The Prairie Essays

plowing into the ground. There are five different species of the prairie there is black-tailed, white-tailed, Gunnison's, Utah, and even Mexican prairie dogs. These rodents carry many many diseases within their hair and feat. We have millions of these rodents across the nation. They have brown fur and white tails. Prairie dogs are a type of ground squirrel found in the united  states,mexico, and florida. The smallest one can be

The Prairie School was a late 19th- and early 20th-century architectural style, most common to the Midwestern United States. The style is usually marked by horizontal lines, flat or hipped roofs with broad overhanging eaves, windows grouped in horizontal bands, integration with the landscape, solid construction, craftsmanship, and discipline in the use of ornament. (Prairie School) Horizontal lines were thought to evoke and relate to the native prairie landscape. Frank Lloyd Wright started amid

paper about Black–tailed prairie dogs. The scientific name for them is Cynomys Iudovicianus. Prairie dogs were once found from the great plains from southern Canada to northern Mexico. They were once eradicated from Arizona. In the United States today they survive on the plains of Montana, Dakotas, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona, Utah, and Wyoming. Us humans have no use for them at this time. Its hard for me to say yes or no if the prairie dog would be considered

“I believe in looking reality straight in the eye and denying it” Garrison Keillor, a prominent narrator of Prairie Home Companion, expresses his belief that people 's vision to believe that something really will happen probably will not happen. Jay Gatsby, a love-struck character in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s, he believed that he could create a new reality for himself and the love of his life, Daisy. Throughout the novel Gatsby makes choices to try to pursue a relationship with Daisy Buchanan, although

prairies are an area from Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba down to southern Texas and Mexico, and approximately 1,000 miles from western Indiana westward to the Rocky Mountains. The American prairie covers about 1.4 million square miles, and is home to many plants and animals. The North American Prairie is considered a grassland, savanna, shrub land biome by scientists, Most of the plants in the north american prairies are small grasses and wild flowers with some type of thorn on them. There are

Human beings: wonderful creatures who must rely on others from time to time, and occasionally become overconfident in their abilities. In Walden; Or, Life in the Woods, Thoreau encourages self-reliance by articulating the benefits. Thoreau’s experiences influenced Chris McCandless, whose untimely death in Alaska inspired the book and movie Into the Wild. The book and movie about McCandless in turn drove others to become overconfident in their abilities to try to live in the wild, which led to dangerous

Cape Refuge is a very intriging book series written by Terri Blackstock. Cape Refuge is a crime and murder mystery series with 4 books, which I have listed in release order for your convenience, that are called Cape Refuge, Southern Storm, River’s Edge, and Breaker’s Reef. The setting of this interesting series is on a fictious Island named Cape Refuge. The made-up island replaces Little Tybee Island, which is a little uninhabited marshland and wildlife refuge. Author Terri Blackstock got the

Imagine having a book in your hand and you are trying to read that book. As a student of literature what comes to your mind? I would immediately think of all the terms that we are learning in class. Things I remember most are aspects of stories such as setting, plot, characterization among others. These terms are what describe literary analysis. According to arrowhead schools, literary analysis is the practice of looking closely at small parts to see how they affect the whole. It focuses on how plot/structure

James Wright was born in December 13, 1927 to March 27, 1980 in New York. He’s known as on of America’s finest contemporary poets. Some of his books that he published were called: Above the river Two a blossoming pear tree Moments of the Italien summer A Blessing James Wright wasn’t an only child. He had two brothers (Jack and Ted) and later on his parents adopted one girl named Marge. In 1953 James married “LIberty Kerdules”. They had two sons named Franz and Marshall. Years later Liberty and

Tempest Williams, is describing us first the massacre of the prairie dog that occurred at the Cedar Ridge Golf Course, where over 400 prairie dog where gassed to death. There are 5 species of prairie dog and they are now threatened and might be in extinct in couple of years. The people wanted to exterminate the dogs because they were running the range because they consume a large amount of green grasses and forbs. According to Williams, “Prairie habitat not only for themselves but also for other grassland

Prairie dogs are one of the most evolved animals today, in the form of communication. This profound form of communication comes about because the prairie dog is an extremely social animal, to each other not humans (Messenger). At first the prairie dog sounds like it is making senseless chirps and barks, but in reality these short high pitched chirps and barks are actual calls to other prairie dogs not just a random warning sound. Prairie dogs have their own language, everything from alarm calls,

As the end of my time at Prairie Ridge High School draws near, I have begun to reflect on how my life has changed throughout the course of the two short years that I have spent at this school. Prairie Ridge is the third―and last―high school that I have attended and it is safe to say that it is a school that I wish I had attended for the entirety of my high school career. From both an academic and personal aspect, I know that without the time that I have spent at Prairie Ridge, I would not be the

THE RANGE FOR UTAH PRAIRIE DOGS Utah prairie dogs lives underground in high sagebrush steppes. The home that they made for themselves also support the life of their predator. But the farmer do not like them. Because they eat crop in order to survive during their winter hibernations. It is harmful to alfalfa and hay. Prairie dogs also eat the food that are for live stock. The farmer used poison and guns to kill prairie dogs in the 1920s and led them to extinct. Even though prairie dogs are not on the

praise. By the Shores of Silver Lake was a Newberry Honor Book and won the Pacific Northwest Library Young Reader’s Choice Award in 1942. Four other books were also Newberry Honor Books: On the Banks of Plum Creek, The Long Winter, Little Town on the Prairie (1941), and These Happy Golden Years. In 1954 the Association for Library Services created the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal for authors who have made a lasting contribution to children’s literature and presented Wilder with the first award

Frank Lloyd Wright was an American architect and educator. He is considered to be one of the greatest, if not the greatest, architects of all time and the pioneer of modern architecture. Born in Wisconsin in 1867, Wright’s career spanned from 1885 until 1959. During this time, he created an identity for American architecture, while rejecting borrowed designs such as Neoclassical and Victorian styles. He instead gave America its own identity in architecture, an identity that was unique, simple and

Barn owls are a medium size predator found all around the world, however are prominently habitat across North America. Barn owls typically hunt at night using sound to catch available prey. Since most rodents are commonly nocturnal, the availability of owl’s diet is dependent on rodent food source in contrast to nonrodent food source. Over 95% of the barn owl’s diet consists of mostly rodents, and the rest consisting of bird remains (Ingles, 1995). Barn owl species prey primarily on a diet that

The Prairie Rattlesnake You need to be careful and be aware of your surroundings, as even the safest places could become the most dangerous zones you’ll ever be in. Back in 2010, my sister and I had a very close call and one of us could’ve been badly hurt or even killed. Because of these events, I have learned to always check my surroundings whenever I’m somewhere vulnerable. It was back in June of 2010. Approaching the one-year mark since moving into my current home, my family and I became well

I work at The Prairie Club, which is a golf course outside of Valentine, as a bartender during the summer months. When it comes to the training of becoming a bartender, we all had to be TIPS certified. “TIPS (Training for Intervention Procedures) is the global leader in education and training for the responsible service, sale, and consumption of alcohol. TIPS is a skills based, alcohol training and certification program that is designed to prevent intoxication, underage drinking, and drunk driving

“We came upon the Prairie at sunset. It would be difficult to say why, or how.. but the effect on me was disappointment.” The author of passage one decides to open his essay with a tone of discouragement. Later in the passage, the reader can see that the writer uses his choice of language, and specifics to detail, to show his dull interest in the prairie. In contrast, the author of passage two starts his passage with, “Nothing could be more generous, more joyous, than these natural meadows in the

Listeners of “A Prairie Home Companion” will be hearing a new voice in the future. Garrison Keillor, the longtime host of the program and beloved entertainer will be stepping down after the next season and there is already a replacement waiting in the wings. According to the Minnesota Public Radio on Tuesday, Chris Thile will be taking Keillor’s job after the star is gone. This bittersweet moment has people recognizing that Garrison Keillor is set to retire and there is little anyone can do to change