1. The Result of Doing Nothing
The Loess Hills –
The Result of Doing Nothing
Stan Buman

2. Talbot Loess Hills, NW of Sioux City
Photos courtesy of Shimek Photograph Collection, Departments of Geoscience and Biological Sciences, University of Iowa.

3. Hills near Sioux City, almost treeless
Photos courtesy of Shimek Photograph Collection, Departments of Geoscience and Biological Sciences, University of Iowa.

4. Hills Above Sioux City
Photos courtesy of Shimek Photograph Collection, Departments of Geoscience and Biological Sciences, University of Iowa.

5. Prairie in Section 27, T84N, R44W Looking SE at exposed slopes
Buman 2006
Shimek, prior to 1908
Stan Buman
Photos courtesy of Shimek Photograph Collection, Departments of
Geoscience and Biological Sciences, University of Iowa.

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. Murray Hill Buman 2006 Shimek early 1900’s Stan Buman
Photos courtesy of Shimek Photograph Collection, Departments of
Geoscience and Biological Sciences, University of Iowa.

9. Murray Hill (saturated colors to bring out vegetation differences) Buman 2006
Stan Buman

10. 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.

11. Just N of entrance to Snyder's Hollow Missouri Valley, IA
Buman 2006
Shimek, early 1900’s
Stan Buman
Photos courtesy of Shimek Photograph Collection, Departments of
Geoscience and Biological Sciences, University of Iowa.

12. 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

13. (Lake Twp., Pottawattamie County)
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

14. 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

15. 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
Buman 2006
Morrill 1952
Stan Buman
John Barstow Morrill Jr. – 1953 Thesis on Prairie Species on the
Missouri River Bluffs of Western Iowa

16. 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
Stan Buman
John Barstow Morrill Jr. – 1953 Thesis on Prairie Species on the
Missouri River Bluffs of Western Iowa

17. SE 1/4, Sec. 24, T69N, R43W (Sidney west Twp., Fremont County)
West slope above station 15 showing gullies occupied by trees
Buman 2006
Morrill 1952
Stan Buman
John Barstow Morrill Jr. – 1953 Thesis on Prairie Species on the
Missouri River Bluffs of Western Iowa

18. 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.

19. Looking S. from 1st ridge N. of 220th (+Unio???) point, Hamburg, IA
Buman 2006
Shimek, early 1900’s
Stan Buman
Photos courtesy of Shimek Photograph Collection, Departments of
Geoscience and Biological Sciences, University of Iowa.

20. 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 the University of IA - the Shimek Photographic Collection

21. Financial Contributors
North American Nature Photography Association – Philip Hyde Grant
Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation
Agren, Inc.