Science in Practice Portal

This section presents some general background information regarding the purpose of this project, the deliverables required by contract YA-553-CTI-1 089, and the work schedule and personnel involved in gathering and reporting the required information. It also includes definitions of the western and central North Dakota study region and individual study areas within it. The natural setting is discussed briefly, followed by a sketch of current knowledge of Holocene paleoclimate in the Northern Plains. The paleoclimatic information should aid in understanding the potential range of natural settings, and hence land use potentials, through the entire period of human adaptation to the study region.