Planning for a Sustainable Future: The Case of the North American Great Plains
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Demonstration Showcase

A demonstration showcase session the evening of May 8, 1995, highlighted the successes of sustainable development initiatives from throughout the Great Plains. Presenters included university researchers, government officials, utility representatives, and natural resource managers. Topics included agricultural production techniques, ecosystem management, data analysis, community participation in decision making, and urban water conservation.

D. W. Anderson (Department of Soil Science, University of Saskatchewan)

  • Sustainability of the Semiarid Prairie Ecosystem

J. Gary Davis and Tom Parks (Bureau of Reclamation, Great Plains Region, Billings, Montana)

  • The Wetland Development Program in the Great Plains Region of the Bureau of Reclamation

Thomas Eddy (Division of Biological Sciences, Emporia State University)

  • Integrating Concepts and Practices of Sustainable Development into a Nonmajor Science Course

Bahman Eghball and James F. Power (USDA-ARS, Department of Agronomy, University of Nebraska-Lincoln)

  • Composted and Noncomposted Beef Feedlot Manure Effects on Corn Production and Soil Properties

A. H. Epstein (Plant Pathology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa)

  • Using Plant Pathogens as Biological Weed Control Agents: Rose Rosette Disease

Wyatt Fraas (Center for Rural Affairs, Hartington, Nebraska)

  • Beginning Farmers and Sustainable Agriculture: A Sustainable Future for the Great Plains

Charles Francis (Center for Sustainable Agricultural Systems, University of Nebraska-Lincoln)

  • Education and Research to Support Sustainable Development: A Regional Mandate in the North Central United States

Tammy Hays and Sandy Wolfe (Center for Environmental Solutions, Lincoln, Nebraska)

  • Community-based Decision Making and Collaborative Policy Development Strategies

Fred Heal (Meewasin Valley Authority, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan)

  • Partners FOR the Saskatchewan River Basin: Working Together for a Sustainable Future

Mason Hewitt III (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Monitoring Systems Laboratory, Las Vegas, Nevada)

Jesslyn Brown (Hughes STX Corporation, EROS Data Center, Sioux Falls, South Dakota)

Brenda Groskinsky (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 7, Kansas City, Kansas)

Wayne Ostlie (The Nature Conservancy, Great Plains Program, Minneapolis, Minnesota)

David James and David Totman (Lockheed Environmental Systems Technologies Co., Las Vegas, Nevada)

  • The Great Plains International Data Network: Supporting Science on the Great Plains

Henry Hudson (Environmental Conservation Branch, Environment Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba)

  • The Prairie Ecozone Planning Framework: An Ecosystemic Approach to the Activities of the Department of Environment
  • Red RiverñLake Winnipeg Agricultural Sustainability: An Ecosystemic Approach

Thomas Huntzinger (Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey, Lawrence, Kansas)

  • USGS Research in the Great Plains: Assurance of a Sustainable Future

1. Scientific Information Programs in the Great Plains (Sarah Gerald, Ecosystem Management Program)

2. Urban/Rural Values and Land Use in the Missouri River Valley as Implied by Geologic Processes (Bill Langer, Geologic Division, Denver, Colorado)

3. Changing Conditions of Croplands and Grasslands with Climate Variations in the Great Plains (Tom Loveland, EROS Data Center, Sioux Falls, South Dakota; and Jim Crane, Rocky Mountain Mapping Center, Denver, Colorado)

4.A Sustainable Future Depends on Water Quality (Thomas Huntzinger, National Water Quality Assessment Program, Lawrence, Kansas)

5. The National Geochemical Data Base (Charles Severson, Geologic Division, Denver, Colorado)

6. Potential for Desertification in the Great Plains (Dan Muhs, Geologic Division, Denver, Colorado)

7. Integrated Information in Decision-making Environments (Ray Watts, Terra Laboratory, Fort Collins, Colorado)

8. Earth Science through the INTERNET (Jim Crane, Rocky Mountain Mapping Center, Denver, Colorado)

Larry Janssen (Economics Department, South Dakota State University, Brookings)

Diane Rickerl, E. Stebbins, T. Machacek, T. Kirschenmann, and D. Kringen (South Dakota State University, Brookings)

  • The Role of Wetlands in Sustainable Agricultural Systems

Alan Knapp, John Briggs, and John Blair (Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan)

  • Long-term Ecological Research at the Konza Prairie Research Natural Area: Lessons in Sustainability from a Native Great Plains Ecosystem

Bob Kuzelka (Groundwater Foundation, Lincoln, Nebraska)

  • Sustainable Groundwater Protection: Educating Local Communities

Donald Lemmen and Robert Vance (Terrain Sciences Division, Geological Survey of Canada, Calgary, Alberta)

  • Geoscience and Global Change in the Canadian Prairies: The Palliser Triangle IRMA

Steve Masters (Lincoln Water System, Lincoln, Nebraska)

  • A Water Conservation Program for Lincoln, Nebraska

Bruce Maxwell, Cliff Montagne, and David Knox (Department of Plant, Soil, and Environmental Science, Montana State University, Bozeman)

Jerry Johnson (Political Science Department, Montana State University, Bozeman)

Keith Jamtgaard (Rural Sociologist, Liberal, Kansas)

Julie Stoughton (Department of Earth Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman)

  • Community Sustainability through Ecosystem Management and Planning

Doug McKell (Saskatchewan Soil Conservation Association, Indian Head, Saskatchewan)

  • The Saskatchewan Soil Enhancement Project

Debbie Nielsen and Martin Lelliot (Shand Greenhouse, SaskPower, Estevan, Saskatchewan)

  • Shand Greenhouse: Part of SaskPowerís Commitment to the Environment

David Nuland, Jim Schild, and Tony Merrigan (Panhandle Research and Extension Center, University of Nebraska, Scottsbluff)

  • Examining Sustainable Options in Western Nebraska: On-Farm Research Rediscovered

G. A. Peterson, D. G. Westfall, and L. Ahuja (Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Colorado State University and USDA-ARS, Fort Collins)

  • Sustainable Dryland Agroecosystems for the Great Plains

P. E. Rasmussen (USDA-ARS, Columbia Plateau Conservation Research Center, Pendleton, Oregon)

B. Duff and R. W. Smiley (Columbia Basin Agricultural Research Center, Oregon State University, Pendleton)

  • Sustainability of Agriculture in Semiarid Cereal Regions of the Pacific Northwest United States

Greg Riemer (Agricultural Services, Saskatchewan Wetland Conservation Corporation, Regina)

Julia Taylor and D. Burden (Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon)

  • Socioeconomic Impacts of the North American Waterfowl Management Program

Bill Rietveld (USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, National Agroforestry Center, University of Nebraska-Lincoln)

  • Agroforestry: Blending Agriculture and Forestry Production and Conservation Practices

Paul Todhunter (Department of Geography, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks)

  • Impact of Conservation Practices on Wind Erosion in the Red River Valley of North Dakota: 1948ñ91

Allen Tyrchniewicz (International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg, Manitoba)

  • IISD's Great Plains Program

Jim Webber and David Hill (Eastern Irrigation District, Brooks, Alberta)

  • Reverse Engineering the Sustainable Development Process: Adapting Eight Decades of Experience to Enhance the Future

Elaine Wheaton (Saskatchewan Research Council, Saskatoon)

  • Developing Climatic Adaptation Programs for Canadian Prairies Sustainability

Anthony Yeboah (North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro)

  • Soil and Water Conservation Practices of Farmers in Central Mali