Prairie

I was introduced to my Messiah, Jesus Christ on April 10,1977 at Prairie Creek Baptist Church in Plano, Texas. The key text for the sermon that Sunday morning was from Revelation 3:20, “Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me.” In a picture in my mind I could see Jesus with His arms open wide, inviting me to be His child. As the congregation sang the hymn, “Just as I am”, I walked down the aisle…

detail about what Iowa, or how the Indians who were natives here called it, Ioway, was once like. Foster states that the state of Iowa was once a vast prairie, but today less than 0.1 percent of that prairie remains. He states that Americans typically associate the buffalo with the great plains, rather than thinking of them once being in the tallgrass prairie that once covered Iowa and Illinois. Foster, being a member of the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska, explains just how big of a role the…

Early Intensive Stocking management practices pose a serious threat to biodiversity in the Flint Hills Tallgrass Prairie region. Annual spring burning coupled with intensive cattle stocking following the fire. This practice has been estimated to be roughly twice the stocking rate as the area can provide. In which ungulates are grazed for 90-120 days into late summer or early fall (Robbins, et al 239 ). The combination of fire and intense grazing has been demonstrated to have negative impacts on…

they become. Many immigrants see the prairie as an opportunity, either for their families or for themselves. Immigrants in both My Ántonia and Giants in the Earth come to the United States in search of a better life. They are driven by a desire to…

type. “The prairie animals are the American toad, badger, black-footed ferret, bison, black-tailed jack rabbit, bumble bee, burrowing owl, California condor, carrion beetle, common snipe, coyotes, deer, dragonfly’s, eagles, eastern cottontail, elk, ferruginous hawk, fox snake, golden owl, gopher snake, grasshopper, and gray wolf those are some of the prairie animals. The American prairies is a type of grassland that was dominated by herbaceous plants and grasses.…

During the ride, Jim anxiously examines the prairie wondering what his new surroundings will be like. He notices that many of the aspects are similar to Nebraska. As they travel further he is able to finds the beauty in the country, especially finding delight in the sunflowers. Cather focuses Jim’s attention to the sunflowers in the prairie, which helps him find the beauty of the…

lens can be applied to reveal the self-reliance of pioneer women such as Lena and Antonia. Although many prairie women conform to the accepted norm of becoming a housewife and mother some choose to defy. Lena and Antonia are both self-reliant prairie women who defy gender norms throughout the novel and become very successful in their individual realms;…

Social bonding A study on the behavioral effects of OT and AVP was done using prairie and montane vole models because they are genetically similar but, socially different. Prairie voles are social and form long-lasting bond with their mates and both parents are involved in the young care. In…

In My Antonia, the prairie was used to represent many aspects in the novel. One of the aspects that the prairie represented was that when it came to immigrants, the prairie would symbolize a new beginning. The prairie would signify a new life as well as the fears and struggles that would come along in trying to create this new life in a different land. We could sense this symbolism in chapter one when the author writes: “There seemed to be nothing to see; no fences, no creeks or trees, no hills…

the densities and dynamics of tallgrass prairie plant populations, as well as their response to disturbance (e.g., fire and grazing) and climatic variability, may be mediated principally through effects on the demography of belowground bud populations. Patterns of seed reproduction and seed bank populations have little influence on short-term aboveground population dynamics of tallgrass prairie perennials. Our results indicate that fire in tallgrass prairie strongly influences the production of…