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Coastal Rehabilitation Manual, Veronica P M Oma, D M. Clayton, J. B. Broun, C D M. Keating Dec 1992

Coastal Rehabilitation Manual, Veronica P M Oma, D M. Clayton, J. B. Broun, C D M. Keating

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Provides an overview of the coastal environment to ensure that the natural environment and coastal processes are considered properly. Describes how to develop a successful coastal rehabilitation strategy and detail rehabilitation techniques applicable to Western Australia. Lists sources of further advice and information.


The Planet, 1992, Volume 22, Issue 01, T. R. Morris, Huxley College Of The Environment, Western Washington University Oct 1992

The Planet, 1992, Volume 22, Issue 01, T. R. Morris, Huxley College Of The Environment, Western Washington University

The Planet

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John Muir Newsletter, Fall 1992, John Muir Center For Regional Studies Aug 1992

John Muir Newsletter, Fall 1992, John Muir Center For Regional Studies

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John Muir Newsletter university of the pacific fall, 1992 NATURE AND THE HUMAN SPIM volume 2, number 4 '» TOTIfi TRANSFORMATION OF HENRY LOOMIS by Ron Limbaugh A few years ago, while working on a research project at Yale's Sterling Memorial Library, I ran across a 90-page handwritten journal written by Henry Bradford Loomis, son of a prominent Yale mathematician and astronomer, an irresolute companion of John Muir during a three-month trip to Alaska in 1890. In labored but legible longhand, Loomis chronicled the expedition.' It is a fascinating record. Not only does it provide a starkly contrasting view to …


Site Assessment / Initial Remedial Action, Phillips Properties (Mcallen, Tx), Valley Scientific Remediation (Palmview, Tx) Jun 1992

Site Assessment / Initial Remedial Action, Phillips Properties (Mcallen, Tx), Valley Scientific Remediation (Palmview, Tx)

Contaminación Collection

"This report presents the data, analyses, results, and recommendations from the Initial Remedial Actions and Phase II Environmental Site Assessment. This report has been performed by Valley Scientific Remediation, Inc. (VSR) in the last quarter of 1991 and the first quarter of 1992, on behalf of Phillips Properties, Inc. at the Phillips Properties# 1 McAllen facility, located at 2215 West Business Hwy 83, near the southeast corner of Business Highway 83 and 23rd st., McAllen, Texas."


John Muir Newsletter, Summer 1992, John Muir Center For Regional Studies Jun 1992

John Muir Newsletter, Summer 1992, John Muir Center For Regional Studies

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John Muir Newsletter ^H^^^^H summer, 1992 university of the pacific volume 2, number 3 THE PASSING OF RICHARD HANNA The third child of Thomas R. Hanna and his wife Wanda (John Muir's eldest daughter), Richard died May 9 of this year in Hamilton, Montana. He and his younger sister, the late Jean Hanna Clark, were instrumental in turning over the John Muir Papers to the custody of the University of the Pacific in 1970. He was also the principal custodian of John Muir's personal library, and during the 1970s donated over a thousand volumes from that monumental collection to the …


John Muir Newsletter, Spring 1992, John Muir Center For Regional Studies Apr 1992

John Muir Newsletter, Spring 1992, John Muir Center For Regional Studies

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John Muir Newsle spring, 1992 university of the pacific volume 2, number 2 ON EARLY YOSEMITE ARTISTS AND TOURISM Katherine M. Littell of Harvard University has published a short essay about early Yosemite artists entitled, "Chris Jorgensen and the Pioneer Artists of Yosemite." It appeared in the fall, 1990 issue of the Harvard Graduate Society Newsletter. Littell reports that nineteenth century artists were very much responsible for the political viability of Yosemite. The new Yosemite Grant needed tourism to be finacially stable. California had accepted administration of Yosemite in 1866 but was not given any funds by the federal government …


The Planet, 1992, Volume 21, Issue 03, Peter Donaldson, Associated Students Environmental Center, Western Washington University Apr 1992

The Planet, 1992, Volume 21, Issue 03, Peter Donaldson, Associated Students Environmental Center, Western Washington University

The Planet

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The Virginia Wetlands Report Vol. Vii, No. 1, Virginia Institute Of Marine Science Mar 1992

The Virginia Wetlands Report Vol. Vii, No. 1, Virginia Institute Of Marine Science

Virginia Wetlands Reports

  • Dredge Spoil Oysters. Walter I. Priest, III
  • Marsh Wren. Julie G. Bradshaw
  • Dredge Spoil Oysters. Walter I. Priest, III
  • Spotted Seatrout. Lyle Varnell
  • A Local Board’s Experience with Civil Charges and Penalties. Edwin Rosenberg


John Muir Newsletter, Winter 1992, John Muir Center For Regional Studies Jan 1992

John Muir Newsletter, Winter 1992, John Muir Center For Regional Studies

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John Muir Newsletter winter, 1992 university of the pacific volume 2, number 1 "ON JOHN MUIR: LETTERS FROM ALASKA" by Robert Engberg Bruce Merrell and I have reviewed the articles which John Muir wrote for the San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin during the years 1879 and 1880. They suggest that it was during his visits to still-wild Alaska that Muir first learned that he could shape public opinion. Only three years before his Alaska travels he had attempted to influence the California legislature to stop clear-cut logging in the higher Sierra Nevada ranges. The politicians ignored him, and Muir's political …


Scarce Resources, Perception Of Risk, And Collective Action, Nicholas S. Hopkins Jan 1992

Scarce Resources, Perception Of Risk, And Collective Action, Nicholas S. Hopkins

Faculty Book Chapters

[abstract not provided]


Environmental Action At The Community Level, Salah Arafa Jan 1992

Environmental Action At The Community Level, Salah Arafa

Faculty Book Chapters

[abstract not provided]


The Helioporacean Octocoral Epiphaxum, Recent And Fossil: A Monographic Iconography, Frederick M. Bayer Jan 1992

The Helioporacean Octocoral Epiphaxum, Recent And Fossil: A Monographic Iconography, Frederick M. Bayer

Studies in Tropical Oceanography

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The Place Of Farm Animals In Humane Sustainable Agriculture, M. W. Fox Jan 1992

The Place Of Farm Animals In Humane Sustainable Agriculture, M. W. Fox

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It is not yet widely recognized that the livestock industry has become a major threat to the world's economy, the environment, consumer health, and the food security of nations and generations to come. Farm animals do have a place in ecologically sound agriculture, but, as will be shown, they have not been properly integrated either in the United States or in other developed and less-developed nations of the world.


America's Waters: A New Era Of Sustainability: Report Of The Long's Peak Working Group On National Water Policy, David H. Getches, Lawrence J. Macdonnell, Charles F. Wilkinson, Long's Peak Working Group On National Water Policy, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center Jan 1992

America's Waters: A New Era Of Sustainability: Report Of The Long's Peak Working Group On National Water Policy, David H. Getches, Lawrence J. Macdonnell, Charles F. Wilkinson, Long's Peak Working Group On National Water Policy, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center

Books, Reports, and Studies

12 p. ; 28 cm


Accommodating, Balancing, And Bargaining In Hydropower Licensing, Berton L. Lamb, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center Jan 1992

Accommodating, Balancing, And Bargaining In Hydropower Licensing, Berton L. Lamb, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center

Books, Reports, and Studies

18 p. ; 28 cm


Contributions To Sustainable Development From The Legal Community: Opportunity For International Cooperation, Rodrigo Barahona, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center Jan 1992

Contributions To Sustainable Development From The Legal Community: Opportunity For International Cooperation, Rodrigo Barahona, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center

Books, Reports, and Studies

9 p. ; 28 cm


Restoring Endangered Ecosystems: The Truckee-Carson Water Rights Settlement, David Yardas, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center Jan 1992

Restoring Endangered Ecosystems: The Truckee-Carson Water Rights Settlement, David Yardas, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center

Books, Reports, and Studies

12 p. : map ; 28 cm


The Western Public Lands: An Introduction, Sarah F. Bates, University Of Colorado Boulder. Western Lands Program, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center Jan 1992

The Western Public Lands: An Introduction, Sarah F. Bates, University Of Colorado Boulder. Western Lands Program, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center

Books, Reports, and Studies

72 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm


Restoring Faith In Natural Resource Policy-Making: Incorporating Direct Participation Through Alternative Dispute Resolution Processes, Kaleen Cottingham, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center Jan 1992

Restoring Faith In Natural Resource Policy-Making: Incorporating Direct Participation Through Alternative Dispute Resolution Processes, Kaleen Cottingham, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center

Books, Reports, and Studies

8 p. ; 28 cm


Recreation Use Limits And Allocation On The Lower Deschutes River, Sarah F. Bates, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center Jan 1992

Recreation Use Limits And Allocation On The Lower Deschutes River, Sarah F. Bates, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center

Books, Reports, and Studies

iii, 73 p. ; 28 cm


The Planet, 1992, Volume 21, Issue 02, Peter Donaldson, Associated Students Environmental Center, Western Washington University Jan 1992

The Planet, 1992, Volume 21, Issue 02, Peter Donaldson, Associated Students Environmental Center, Western Washington University

The Planet

No abstract provided.


Human Development And The Environment, Mohsen Tawfik Jan 1992

Human Development And The Environment, Mohsen Tawfik

Faculty Book Chapters

[abstract not provided]


Environmental Challenges In Egypt, Farkhonda Hassan Jan 1992

Environmental Challenges In Egypt, Farkhonda Hassan

Faculty Book Chapters

[abstract not provided]


Towards Sustainable Desert Development For Egypt, Adli Bishay Jan 1992

Towards Sustainable Desert Development For Egypt, Adli Bishay

Faculty Book Chapters

[abstract not provided]


Denial In The Decisive Decade: Towards Intervention And Common Action, Sandra Postel Jan 1992

Denial In The Decisive Decade: Towards Intervention And Common Action, Sandra Postel

Faculty Book Chapters

[abstract not provided]


Soils Of The Northam Advisory District. Volume 1. The Zone Of Ancient Drainage, Neil Clifton Lantzke Jan 1992

Soils Of The Northam Advisory District. Volume 1. The Zone Of Ancient Drainage, Neil Clifton Lantzke

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This manual describes the soils of the Department of Agriculture's Northam advisory district. Information is provided on the characteristics of each soil, its capability is discussed and yield estimates for the major land uses are given.

Designed for use by farmers and Department of Agriculture staff, the manual’s primary aims are to:

- Assist with the identification of the advisory district’s soils types

- Match land use with soil quality

- Improve farm productivity and efficiency

- Reduce the incidence of land degradation



Ecological Functions And Values Of Nontidal Wetlands, Carl H. Hershner Jan 1992

Ecological Functions And Values Of Nontidal Wetlands, Carl H. Hershner

VIMS Books and Book Chapters

Reviews the current understanding of the functions of nontidal wetlands, assesses the· problems of assigning values to wetland functions, and surveys the use of these functions and values in management programs of the mid-Atlantic states.


An Introduction To The Soils Of The Merredin Advisory District, T C. Stoneman, National Soil Conservation Program (Australia) Jan 1992

An Introduction To The Soils Of The Merredin Advisory District, T C. Stoneman, National Soil Conservation Program (Australia)

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With descriptions, illustrations and notes on nine common soils.


Soils Of The Northam Advisory District. Volume 2. The Zone Of Rejuvenated Drainage, Neil Clifton Lantzke Jan 1992

Soils Of The Northam Advisory District. Volume 2. The Zone Of Rejuvenated Drainage, Neil Clifton Lantzke

Bulletins 4000 -

This manual describes the soils of the Department of Agriculture's Northam advisory district. Information is provided on the characteristics of each soil, its capability is discussed and yield estimates for the major land uses are given.

Designed for use by farmers and Department of Agriculture staff, the manual’s primary aims are to:

- Assist with the identification of the advisory district’s soils types

- Match land use with soil quality

- Improve farm productivity and efficiency

- Reduce the incidence of land degradation