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The Loess Hills –
The Result of Doing Nothing
Stan Buman
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Talbot Loess Hills, NW of Sioux City
Photos courtesy of Shimek Photograph Collection, Departments of Geoscience and Biological Sciences, University of Iowa.
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Hills near Sioux City, almost treeless
Photos courtesy of Shimek Photograph Collection, Departments of Geoscience and Biological Sciences, University of Iowa.
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Hills Above Sioux City
Photos courtesy of Shimek Photograph Collection, Departments of Geoscience and Biological Sciences, University of Iowa.
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Prairie in Section 27, T84N, R44W
Looking SE at exposed slopes
Shimek, prior to 1908 Buman 2006
Stan Buman
Photos courtesy of Shimek Photograph Collection, Departments of Geoscience and Biological Sciences, University of Iowa.
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Looking N along bluffs above cut NNW of Grant Center, IA
Shimek, Nov. 21, 1908 Buman 2006
Stan Buman
Photos courtesy of Shimek Photograph Collection, Departments of Geoscience and Biological Sciences, University of Iowa.
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Loess Ridges North of Turin, looking South
Shimek, prior to 1908 Buman 2006
Stan Buman
Photos courtesy of Shimek Photograph Collection, Departments of Geoscience and Biological Sciences, University of Iowa.
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Murray Hill
Shimek early 1900’s Buman 2006
Stan Buman
Photos courtesy of Shimek Photograph Collection, Departments of Geoscience and Biological Sciences, University of Iowa.
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Murray Hill (saturated colors to bring out vegetation differences) Buman 2006
Stan Buman
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Pisgah, IA looking South
Shimek, prior to 1908 Buman 2006
Stan Buman
Photos courtesy of Shimek Photograph Collection, Departments of Geoscience and Biological Sciences, University of Iowa.
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Just N of entrance to Snyder's Hollow Missouri Valley, IA
Shimek, early 1900’s Buman 2006
Stan Buman
Photos courtesy of Shimek Photograph Collection, Departments of Geoscience and Biological Sciences, University of Iowa.
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NE 1/4, Sec. 11, T75N, R44W (Lake Twp., Pottawattamie County)
Adjacent to the Chicago and North Western RR north of Council Bluffs
Morrill 1952 Buman 2006
Stan Buman
John Barstow Morrill Jr. – 1953 Thesis on Prairie Species on the Missouri River Bluffs of Western Iowa
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NE 1/4, Sec. 11, T75N R44W
(Lake Twp., Pottawattamie County)
Adjacent to the Chicago and North Western RR north
of Council Bluffs
Morrill 1952 Buman 2006
Stan Buman
John Barstow Morrill Jr. – 1953 Thesis on Prairie Species on the Missouri River Bluffs of Western Iowa
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Sec. 27, N74N, R43W (Lewis East Twp., Pottawattamie County)
Contiguous to US Hwy 275 south of Council Bluffs
Morrill 1952 Buman 2006
Stan Buman
John Barstow Morrill Jr. – 1953 Thesis on Prairie Species on the Missouri River Bluffs of Western Iowa
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NE 1/4, Sec. 22, T72N, R43W (Glenwood Twp. Mills County)
View looking N from flood plain toward station 13; Located SW of Glenwood by HWY 34
Morrill 1952 Buman 2006
John Barstow Morrill Jr. – 1953 Thesis on Prairie Species on the Missouri River Bluffs of Western Iowa
Stan Buman
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SE 1/4, Sec. 24, T69N, R43W (Sidney west Twp., Fremont County)
West slope above station 15; South of Possum Creek by IA County Trunk K
Morrill 1952 Buman 2006
John Barstow Morrill Jr. – 1953 Thesis on Prairie Species on the Missouri River Bluffs of Western Iowa
Stan Buman
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SE 1/4, Sec. 24, T69N, R43W (Sidney west Twp., Fremont County)
West slope above station 15 showing gullies occupied by trees
Morrill 1952 Buman 2006
Stan Buman
John Barstow Morrill Jr. – 1953 Thesis on Prairie Species on the Missouri River Bluffs of Western Iowa
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Loess, along loess ridge, timber in sheltered valleys
N. of Hamburg, IA
Shimek early 1900’s Buman 2006
Stan Buman
Photos courtesy of Shimek Photograph Collection, Departments of Geoscience and Biological Sciences, University of Iowa.
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Looking S. from 1st ridge N. of 220th (+Unio???) point, Hamburg, IA
Shimek, early 1900’s Buman 2006
Stan Buman
Photos courtesy of Shimek Photograph Collection, Departments of Geoscience and Biological Sciences, University of Iowa.
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Photo Contributors
• John Barstow Morrill Jr.– 1953 Thesis on Prairie Flora on the Missouri
River Bluffs of Western Iowa
• The Departments of Geoscience and Biological Sciences @ the University of IA - the Shimek Photographic Collection
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Financial Contributors
• North American Nature Photography Association – Philip Hyde Grant
• Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation
• Agren, Inc.