Other uses GreatPlains disambiguation Refimprove date December 2007 Geobox Brown name The GreatPlains other name category Region image GreatPlains Nebraska USA1.jpg image caption View of the GreatPlains ... population date population density map Map of the Great Plains.png map caption Map of the GreatPlains ref name Encyclopedia Wishart, David. 2004. The GreatPlains Region, In Encyclopedia of the Great ... memory.loc.gov ammem award97 ndfahtml ngphome.html Library of Congress The GreatPlains are a broad ... in the Plains, but many stop at the Rio Grande . The term GreatPlains is used in the United States ... and plains. There is no region referred to as the GreatPlains in The Atlas of Canada . ref http atlas.nrcan.gc.ca ... agencies of the Mexican, American, and Canadian governments uses the GreatPlains as a ecoreigon .... ref http www.cec.org atlas CEC.org ref Boundaries File US GreatPlains Map.svg right thumb 300px ... regarding the geographic boundaries of the GreatPlains is shown by this http www.unl.edu plains about map.shtml map at the Center for GreatPlains Studies, University of Nebraska Lincoln . ref name Encyclopedia The term GreatPlains , for the region west of about the 96th meridian west 96th or 98th ... ref brought the term GreatPlains into more widespread usage. Before that the region was almost invariably ... United States High Plains is used for a subregion of the GreatPlains. Geology The GreatPlains ... Plateau . The United States Geological Survey divides the GreatPlains in the United States into ten physiographic subdivisions File Johnson 1920 HighPlains.jpg thumb 262px The GreatPlains ..., more general context to describe the elevated regions of the GreatPlains, which are primarily ... years ago , the GreatPlains was covered by a shallow Inland sea geology inland sea called the Western ... the area of the ancient GreatPlains for millions of years. The vast majority of these animals went ... . ScienceDaily. October 2, 2006. ref Climate In general, the GreatPlains have a wide variety of weather ... more details
parking The Great Mall of the GreatPlains is a shopping mall located in Olathe, Kansas , United ... r5i psm file view Great 20Mall LSsm.pdf?id 443 title The Great Mall of the GreatPlains leasing ... of the GreatPlains was owned & managed by Glimcher Properties Trust until January 2009. ref name glimcher History Great Mall of the GreatPlains was co developed by Glimcher Realty Trust and Jordan ... title Work bustles at Great Mall of the GreatPlains accessdate 2007 08 17 work Bizjournals.com first Stephen last Roth date 1997 08 10 ref Construction began on the Great Mall of the GreatPlains in 1996. ref cite news title What s Happening at... The Great Mall of the GreatPlains work Kansas City ... title Olathe mall s debut delayed The Great Mall of the GreatPlains to open its convert 1200000 sqft ... movie theater. ref name rtm Great Mall of the GreatPlains opened with 150 stores laid out in a half ... visitors, ref name rtm Great Mall of the GreatPlains saw its success waning with time, due in part ... Anchor at Glimcher Realty Trust s The Great Mall of The GreatPlains accessdate 2007 08 17 work PRNewswire.com ... Realty Trust expressed a desire to sell the Great Mall of the GreatPlains. ref cite news url http www.bizjournals.com ... 6, 2009, Glimcher sold the Great Mall of the GreatPlains to focus on more valuable assets to Cecil ... Great Mall Of The GreatPlains Category Shopping malls in Kansas Category Shopping malls established ...For other shopping malls called The Great Mall The Great Mall disambiguation infobox shopping mall shopping mall name The Great Mall of the GreatPlains image caption location Olathe, Kansas , United States USA opening date 1997 developer manager owner Great Olathe Center, LLC. number of anchors 5 floor ... Stephan last Roth title Two big anchors plan to go away from Great Mall url http www.bizjournals.com ..., 2002 accessdate 2007 08 01 ref the Great Mall currently features over 80 stores and restaurants. ref ... http www.glimcher.com controller r5i psm file view Great Mall LSsm.pdf?id 443 Bot retrieved archive ... more details
GreatPlains can be GreatPlains region in the central North America GreatPlains band , an American country music group GreatPlains , an American new wave music group GreatPlains Airlines , a defunct airline GreatPlains accounting software, now incorporated into Microsoft Dynamics GP GreatPlains Software redirects here, as it never had its own article See also Great Planes Model Manufacturing disambig ... more details
Refimprove date December 2009 Infobox lake lake name Great Salt Plains Lake image lake USACE Great Salt Plains Dam.jpg caption lake Aerial view of Great Salt Plains Lake Dam on the Salt Fork Arkansas River image bathymetry caption bathymetry location Alfalfa County, Oklahoma coords Coord 36 44 34.34 N 98 11 18.31 W region US type waterbody display inline,title type reservoir inflow outflow catchment basin countries United States length width area depth max depth volume residence time shore elevation islands cities Great Salt Plains Lake is a reservoir located within the Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma Alfalfa County , Oklahoma in the United States named because of the salt flats in the area and for the Salt Fork Arkansas River , which is dammed to form the lake. File Selenite Crystals.jpg thumb left Selenite crystals dug up from the lake bed. The lake was created in 1940 along with Ralstin Island which is home to heron, egret and ibis. ref name Fish Great Salt Plains Lake expands across convert 8690 acre km2 , has convert 41 mi km of waterfront and is shallow .... These crystals feature an hourglass inclusion which is unique to the Great Salt Plains. ref name Fish http www.fws.gov southwest refuges oklahoma saltplains selenite.html Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge , U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ref ref name DeHaan DeHaan, Vici, Great Salt Plains ... of Great Salt Plains Lake is Great Salt Plains State Park. Recreational opportunities at Great Salt Plains State Park include boating, camping, picnicking, swimming, hiking, mountain biking and exploring ... Reflist External links http www.travelok.com listings view.profile id.3202 Great Salt Plains Lake http www.travelok.com listings view.profile id.6588 Great Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge http www.travelok.com listings view.profile id.3204 Great Salt Plains State Park http www.travelok.com Great Salt Plains Lake Area Great Salt Plains Lake Area information, photos and video on TravelOK.com ... more details
Taxobox name GreatPlains Wolf image regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Mammal ia ordo Carnivora familia Canidae genus Canis species Gray Wolf C. lupus subspecies C. l. nubilus synonyms variabilis Wied Neuwied, 1841 ref MSW3 Wozencraft pages id 14000738 ref trinomial Canis lupus nubilus trinomial authority Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber Schreber , 1775 range map Present distribution of wolf subspecies grtplains.jpg range map width 270px range map caption GreatPlains wolf range The GreatPlains wolf Canis lupus nubilus , also known as the Buffalo wolf , is the most common subspecies of the gray wolf in the continental United States . It currently inhabits the western Great Lakes region of the United States and Canada . A typical GreatPlains wolf is between 4 and 6 feet long, from snout to tail, weighs from 60 to 110 pounds, and may have a coat of gray, black or buff with red ish coloring. Like all wolves , the GreatPlains wolf is a very social animal that communicates .... The territory size for the GreatPlains wolf depends on the type and density of prey. Typical prey for the GreatPlains wolf consists of white tailed deer, moose, beaver, snowshoe hare, and smaller birds and mammals . The historic range of the GreatPlains wolf was throughout the United States and the southern regions of Canada . By the 1930s, GreatPlains wolves were extirpated almost eliminated completely, in much of the western United States. In Wisconsin and Michigan, the GreatPlains ... along the Ontario border. In 1974, the GreatPlains wolf in the Great Lakes region became fully protected ... was reclassified as threatened in Minnesota. The GreatPlains wolf is found in the Eastern distinct ... Category Mammals of Canada Category Mammals of North America Wolf, GreatPlains carnivora stub fr Canis ... legislation to completely remove it from the endangered species list. The estimated population for GreatPlains wolves for 2004 in the United States was over 3,700 wolves. The population was distributed ... more details
Taxobox name GreatPlains Skink image Eumeces obsoletus1.jpg image width 200px status LC status system IUCN status system iucn3.1 regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Reptile Reptilia ordo Squamata familia Scincidae genus Eumeces species E. obsoletus binomial Eumeces obsoletus binomial authority Spencer Fullerton Baird Baird and Charles Fr d ric Girard Girard , 1852 synonyms Plestiodon obsoletus Citation needed date August 2008 The GreatPlains Skink Eumeces obsoletus is &mdash together with the Broad headed Skink &mdash the largest skink of the genus Eumeces . It reaches a length of 9 to 13 cm 3.5 to 5 inches from snout to vent or up to nearly 34 cm 13.5 in total length including the tail . This lizard is light gray or beige in color its dorsal scales have black or dark brown edges. The scales on the sides run diagonally. The belly is yellow. Juveniles are black with white sports on the lips and the head and have a blue or bluish tail. The GreatPlains Skink is very common on the GreatPlains , ranging from south eastern Wyoming and Nebraska and also Fremont County, Iowa down to eastern Arizona , Texas , and into Mexico . This skink lives in open plains habitat or the eastern foothills of the Rocky Mountains , in areas near water, e.g. irrigation ditches. In southeastern Colorado, it occurs in elevation up to about 1900 m 7200 ft in northern Colorado, only at elevations below about 1400 m 4500 ft . The mating season of the GreatPlains Skink is in April or May. The female lays between 5 and 32 eggs on the average about 12 in early summer, which she guards until they hatch in late summer. Notes Collins, J.T. 1993 Amphibians and reptiles in Kansas, 3 sup rd sup ed. University Press of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas ... Herpetology reptiles lizards greatplains skink.html Description of the GreatPlains Skink http ndis.nrel.colostate.edu ... eol 794680 DEFAULTSORT Skink, GreatPlains Category Great skinks GreatPlains Skink Category ... more details
Multiple issues cleanup January 2008 refimprove January 2008 The Museum of the GreatPlains is a history ... inhabiting the GreatPlains region beginning with the arrival of the Paleo Indians known as the Clovis ... of the GreatPlains region of North America in effort to increase knowledge and understanding of humankind . History The Museum of the GreatPlains evolved out of the Comanche County Historical Society ... of the GreatPlains an convert 18000 sqft m2 sing on building located in Elmer Thomas Park ... and a classroom. The http institutegreatplains.tripod.com Institute of the GreatPlains which also ... of the GreatPlains believes that only by looking at and presenting an honest, comprehensive view ... an appreciation for history in general as well as the particular history of the GreatPlains ... on the history of the GreatPlains. The Museum believes that successful educational programs ... of the first humans on the GreatPlains region at approximately 11,500 BCE. and carries ... and Horsemen, Traders and Trappers, Builders settlement on the GreatPlains , Plains Warriors ... External links http museumgreatplains.org Museum of the GreatPlains http www.travelok.com listings view.profile id.5236 Museum of the GreatPlains information, photos and video on TravelOK.com Official ... Of The GreatPlains Category American West museums in Oklahoma Category History museums in Oklahoma .... The museum is one of five partner museums in the Oklahoma Museum Network . Mission The Museum of the GreatPlains is dedicated to the collection, Preservation library and archival science preservation ..., education, and publishing functions to aid the museum in its programs. The Museum of the GreatPlains Trust Authority has become the governing board of the Museum and received 501 3 c status as an independent non profit entity in 1999. Interpretive philosophy, scope and themes The Museum of the GreatPlains believes knowledge of our past is powerful and transforming, prompting insight and discovery ... more details
Infobox CareerTech technology center GreatPlains Technology Center image GreatPlains Technology Center.jpg superintendent Jim Nisbett founded 1971 enrollment 1,192 2006 address 4500 West Lee Blvd. city Lawton, Oklahoma Lawton state Oklahoma zip 73505 website http www.greatplains.edu www.greatplains.edu GreatPlains Technology Center is a public career and technology education center that has campuses in Lawton, Oklahoma and Frederick, Oklahoma . It is part of the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education system. Student organizations Student Organizations play a vital roll is the success of Oklahoma s CareerTech students. CTSO s provide leadership and growth opportunities outside of the classroom. The National Technical Honor Society has an active chapter on this campus. See also Oklahoma Tech Prep List of school districts in Oklahoma List of private schools in Oklahoma List of colleges and universities in Oklahoma CareerTech Category Career and Technology Education in Oklahoma Category OK Cooperative Alliance ... more details
Summary logo fur Article GreatPlains Energy Use Infobox ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Used for Owner Website History Commentary OVERRIDE FIELDS Description Source Portion Low resolution Purpose Must be specified if Use is not Infobox Org Brand Product Replaceability other information GreatPlains Energy logo Licensing Non free logo History of Image Greatplains energy.gif 2007 04 24T04 44 31Z User Cydebot Cydebot User talk Cydebot Talk Special Contributions Cydebot contribs 76 bytes nowiki Robot Renaming non free template logo per Wikipedia Non free content templates . nowiki 2006 09 19T02 48 33Z User Americasroof Americasroof User talk Americasroof Talk Special Contributions Americasroof contribs nowiki GreatPlains Energy logo nowiki 2006 09 19T02 48 33Z User Americasroof Americasroof User talk Americasroof Talk Special Contributions Americasroof contribs 130x106 3993 bytes ... more details
Infobox Company name GreatPlains Energy Incorporated logo Image Greatplains energy.png type Public company Public nyse GXP genre foundation 1882 founder Edwin Ruthven Weeks, Joseph S. Chick, L.R. Moore, William Holmes location city Kansas City, Missouri location country United States location locations area served key people Michael J. Chesser CEO Chairman , William H. Downey President COO industry Electric utility products services revenue United States dollar US 2.675 Billion 2006 operating income United States dollar US 235.42 Million 2006 net income United States dollar US 127.63 Million 2006 owner num employees parent divisions subsid Kansas City Power & Light , KLT Inc. BR Innovative Energy Consultants Inc. IEC BR GreatPlains Energy Services Incorporated slogan homepage http www.greatplainsenergy.com greatplainsenergy.com footnotes intl GreatPlains Energy Incorporated NYSE GXP is a holding company based in Kansas City, Missouri that owns electric utility Kansas City Power and Light Company and Strategic Energy, LLC, an energy management company. KCP&L established the holding company on October 1, 2001. In 2006 , it ranked 667 on the Fortune 1000 list and 41 on the Fortune Gas & Electrics list. http money.cnn.com magazines fortune fortune500 snapshots 1839.html Acquired Aquila, Inc. in July, 2008. ref http www.greatplainsenergy.com investor nr july14 08.pdf Aquila Acquisition ref References Reflist http www.fundinguniverse.com company histories GreatPlains Energy Incorporated Company History.html International Directory of Company Histories, Vol. 65. St. James Press, 2004 External links http www.greatplainsenergy.com Official page http finance.yahoo.com q pr?s gxp Finance yahoo profile Category Power companies of the United States Category Companies based in Kansas City, Missouri ... more details
GreatPlains State Park is a convert 487 acre km2 adj on List of Oklahoma state parks Oklahoma state park located in Kiowa County, Oklahoma Kiowa County , Oklahoma . It is located near the city of Mountain Park, Oklahoma . Located south of Hobart off Hwy 183, GreatPlains State Park is nestled between the Wichita Mountains and the Tom Steed Reservoir . The area offers water sports, boating, boat ramps, camping, RV parking, swimming beach, playground, picnic areas, cycling, mountain biking and hiking trails. The campground spans approximately convert 460 acre km2 of park land with 56 RV hookups and 30 tent sites. RV sites consist of 14 modern water, sewer, and electric sites and 42 semi modern sites with water and electric. Located on the shores of Tom Steed Reservoir, a large lake with convert 31 mi km of shoreline. External links http www.travelok.com listings view.profile id.3201 GreatPlains State Park coord 34 46 37 N 98 59 03 W display title Protected Areas of Oklahoma Category Oklahoma state parks Category Kiowa County, Oklahoma Oklahoma geo stub Oklahoma protected area stub ... more details
Image GPAClogo.PNG right 200px The GreatPlains Athletic Conference or GPAC is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics NAIA . Member institutions are located in Iowa , Nebraska and South Dakota . The conference was originally founded in 1969 as the Nebraska Intercollegiate Athletic Conference , later becoming the Nebraska Iowa Athletic Conference 1992 before being renamed the GreatPlains Athletic Conference 2000 . Members and year joined Image GPAC USA states.PNG right 250px Briar Cliff University Chargers 2002 Concordia University, Nebraska Bulldogs 1969 Dakota Wesleyan University Tigers 2000 Doane College Tigers 1969 Dordt College Defenders 2000 Hastings College Broncos 1969 Midland University Warriors 1969 Morningside College Mustangs 2003 Mount Marty College 2000 Lancers no football Nebraska Wesleyan University Prairie Wolves 1969 is also an National Collegiate Athletic Association NCAA Division III NCAA Division III member in certain sports Northwestern College Iowa Northwestern College Red Raiders 1992 University of Sioux Falls Cougars 2000 Sponsored sports The GPAC sponsors intercollegiate competition in men s baseball , men s and women s basketball , men s and women s cross country running cross country , men s American football football , men s and women s golf , men s and women s soccer , women s softball , men s and women s tennis , men s and women s indoor track and field , men s and women s outdoor track and field , and women s volleyball . As of the 2006 2007 season wrestling became an official conference sport. History http www.gpacsports.com f About the GreatPlains Athletic Conference.php History ... Conference . The NIAC was transformed into the GreatPlains Athletic Conference GPAC in 2000 ... links http www.gpacsports.com GPAC Web site GreatPlains Athletic Conference NAIA Conferences Category GreatPlains Athletic Conference Category NAIA conferences Category 2000 establishments in the United ... more details
Orphan date September 2010 The GreatPlains Conservation Program GPCP , initiated in 1957, provided cost share and technical assistance to apply conservation on entire farms in 10 GreatPlains states from the Dakotas and Montana to Texas and New Mexico. Contracts were limited to 35,000. At the end of 1995, over 6,800 farms in 558 counties with convert 20 e6acre km2 were participating. It was replaced by the Environmental Quality Incentives Program EQIP in the 1996 farm bill P.L. 104 127 . References CRS article Report for Congress Agriculture A Glossary of Terms, Programs, and Laws, 2005 Edition url http ncseonline.org nle crsreports 05jun 97 905.pdf author Jasper Womach Category United States Department of Agriculture Category Conservation in the United States ... more details
The GreatPlains Shelterbelt was a project to create windbreak s in the GreatPlains states of the United States , and was launched in 1934. President of the United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt initiated the project in response to the severe dust storm s of the Dust Bowl , which resulted in significant soil erosion and drought . The United States Forest Service believed that planting trees on the perimeters of farms would reduce wind velocity and lessen evaporation of moisture from the soil. The GreatPlains Shelterbelt was allowed under the 1924 Clarke McNary Act , and was carried out by the Works Projects Administration WPA . By 1942, 30,233 shelterbelts had been planted, which contained 220 million trees and stretched for convert 18600 mi km . ref cite web first R. Douglas last Hurt title Forestry on the GreatPlains, 1902 1942 url http www personal.ksu.edu jsherow hurt2.htm publisher Kansas State University accessdate 2009 09 21 ref See also Portal Sustainable development Div col cols 3 Aerially Delivered Re vegetation and Erosion Control System Afforestation Agroforestry Buffer strip Desert rose project Desertification Ecological engineering Ecological engineering methods Ecotechnology Energy efficient landscaping Great Plan for the Transformation of Nature Hedge Human ecology Macro engineering Proposed sahara forest project Sand fence Sustainable agriculture Windbreak Div col end References Reflist 1 Category Works Progress Administration Category Conservation projects ... more details
Image GreatPlains Dornier 328 Jet.jpg thumb A now defunct GreatPlains Airlines jet. GreatPlains Airlines was a regional airline headquartered out of Tulsa, Oklahoma Tulsa , Oklahoma , United States . ref name usa today 2 The airline was founded in 2001 a mix of tax credits and government loans totaling 27 million ref name usa today 1 cite news url http www.usatoday.com travel news 2006 06 22 greatplains sale x.htm title GreatPlains Airlines equipment sold at auction publisher USA Today date 22 June 2006 accessdate 5 October 2010 ref and expanded rapidly, filing with the Air Transportation Stabilization Board for a guarantee of 17 million from a 25 million loan, though this was rejected, as the Board deemed the airlines business plan to be too risky. ref name usa today 2 cite news url http www.usatoday.com travel news 2003 08 22 greatplains dc.htm title GreatPlains Airlines announces three new markets publisher USA Today date 22 August 2003 accessdate 5 October 2010 ref The airline filed for bankruptcy and ceased operations in 2004 after attempts to secure additional financing and investment were unsuccessful. ref name usa today 1 After it ceased operations, the airlines five aircraft were repossessed by creditors and other property was auctioned. ref name usa today 1 The airline s foundation was based upon giving Oklahoma non stop flights to a number of destinations, ultimately to business centers on the east and west coasts. ref name usa today 2 To assist in starting the airline, the operating certificate was purchased from Ozark Airlines, an airline not related to the original ... ?tag content col1 title GreatPlains Airlines offers OKC service to Albuquerque publisher BNET ... cite web url http www.thefreelibrary.com GreatPlains Airlines Adds Nonstop Routes to and from Austin. a096249281 title GreatPlains Airlines Adds Nonstop Routes to and from Austin. publisher The Free ..., Destinations Via GreatPlains Airlines publisher Hispania News accessdate 5 Octoober 2010 ref Nashville ... more details
Infobox Museum name GreatPlains Transportation Museum image established location 700 E. Douglas br Wichita KS 67202 type railroad museum visitors director curator website http www.gptm.us coord 37 41 11 N 97 19 47 W type landmark display title Image gptm1.jpg thumb right 360px Santa Fe steam and diesel locomotives on display at the grounds of the GreatPlains Transportation Museum. The GreatPlains Transportation Museum is a railway museum railroad museum in Wichita, Kansas Wichita , Kansas . Collection The museum s collection includes 6 locomotives and several pieces of rolling stock used on freight and passenger trains. Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 4 8 4 steam locomotive 3768. Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway EMD FP45 diesel locomotive 93. Burlington Northern Railroad EMD NW2 diesel locomotive 421 Ex St. Louis San Francisco Railway 261 Various other diesel locomotives An electric locomotive A drover s car A tank car Maintenance of way equipment A Postal storage car A heavyweight baggage car Various types of cabooses External links http atsf.railfan.net atsfpres atsf3768.html ATSF 4 8 4 3768 info at the Santa Fe Subjects site By Evan Werkema http trainweb.org jfuhrtrain SF93.htm Photos and history on FP45 93 By Jim Fuhrman References http www.gptm.us GreatPlains Transportation Museum Website Category Railroad museums in Kansas Category Museums in Wichita, Kansas US rail museum stub ... more details
Taxobox name GreatPlains Toad status LC status system IUCN3.1 trend down image Bufo cognatus1.jpg image width 250px regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Amphibian Amphibia ordo Frog Anura familia True toad Bufonidae genus Bufo species B. cognatus binomial Bufo cognatus binomial authority Thomas Say Say , 1823 The GreatPlains Toad Bufo cognatus is a relatively large species of toad . It ranges from southern Alberta , throughout the western United States , and into northern Mexico . The greatplains toad is grey , brown , and green in color, with darker colored blotching. It can grow to anywhere between convert 2 and 4.5 in cm abbr on in length. Its primary diet nutrition diet is various species of cutworm s. It prefers grassland habitat with loose soil that is easy to burrow in. Breeding occurs throughout the spring and summer months, most often immediately after heavy rainfall. In dry areas it may only emerge from its burrow for a few weeks when conditions are right, and only at night, but in areas with permanent water bodies and abundant rain it may be active all day. ref Grismer, L. L. 2002 . Amphibians and Reptiles of Baja California . Los Angeles University of California Press, 69. ref It has a very loud, harsh mating call. The toad is predated by the Plains Garter Snake Thamnophis radix . It uses chemoreceptors to sense chemical cues left by the snake. References aut Pauly, G. B., D. M. Hillis, and D. C. Cannatella. 2004 The history of a Nearctic colonization Molecular phylogenetics and biogeography of the Nearctic toads Bufo . Evolution 58 2517 2535. IUCN2006 assessors Hammerson & Santos Barrera year 2004 id 54612 title Bufo cognatus downloaded 12 May 2006 Database entry includes a range map and justification for why this species is of least concern http www.zo.utexas.edu research txherps frogs bufo.cognatus.html Herps of Texas Bufo cognatus references ... GreatPlains Bufonidae stub ca Bufo cognatus fr Anaxyrus cognatus nl Anaxyrus cognatus ... more details
Infobox zoo zoo name GreatPlains Zoo & Delbridge Museum logo logo caption image GreatPlains Zoo.jpg image caption The entrance to the GreatPlains Zoo and Delbridge Museum. location Sioux Falls, South Dakota Sioux Falls , South Dakota date opened 30 June 1963 ref name city data date closed coordinates coord 43.5373805 96.7648048 type landmark display inline,title area num species 156 ref name siouxfallsparks num animals 850 ref name zoo main largest tank vol total tank vol annual visitors 220,000 ref name sdpb members Association of Zoos and Aquariums AZA ref name aza list exhibits website http www.gpzoo.org The GreatPlains Zoo is a convert 45 acre ha sing on zoo located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota , United States . The Delbridge Museum is included in the zoo entrance fee, and houses a collection of 150 mounted animals including 36 vanishing species. ref name siouxfallsparks The GreatPlains Zoo is accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums AZA . History South Dakota Senator Richard F. Pettigrew had a few animal specimens housed for viewing in local parks from the 1880s through the 1930s, when the Sioux Fall Parks System assumed responsibility and placed additional animals ..., and helped develop the GreatPlains Zoo, which opened its doors to the public on 30 June 1963 ... GreatPlains Zoo & Delbridge Museum work gpzoo.org publisher GreatPlains Zoo accessdate 8 May 2010 ... Rides & Attractions work gpzoo.org publisher GreatPlains Zoo accessdate 8 May 2010 ref ref name siouxfallsparks cite web url http www.siouxfallsparks.org ContactUs misc zoo.aspx title GreatPlains Zoo ... ref ref name city data cite web url http www.city data.com articles GreatPlains Zoo in Sioux Falls.html title GreatPlains Zoo in Sioux Falls, South Dakota work city data.com publisher City Data.com ... Plains Exhibit. The Delbridge Museum of Natural History was added to the zoo in 1984 through the donation ... Canyon, the Primate Complex, the North American Plains exhibit, the Wild Dogs of America exhibit ... more details
The GreatPlains Coliseum is a 3,000 seat multi purpose arena in Lawton, Oklahoma , United States USA . It hosts local sporting events and concerts. It is home to the Lawton Fort Sill Cavalry , who started play in 2007 as the Oklahoma Cavalry. External links http www.gpcoliseum.com Arena website start succession box title Home of the Oklahoma Cavalry Lawton Fort Sill Cavalry years 2007 &ndash present before Cox Convention Center after Current end PBL Arenas Oklahoma stadium stub coord 34.5991 N 98.4189 W display title Category Sports venues in Oklahoma Category Indoor arenas in the United States Category Lawton, Oklahoma ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Cleanup date January 2010 The GreatPlains Comedy Festival is a comedy festival held each July in Saskatoon , Saskatchewan . It is the largest festival of its kind in the world Citation needed date July 2008 . It began in 2002 as a three day bar gig event with shows at The Overdrive Nightclub, The Longbranch Country and Western Bar and The Sutherland Hotel. The festival has since grown, attracting bigger names and bigger venues. Emo Philips headlined an event at Saskatoon s Castle Theatre in 2006 and Bob Levy best known for his appearances on The Howard Stern Show headlined The Odeon Events Centre in 2007. The festival has also attracted big name sponsors. The Potash Corp came on board in 2007 to sponsor The Potash Corp All Star Comedy Jam, an event in The Adam Ballroom in Saskatoon s historic Delta Bessborough Hotel. The event is a clean comedy show for all ages and has sold out both years it has taken place. Even The Grey Cup Champion Saskatchewan Roughriders have become involved in the festival s success. Comedians from around the world also gather at The GreatPlains Comedy Festival. For example, Emo Philips , Bob Levy , Iliza Shlesinger , Rosie Tran , Shuli , Janet Williams , have all attended the festival. Many of the famous names are brought into town to host the gala evening events as well as headline showcase performances. In July 2008, The GreatPlains Comedy Festival celebrated its 7th edition. References Wendy Gillis, The Saskatoon Star Phoenix, Published June 30, 2008 Joanne Paulsen, The Saskatoon Star Phoenix, Published June 30, 2006 http www.whattodoinsaskatoon.com festivals.htm External links http www.greatplainscomedyfestival.com Official site Category Canadian comedy festivals Category Festivals in Saskatchewan ... more details
with the University of Saskatchewan and University of Regina . Campuses GreatPlains College ... GreatPlains College president who announced in June 2010 he would be moving to Brandon, Manitoba ... March 4, 2008 their intention to merge the two institutions into a new college to be called GreatPlains College. ref name merger http www.cypresshillscollege.sk.ca news.php?newsid 30 Cypress Hills ... more details
The GreatPlains Art Museum is a fine art s museum dedicated to the arts of the GreatPlains ref name CGPS cite web url http www.unl.edu plains index.shtml title The Center for GreatPlains Studies author University of Nebraska Lincoln format html quote A region with highly variable weather set against grassy, rolling land, the GreatPlains stretches westward from the Missouri River at Omaha, Nebraska Omaha and Kansas City, Missouri Kansas City to the Rocky Mountains , and northward from the Texas Panhandle into the Canadian Prairies Canadian Prairie Provinces . The region invites inquiry into the relationships between the environment and the cultures brought to it by its various inhabitants, as well as the implications of these relationships for the future. ref in the United States . The Museum, which opened in 1981 at the University of Nebraska Lincoln , ref name Museum cite web url http www.unl.edu plains gallery gallery.shtml title GreatPlains Art Museum quote The Christlieb Collection consists of approximately 170 bronze sculpture s, 140 painting s and drawing s, 100 other works on paper and several hundred Photography photographs . The library donated by the Christliebs is an impressive 4,000 volumes, which consists of several Western fiction Western novels and many other fiction and nonfiction books about the Western United States West and the GreatPlains . ref was founded with the Christlieb Collection sculpture s, painting s, drawing s, photograph s and library , donated by John and Elizabeth Christlieb of Bellevue, Nebraska . The Christlieb Collection includes works by Albert Bierstadt , William de la Montagne Cary , ref name MontagneCary cite web url http www.wildlifeart.org ... Jackson Pollock , Norman Rockwell , Grant Wood and others. The GreatPlains Art Museum is part of the Center for GreatPlains Studies ref name CGPS at the University of Nebraska Lincoln . Exhibits are typically ... http www.unl.edu plains gallery gallery.shtml The GreatPlains Art Museum. coord missing Nebraska ... more details
refimprove date September 2010 Infobox Military Conflict conflict The Battle of the GreatPlains partof Second Punic War image Image Battles second punic war.png 300px date 203 BC place Near Utica, North Africa result Roman victory combatant1 Roman Republic combatant2 Carthage commander1 Scipio Africanus br Masinissa br Gaius Laelius commander2 Hasdrubal Gisco br Syphax strength1 26,000 strength2 30,000 casualties1 2,800 casualties2 21,000 killed 6,000 more captured Campaignbox Second Punic War The Battle of the Greatplains also known as Battle of Campi Magni , Battle of Bagrades was a battle fought between Scipio Africanus of Rome and a combined Carthaginian and Numidia n army late in the Second Punic War , designed as Feint diversionary tactic by Rome to disrupt Hannibal Hannibal s attack on Italy . By defeating the Carthaginians, Scipio Africanus caused Hannibal to leave Italy and return to Africa, where he was later defeated at the battle of Zama . Prelude Hasdrubal and Syphax had both succeeded in escaping from their camps which the Roman general Scipio Africanus , and his Numidian allies Masinissa and Laelius had destroyed. Hasdrubal and Syphax fell back, with a few followers who had also escaped the massacre at the Carthaginian camps. The arrival of four thousand mercenaries from Southern Iberia made the Carthaginians determined to make one more effort to stop the armies of Scipio Africanus from advancing across North Africa. New levies were raised in Carthage and in Numidia, and soon Hasdrubal and Syphax found themselves at the head of an army of 30,000 men. In 203 ... to meet Hasdrubal and Syphax at a place called the GreatPlains. Battle The battle was fought between ... 294 298 ISBN 978 0 3043 6642 2 Punic Wars navbox coord missing DEFAULTSORT Battle Of The GreatPlains Category Battles of the Second Punic War GreatPlains Category History of Numidia Category 203 BC GreatPlains, Battle of the Category Military history of Tunisia ca Batalla de les grans planes de ... more details
Refimprove date September 2008 Infobox musical artist See Wikipedia WikiProject Musicians Name GreatPlains Img Great Plains.jpg Img capt GreatPlains, 1991. Img size Only for images narrower than 220 pixels Landscape Background group or band Alias Origin Genre Country music Country Years active 1987 1996 Label Columbia Records Columbia br Magnatone Associated acts URL Past members Jack Sundrud br Russ Pahl br Denny Dadmun Bixby br Michael Young br Lex Browning GreatPlains was a Progressive music progressive Country music country Pop music pop band that formed in 1987. The band comprised Jack Sundrud currently of Poco , Russ Pahl, Denny Dadmun Bixby, Michael Young, and Lex Browning. In their career, they recorded two studio albums and had four singles enter the Billboard magazine Billboard country charts. Their highest charting single, Faster Gun , peaked at 41. Early days The band began with Jack Sundrud, Russ Pahl and Michael Young, who were all working in Michael Johnson singer Michael Johnson s Bluer Than Blue backup band. Sundrud was a seasoned professional, having toured with various acts such as Poco , Nicolette Larson and Allman Brothers guitarist Dickie Betts . Brent Maher was producing Johnson and was looking for a new band to produce. Maher liked the sound of Michael Johnson s backup band. Sundrud was playing bass at the time, so Maher asked Austin Cunningham to join the band in the studio to do some experimentation. The band recorded a few tracks, mostly Cunningham ... of the GreatPlains project for a year. Record deal The band finished the recording in 1991, showcased ... McReady and Caryl Mack Parker. Another chance Sundrud and Bixby decided to make GreatPlains a band ... and Tia Sillers, but they dropped the band the day after the single was released. GreatPlains played ... Year Album details 1991 GreatPlains small Released October 22, 1991 Label Columbia Records small ... center rowspan 3 GreatPlains rowspan 2 1992 Faster Gun align center 41 align center 42 Iola align ... more details
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