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Table of Contents NATURAL SCIENCES Abundance and Distribution of Lesser Snow and Ross’s Geese in the Rainwater Basin and Central Platte River Valley of Nebraska Mark P. Vrtiska and Susan Sullivan. . .. 147 Predicting Lesser Scaup Wetland Use during Spring Migration in Eastern South Dakota Sharon N. Kahara and Steven R. Chipps. . .. . 157 A Taxonomic Study of Populations of Tiger Beetles in the Cicindela longilabris Complex from the Black Hills of South Dakota S.M. Spomer. . .. . 169 The Grasshoppers Arphia xanthoptera and Dichromorpha viridis Prefer Introduced Smooth Brome over other Grasses Sean D. Whipple, Mathew L. Brust, W. Wyatt Hoback, and Kerri M. Farnsworth-Hoback. . .. . 179 Analysis of Aquifer Depletion Criteria with Implications for Groundwater Management Jesse T. Korus and Mark E. Burbach. . .. . 187 SOCIAL SCIENCES Redefining the Dust Bowl Region Via Popular Perception and Geotechnology Jess C. Porter and G. Allen Finchum. . .. . 201 Tourist Attitudes toward Elk Management in the Pine Ridge Region of Northwestern Nebraska R. Daniel Crank, Scott E. Hygnstrom, and Scott R. Groepper. . .. . 215 Long-Term Agricultural Land-Use Trends in Nebraska, 1866-2007 Tim L. Hiller, Larkin A. Powell, Tim D. McCoy, and Jeffrey J. Lusk. . .. . 225 BOOK REVIEWS. . .. . 239 NEWS AND NOTES. . .. . 260 ANNUAL INDEX. . .. . 26