Digital Commons Network^™

The Virginia Wetlands Report Vol. 14, No. 3, Virginia Institute Of Marine Science

Virginia Wetlands Reports

• Book Review Salt Tide: Cycles and Currents of Life Along the Coast. Anne Newsom
• Dragonflies: Hawks of the Insect World! Kirk Havens
• Corp of Engineers Maneuvering to Adjust James River Dredging Restrictions.Tom Barnard
• New Scholarship Housed at VIMS Online Fauna and Flora Data in Virginia. Marcia Berman
• Natural Lighting: Colonial Necessity is Today’s Craft. Pam Mason

The John Muir Newsletter, Fall 1999, The John Muir Center For Regional Studies

Muir Center Newsletters, 1981-2015

TOP "i Volume 9, Number 4 MUIR Fall 1999 VULUMJ, J, HUMbEK 1 i; TALL 1333 newsXhtter John Muir's Struggle in the North: Travels in Alaska and The Cruise of the Corwin by Hal Crimmel, Ph.D. raditionally, Muir's reputation has been that of America's foremost wilderness lover, sage, and advocate, unrelenting in his quest for a pure wilderness experience. "For Muir, wilderness was not a confrontation," Harold Simonson tells us, "but a confirmation."1 This is the Muir that captured the public's imagination, j|e Muir who could write, "The whole wilderness seems to be alive and familiar, full of humanity. The …

The Virginia Wetlands Report Vol. 14, No. 2, Virginia Institute Of Marine Science

Virginia Wetlands Reports

• Virginia Horseshoe Crab Management Update. Tom Barnard and Lyle Varnell
• Applications for Wetlands Restoration in the Elizabeth River Watershed. Marcia Berman
• Historic Wetland Loss in the Elizabeth River. Walter I. Priest, III
• Recorded History was Revolutionized By a Wetland Plant. Pam Mason

The John Muir Newsletter, Summer 1999, The John Muir Center For Regional Studies

Muir Center Newsletters, 1981-2015

NEW Reconstructing John Muir's First Public Lecture, Sacramento, 1876 by Steve Pauly, Pleasant Hill, California (Editor's Note: This is the third section of Steve Mauley's article which began with the Winter issue.) rock about two miles west of Lake Tenaya has a train of boulders derived from it. The boulders are scattered along a level ridge, where they have not ben disturbed in any appreciable degree since they came to rest toward the close of a glacial period. An examination of the rock proves conclusively that not only were they - rnany of which are twelve feet in diameter - …

The John Muir Newsletter, Spring 1999, The John Muir Center For Regional Studies

Muir Center Newsletters, 1981-2015

NEWSLETTER c Reconstructing John Mum's First Public Lecture, Sacramento, 1876 by Steve Pauly, Pleasant Hill, California (Editor's Note: In our previous issue, Steve Pauley's article placed John Muir's first public talk in context. Wmere is his re-creation of some sections of the talk.) n the beginning of the long glacial winter, the lofty Sierra seems to have consisted of one vast undulated wave, in which a thousand separate mountains, with their domes and spires, their innumerable canons and lake basins, lay concealed. In the development of these, the Master Builder chose for a tool, not the earthquake nor lightning to …

The Virginia Wetlands Report Vol. 14, No. 1, Virginia Institute Of Marine Science

Virginia Wetlands Reports

• Horseshoes Anyone? Tom Barnard and Lyle Varnell
• Striped Mullet. Lyle Varnell
• Shoreline Situation Reports: Revised, Revisited, and Updated. Marcia Berman
• Wetlands
• Initiative Gains Momentum. Carl Hershner The Marsh Arabs of Southern Iraq. Pam Mason
• Compensatory Mitigation Issues: Is the planting of nonvegetated wetlands with wetland plants an acceptable form of mitigation? Kirk Havens
• What are benchmarks and why are they important in my permit application drawings? William Roberts