Great Plains Are Great, Not Plain : The Picture Show By Claire O'NeillI'll admit it: I haven't done much traveling in the areas west of the Mississippi and east of California.

Lost and Found Again: Photos of African-Americans on the Plains What would otherwise be a local-interest story became a snapshot of history integral to the American experience ...

For almost 10 years, the Great Plains became a desert wasteland. During the 1930s, after an intensive period of over-farming, dust storms regularly wreaked havoc, blanketing towns and farms in ...

Trees have been encroaching on the Great Plains, shrinking grazing acres and contributing to an increase in wildfires. But private landowners are working to restore grasslands with controlled burns.