Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-235) and index.
The western shortgrass prairie: a brief history -- A Buffalo nation: its death and rebirth -- Prairie digs and the American west: little towns on the prairie -- Ferrets, badgers, bobcats, and coyotes: coping with dangerous neighbors -- Free-loaders and hangers-on: the rewards and dangers of city life -- Other high plains wildlife: born on the American steppes -- The high plains raptors: death rides on silent wings -- The varmint and predator wars: it's finally almost quiet on the western front -- Taming the great American desert: hardscrabble times at the fringes of nowhere -- The USFS, BLM, and BIA: how the west was lost -- The great plains grassland ecosystem: can it be saved?