Cunfer -- Geology / Thomas Dilley -- Soils / Neal S. Eash -- Wetlands / Douglas J. Spieles -- Mammals / Elizabeth A. Desy -- Birds / Janet Timmerman -- Birding / Robert Janssen -- Native prairie / Janet Timmerman -- Lake Shetek / Beth A. Spieles -- Draining the Great Oasis / Janet Timmerman -- Ditches / Geoff Cunfer and Dennis Guse -- Roads / Joseph A. Amato -- Horse ecology / Geoff Cunfer -- Barns / Dave Pichaske -- Weeds / Nancy J. Brown -- Hogville / Lisa Gerber with Kathy Richardson -- Crazy acres / Richard Vanderziel -- A home lake / Jim Muchlinski -- Bibliography / Beth A. Spieles -- About the authors.
Dates
- Copyright: 2001
Creator
- Amato, Anthony J. (Editor, Person)
- Timmerman, Janet (Editor, Person)
- Amato, Joseph Anthony (Editor, Person)
Conditions Governing Use
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Extent
1 Volumes : 282 pages; photos, illustrations, maps
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
A collection of 20 essays, by 15 authors from different perspectives, on the environmental history of Murray County, Minnesota, an area of tallgrass prairie.
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Source
- Crossings Press (Publisher, Organization)
- Title
- Draining the Great Oasis : an environmental history of Murray County, Minnesota
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- 2025-12
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Southwest Minnesota Historical Center Repository
Southwest Minnesota State University
McFarland Library
1501 State Street
Marshall MN 56258