... of the Great Plains The Great Plains consists of miles and miles of sloping hills, a few trees, shrubs, and short grasses. Not very many trees inhabit these lands but far more today than 50 years ago. As time has passed, ... animal-based, and urban-based) and a combination of fluctuations in the natural environment and changes in human social systems at varying scales" (Bowden 1977). Although desertification proves to be no immediate threat, there is an agricultural revolution underway which will be accelerated if needed. "If future stress is reduced both by the increases in farm ... pa...

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... hardships and obstacles that would require ingenuity, resilience, and humility. Those who remained in the drought regions were forced to endure severe dust storms and their health effects, diminished incomes, animal infestations, and the physical and emotional stress over their uncertain futures. For those who stayed life was harsh, to cope with -and then recover from- the drought, people relied on ... move to a better place, happiness was not as reachable as they believed. In his famous novel The Gapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck describes the hardships a family undergoes when leaving the...

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