A Thousand Pieces of Paradise: Landscape and Property in the Kickapoo Valley

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AAA. See Agricultural Adjustment Administration absentee ownership, 14, 81–82, 196, 199; Army Corps of Engineers and, 158– 59; community social relationships and, 52, 56; demographic studies of, 48; hunting and, 170; local attitudes toward, 47, 50–51, 59; population decline linked to, 70; recreational land use, 159; taxes and, 50–51; trends in Liberty township, 21–22; trends in Stark township, 158–59 Adams, John Quincey, 176 advertising: Army Corps of Engineers public relations materials, 173; for organic products, 114; Woodland farms and, 62–63, 64, 78 African Americans, Cheyenne Valley settlement, 98 “Agreement for Demonstrational and Experimental Work in Soil Erosion Control,” 37 Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA), 30 Agricultural Conservation Program, 161 agricultural land: Amish ownership of, 86, 87–88, 106; concentration of, 45–46, 159, 216n89; dam construction and, 147; decline, 159; as deer habitat, 159; in flood plains, 199; fragmentation of, 62–63, 70; ordinances to protect , 62–63; recreational development of, 59 (see also Woodland Farms, real estate development); Soil Bank and, 45–46, 216n89 Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Agency, 43 agriculture: Amish and, 14, 86, 87–88, 106, 108–9, 114, 122–23; confinement livestock operations, 124; decline of, 23, 24, 45–46, 223n9; deer and, 159, 170; diversified, 108, 109–10, 200; ecological, 107 (see also sustainable under this heading); factory farming, 124; federal programs, 24–25, 28–29, 30; forests and, 12, 25, 52–54, 55, 114– 15, 210n31; Ho-Chunk/Winnebago, 179; human-induced ecological change and, 123–24; inputs, 46, 57–58, 88, 108–9, 145; in Liberty township, 23, 24; produce auctions, 110; scientific farming methods, 38 (see also contour strip cropping); Soil Bank and decline of, 45–46; sustainable, 14, 56, 106, 114, 123. See also agricultural land; beef ranching; dairy farming; soil conservation Ahrens, Jerald, 54 Air National Guard: Amish and, 99–103; citizen protests, 99–103; Environmental Impact Statement prepared by, 102; low-level flights, 99–103 alienate, right to (sale of property), 41 267 Index allotment of Indian lands, 184 Amish: acceptance larger community, 87, 98–99, 103, 113–14; agricultural inputs used by, 108–9; Air National Guard and, 99–103; arrival in Kickapoo Valley and Clinton township , 85–89; bigotry and prejudice targeting, 94–95; change or adaptation among, 99, 116–17; Clinton township and, 14; as communitycentered , 96, 123; contour strip cropping and, 115, 116–17; cultural conflict and accommodation, 87; as cultural resource, 103; diversified farming by, 109–10, 200; environmental degradation and, 114–15, 124; farm productivity, 108–9; farms, 89, 108, 115; forestry and, 117–22; Hutterites contrasted with, 227–28n9; internal real estate market of, 88–89; land ethic of, 112–13; land ownership in Clinton township, 86, 105; landscape preferences of, 106; on mechanized farming, 113; as model for alternative agriculture, 122–23; as modern, 111; moral economy of, 106, 111–13; organic farming methods and, 107; political participation by, 91, 99–100, 230–31n50; presence in Kickapoo Valley, 8, 17–18; regulations and, 92, 116; road rights and community conflict, 90–94; social separation and, 106, 197, 200, 222–23n2; spatial analysis of potential settlement locations, 104–6; and stewardship, environmental, 87, 112–13, 123, 197, 200; as successful in attaining community goals, 198; sustainable agriculture and, 14, 106, 114, 122–23; technology and, 107, 110, 113, 229n20; values of, 96, 106, 113, 123, 197, 200, 222–23n2; vernacular landscape shaped by, 89–90; wildlife valued by, 106, 113; women’s roles in culture of, 87, 89, 96, 111–12 Among the Hills (Churchill), 203 Anfinson, John, 188, 189, 193–94 anthropogenic disturbance, 75 archeological sites, 140, 185–86, 188–89 Army Corps of Engineers, 15, 134, 137, 145; absentee ownership and, 158–59; Charles Stoddard and, 144; Clarke and, 142–44; decision making process of, 144; Environmental Advisory Board, 143–44, 147; Environmental Impact Statements of, 138, 141; environmentalists and, 138–43, 144, 147, 150, 152; environmental mission of, 143; Flood Control Act of 1936 and, 130–31, 153; flood control mission of, 130–32, 133; Graves and, 136–44, 147, 152; La Farge dam project, 8, 133 (see also La Farge dam); land acquisition by, 134–35, 136, 152–53; Lucey and, 140, 147; NEPA and, 136–37; organizational culture of, 134, 137, 142–43, 233n21, 235n58; and other federal agencies, 130, 136, 147, 150; “project delivery” as mission of, 173; and public relations, 173; recreation as priority of, 133–34; St. Paul District, 134, 137, 140...