#greatplains — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #greatplains, aggregated by home.social.
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💁🏻♀️ TIL: 🌲🌰 #Smithsonian curators offer five ways to see the #USA through #nature instead of state lines.
Pine cones reveal the country’s #biomes, ammonite #fossils from #SouthDakota prove an ancient sea once covered the #GreatPlains, #shorebirds time #migration with #horseshoecrab #eggs, and the American #shad’s journey has shaped #Pamunkey culture for 12,000 years.
#ecology #geology #migration #pine #ammonites #salamanders #chesapeakebay #appalachianmountains #delawarebay #naturalhistory #wildlife #history #science #nature #maps
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💁🏻♀️ TIL: 🌲🌰 #Smithsonian curators offer five ways to see the #USA through #nature instead of state lines.
Pine cones reveal the country’s #biomes, ammonite #fossils from #SouthDakota prove an ancient sea once covered the #GreatPlains, #shorebirds time #migration with #horseshoecrab #eggs, and the American #shad’s journey has shaped #Pamunkey culture for 12,000 years.
#ecology #geology #migration #pine #ammonites #salamanders #chesapeakebay #appalachianmountains #delawarebay #naturalhistory #wildlife #history #science #nature #maps
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Hype for the Future 180B → City of Wichita, Kansas
Introduction The City of Wichita is a city in and the county seat of Sedgwick County, Kansas, as well as the largest city in the State of Kansas. Only one (1) county is larger by population--Johnson County, home to the suburban City of Olathe. The community is known historically as an agricultural crossroads conveniently located near the "dry line" of the Great Plains region of the United States, with areas to the east generally culturally similar to the Great Lakes, Ozarks, and Upland […] -
Hype for the Future 79F: Is North Dakota a Real State?
Introduction Even though the State of North Dakota has defined itself as an official state in the United States as of 2012, the State of North Dakota had not been defined as such within the state constitution prior, unlike the neighboring State of South Dakota. Without a large number of independent services of features in such a rural state, is the State of North Dakota legitimately worthy of being considered a “State?” Valid Claims The State of North Dakota is ranked fourth in terms […]https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/01/18/hype-for-the-future-79f-is-north-dakota-a-real-state/
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Dozens of #bison from a mountain park outside #Denver were transferred Wednesday to several #tribes from across the #GreatPlains , in the latest example of #NativeAmericans #reclaiming #stewardship over #animals their #ancestors lived alongside for millennia.
Following #ceremonial drumming and singing and an #acknowledgement of the tribes that once occupied the surrounding landscape, the bison were loaded onto trucks for #relocation to #TribalLands .