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NRES 289: People and the Land: Human Environmental Interactions on the Great Plains (ACE 5 or 6)
Online
No textbook. Readings will be provided.
This course will sample a variety of Great Plains cultures and time periods to explore past use of the Great Plains environment. A key focus will be the evaluation of past social ecological systems with reference to changing climatic conditions, human environmental impacts, and the sustainability of various indigenous and western modes of land use on the Great Plains. Through discussion, we will investigate our knowledge of these processes and how they can be of relevance to contemporary issues of Great Plains land management and resource utilization.