Zen of the Plains: Experiencing Wild Western Places

Index

A aesthetic experience, 32, 73-74, 152, 159, 188, 192 wildlife, 159-160 Alaska (Southeast), 196-206 Ancestral Puebloan, 12, 40, 52-53, 54, 58 archaeoastronomy, 58 archaeology, 40, 100-107 awe, 71 B Badlands (geologic formation), 80, 97, 115, 139-140 Badlands National Park, 136, 137-145, 156, 160, 161, 164, 176, 179 beauty, 9, 14, 38, 41, 45, 71-72, 74, 78, 90, 130-131, 146, 148, 152, 164, 171, 172, 174, 179, 193, 227, 230, 232-233 Bennett, Lyle, 115 bird-watching, 156-159 bison, 161-164, 174, 191 black-footed ferret, 161, 164-165 Buffalo Commons, 162 Buffalo Gap National Grassland, 145, 148, 152, 165 Bureau of Land Management, 49, 83, 147, 150 C cartography, 223-224 Cather, Willa, 33 cattle, 210-211 Chinde Mesa, 17, 21, 38, 102-104 Colter, Mary Jane, 115-116, 119 consilience, 191-192 Coronado, Francisco, 10-11 coyote, 28-29, 155, 161, 165 D dawn, 62, 87, 134, 142, 166, 175, 229-230 disturbance regime, 161 Dust Bowl, 5, 145, 148 E ecosystem services, 151 elk, 221 emptiness, 2, 6, 16, 28, 33, 36, 50, 69, 83, 85, 88, 111, 112, 128-129, 168, 171, 228-229, 235 enchantment, 72 enlightenment, 227 exposure, 111, 203, 228 F Faith, South Dakota, 168 Flint Hills, Kansas, 184 Fossil Butte National Monument, 219222 , 225, 227 Fred Harvey Company, 116 G grassland, 4, 47, 146-147, 161, 171, 185, 201, 223 Great Plains, 2, 5, 162, 167, 170-171 Index 268 Index H Hayden, Ferdinand, 140, 141 homestead, 5, 34, 36, 143, 145, 148, 173 Hopi, 12, 115-117 horizon, 4, 6, 16, 23, 51, 57, 63, 71-72, 88, 99-103, 106, 166, 177, 184, 189, 209, 224 I interpretation, 178-180 J Junior Ranger, 178 K Kabotie, Fred, 116-118, 119 Kansas, 32, 34-35, 173-174, 184, 194 Kensho, 37, 227, 232 keystone species, 161 Konza Prairie Preserve, 184-191, 194-196, 206-214 L Lacey, John Fletcher, 38 landmark, 16, 18, 22-23, 46, 71, 112 landscape design, 6, 27 landscape perception, 2, 4-6, 19-20, 35, 36, 47, 63, 64, 71-74, 77, 78, 132, 142, 150-152, 159, 163, 171-174, 179, 180, 189-191, 200-201 Leidy, Joseph, 140 Leopold, Aldo, 77, 126-127 loneliness, 6, 36, 90, 128, 129, 130, 168, 228 Lore, Herbert, 114-115 M Marmarth, North Dakota, 170 Medora, North Dakota, 168, 169 “Mission 66,” 118 monsoon, 65 mountains, 2, 7, 159 Muir, John, 11-12, 77, 104 N National Grasslands, 22, 49, 147, 148-151, 152, 153 National Park Service, 3, 6, 51, 65, 93, 142, 143, 147, 164, 178 Navajo (Diné), 12 Nebraska, 1, 3, 6, 33, 171, 174 nighthawk, 157-158 P Painted Desert, 10, 12-13, 16, 20, 26, 32, 43, 76, 80-85, 90, 92, 99, 104, 125, 131 Painted Desert Inn, 16, 105, 114-116, 118-119 paleontology, 140 Petrified Forest National Park, 9, 12, 38, 42, 51-52, 58, 76, 93, 99, 114, 131, 156, 223 petroglyph, 26, 54-56 photography, 22, 34, 46, 47, 86, 141, 148, 154, 167, 172, 188, 203 Pilot Rock, 17, 32, 43, 44, 50, 70, 94, 95, 96-99, 106, 107, 110, 121, 124 place, 14, 16, 19, 23, 25, 27-28, 31, 46, 47, 74, 78, 79, 82, 86-89, 91, 101, 124, 188, 204 place attachment, 78, 79, 91, 126, 183 place identity, 78, 79, 88, 126, 204 sense of place 46, 89, 152, 153, 206 plains, 5, 7, 16, 17, 33, 35, 40, 42, 50, 56, 58, 63, 69, 78, 93, 95, 111, 132, 133, 180, 201, 203, 204 Popper, Deborah and Frank, 146, 152 prairie, 1, 4, 5, 7, 10, 42, 47, 51, 111, 123, 133, 138, 146, 152, 160, 161, 163, 164, 174, 175, 177, 184, 188, 189, 194, 200, 212-214 prairie dog, 82, 148, 160, 161, 162, 165 prairie madness, 129 Prospect-Refuge Theory, 19 Puerco Pueblo, 52 Puerco River, 40 Index 269 Q quest 117, 119-120 R Red Desert, 80-88, 92 Rocky Mountain National Park, 2, 7 Roosevelt, Theodore, 12 “Route 66,” 61 S Sandhills Journey Scenic Byway, 41, 174, 189 Scottsbluff National Monument, 3, 8 sky, 3, 5, 15, 21, 22, 33, 66, 68, 69, 72, 101, 114, 119, 132-133, 134, 152, 171, 176, 186, 188, 203, 222, 225, 229, 230, 235 solitude, 6, 59, 62, 76, 129, 136 space, 3, 6, 8, 10, 12...