New Deal era relief sculptures at a school in Detroit, MI

Don’t wait! Our #SimplyEverything sale has every Island Press book at 50% off. One last opportunity to stock up directly from Island Press — sale ends 11/16! Use code HALF at checkout: islandpress.org/half

I am thrilled to announce Utah Governor Cox and New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham are joining us to speak about how we can disagree better. I can't wait for you to join me at #citysummit25 in Salt Lake City next week!

Only in Nebraska is this a road. And yes thats all sand 😂

Our conference in Sioux Falls this morning. Dedra and I are both presenting and very much looking forward to it.

Conversations with the Fed: A decade of economic research and data innovation in Indian Country 11/20, 10-11am CT Join a conversation with Casey Lozar as he provides an overview of economic research and data advancements in Indian Country. Register: bit.ly/4opyhaR

Why do people who grow up in rural places stay, leave, or return? Andrew Husa Nebraska Geography has been working on Measuring Rootedness n the #Midwest. Family & landscape are important. Interesting to compare/contrast with NE & SW americanrootsmigration.com MiddleWestReview

The number one cause of power outages in the Midwest isn’t severe storms. It’s sneaky squirrels. Nebraska power departments are coming up with creative solutions to keep the lights on and critters safe. nebraskapublicmedia.org/en/news/news-a…

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Turning theory into action: Places like Hinesburg, VT, & Davis, CA, show how smart zoning puts big ideas into practice—blending growth, farmland, and community into real results. Ideas on how local values shape better land use: jcshepard.com/2025/11/rural-… #RuralZoning #SmartGrowth

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Happy Geography Awareness Week and GIS (geographic information system) Day on Wednesday! At the BLM we use GIS for wildfire prevention, natural resource planning, recreation, and more. Learn more about how the BLM uses GIS here: ow.ly/4qh650LGoH2

Immense gratitude to our 20+ speakers who came from across the country to Sioux Falls, to University of South Dakota Provost Kurt Hackemer for welcoming us, to Jon Lauck for his vision and leadership of the MiddleWestReview and this conference, to the Washington Pavillion for hosting, and to every

Looks like data.census.gov coming back online. Welcome back U.S. Census Bureau staff!! Get your #Census data while you can.

Happy Geography Awareness Week! Nebraska is a fun geographical anomaly, being the only triple landlocked state and divided into two primary regions: Eastern Dissected Till Plains and the Central Great Plains which includes the sandhills.

ICYMI: Proposals for sessions for the 2026 Nebraska Planning Conference is now open! Please submit your session ideas on our website at npza.org/conference/. Proposals are due by November 24.

Breaking News: The acting administrator of FEMA has resigned after six months, leading to more uncertainty at the already gutted agency. nyti.ms/3LK744v

Happy #GeographyAwarenessWeek! 🌎🗺️📍 Follow the American Association of Geographers (@theaag) this week for stories that show the world of possibilities in #geography and visit aag.org/geoweek to learn more and explore how you can participate! 🙌 #GeoWeek #GeoWeek2025

GIS Day is TOMORROW!! ✨🧁🌎 Catch up on your #GIS history with John Nelson and a few mappy friends. Watch the full video ➡️ ow.ly/CzCt50Xtf3a #GISDay2025 #GeographyAwarenessWeek

What do we do with the big old school in the middle of town when the school board moves all the students out to a field on the edge of town? What We Can Do With An Old School medium.com/@jcshepard.aic… #historicpreservation #econdev #downtowndevelopment #heritagetourism