Middle Ground

A patchburn of essays about fire in the Great Plains, loosely defined, with Texas included as a separate firescape. Unlinked pieces are presently out for review. A couple of essays are yet to come.  And I hope to include maps and photos before too long…

These once-conflagrated prairies: a prolegomenon to fire on the Great Plains

Placing the Plains

• The fixed and the fluid
• Grass: a meditation
• Seasons of burning: prairie fire in American culture

Northern Plains

• Sandhills
• The Nebraska
• Niobrara
• Central Loess Hills
• Prairie potholes [future contribution]
• Ecotone (Wind Cave National Park)

Central Plains

• Flint Hills [future contribution]

Southern Plains

• Patch burning (Oklahoma)
• Wichita Mountains
• Texas Takes on Fire [a mini-suite]

Outliers

• People of the prairie, people of the fire (Illinois)
• The Blackened Hills
• Missouri Compromise

The Great Plains between two fires