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Discover the hardships and successes of six Black homesteader colonies in the Great Plains in the latest article from the Homesteading Project from Jacob Friefeld, Mikal Eckstrom, and Rick Edwards. More at: https://muse.jhu.edu/article/714208
Dr. Mikal Eckstrom talks about his newest article in "Great Plains Quarterly" on the African American homesteader site of DeWitty, Nebraska. Read the article at: https://muse.jhu.edu/article/700929
Plains Safaris: A Conference on Tourism and Conservation in the Great Plains took place in Kearney, Neb., April 18-20, 2018. It was a joint conference by the Center for Great Plains Studies at the University of Nebraska, Nebraska Tourism Commission, and Heartland Scenic Byways.
David Loope, Great Plains Fellow and Professor and Schultz Chair in Stratigraphy in the department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Nebraska, explains what he loves about the Great Plains for the Center for Great Plains Studies.
The Great Plains is home to a very special plant-insect relationship between yucca plants and yucca moths. These moths pollinate yucca flowers and lay eggs in them, and the moth's larvae feed on the produced seeds. The plant cannot produce fruits without the moth, and the moth's larvae cannot survive without the seeds of the plant. This relationship is one reason PhD student Shivani Jadeja loves the Great Plains.