Download or read book Wisconsin Land and Life written by Robert Clifford Ostergren and published by Univ of Wisconsin Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rolling green hills dotted with Holstein cows, red barns, and blue silos. The Great Lakes ports at Superior, Ashland, and Kenosha. A Polish wedding dance or a German biergarten in Milwaukee. The dappled quiet of the Chequamagon forest. A weatherbeaten but tidy town hall at the intersection of two county trunk highways. Ojibwa families gathering wild rice into canoes. The boat ride through the Dells. The upland ridges of the Driftless Area, falling away into hidden valleys. . . . These are images of Wisconsin's land and life, images that evoke a strong sense of place. This book, Wisconsin Land and Life, is an exploration of place, a series of original essays by Wisconsin geographers that offers an introduction to the state's natural environment, the historical processes of its human habitation, and the ways that nature and people interact to create distinct regional landscapes. To read it is to come away with a sweeping view of Wisconsin's geography and history: the glaciers that carved lakes and moraines; the soils and climate that fostered the prairies and great northern pine forests; the early Native Americans who began to shape the landscape and who established forest trails and river portages; the successive waves of Europeans who came to trade in furs, mine for lead and iron, cut the white pines, establish farms, work in the lumber and paper mills, and transform spent wheatfields into pasture for dairy cattle. Readers will learn, too, about the platting and naming of Wisconsin's towns, the establishment of county and township governments, the growth of urban neighborhoods and parishes, the role of rivers, railroads, and religion in shaping the state's growth, and the controversial reforestation of the cutover lands that eventually transformed hardscrabble farms and swamps into a sportsman's paradise. Abundantly illustrated with photos and maps, this book will richly reward anyone who wishes to learn more about the land and life of the place we know as Wisconsin.

Download or read book Learning from the Land written by Bobbie Malone and published by Wisconsin Historical Society. This book was released on 2011 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How has the landscape of Wisconsin affected its history? How have people living here changed that landscape over time? What are the implications for the future? The second edition of Learning from the Land addresses these and other questions, asking elementary and middle school readers to think about land use issues throughout Wisconsin's history. This revised edition includes expanded chapters on logging and the lumber industry, land use and planning, and agriculture in the 20th century from farmers' markets to organic farming. New profiles of Gaylord Nelson, pioneer of Earth Day, and Will Allen, founder of Growing Power in Milwaukee, round out this history of land use in Wisconsin.

Download or read book The Use of Wisconsin Land written by John S. Bordner and published by . This book was released on 1936 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Land Economic Inventory of the State of Wisconsin Waukesha Racine and Kenosha Counties written by Wisconsin. Division of Land Economic Inventory and published by . This book was released on 1936 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Citizens Guide to Land Use in Wisconsin written by 1000 Friends of Wisconsin. Land Use Institute and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Wisconsin s Land written by Wisconsin. State Land Use Committee and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Wiser Use of Wisconsin Land written by University of Wisconsin. Extension Service and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Inventory of Wisconsin Land Resources Data written by Kent S. Butler and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Wisconsin Land Inventory general Cover and Land Cover Maps for Wisconsin Counties written by Wisconsin. Division of Land Economic Inventory and published by . This book was released on 1936 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Land Economic Inventory of the State of Wisconsin Juneau County written by Wisconsin. Division of Land Economic Inventory and published by . This book was released on 1934 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book A Summary Report written by Wisconsin Land Records Committee and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Land Use in Wisconsin written by and published by . This book was released on 1963* with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Land Economic Inventory of Northern Wisconsin written by John S. Bordner and published by . This book was released on 1931 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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