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Slides: Procedural Justice: The Legal Recognition Of Indigenous Participation In Water Management In The Murray-Darling Basin, Katie O'Bryan

Indigenous Water Justice Symposium (June 6)

Presenter: Katie O'Bryan, Monash University

13 slides

Comments On Public Lands: Title Transfer Proposals, Chuck Howe

Challenging Federal Ownership and Management: Public Lands and Public Benefits (October 11-13)

3 pages.

Space Use, Daily Movements, And Roosting Behavior Of Male Wild Turkeys During Spring In Louisiana And Texas, John T. Gross, Andrew R. Little, Bret A. Collier, Michael J. Chamberlain

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

Because wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo) are an important game species and turkey hunter numbers are increasing, the need for better information on how turkeys use their environment is critical. With the recent advent of GPS technology suitable for use on wild turkeys, we are now able to collect data on a scale not previously possible. We used backpack style GPS units to detail home range and core area sizes, daily movement distances, and roosting characteristics of male Eastern (M. g. silvestris) and Rio Grande (M. g. intermedia) wild turkeys in Louisiana and Texas. Mean …

Does Technology Use Change When In A Developed Country? A Case Study Of Libyans In Australia, Fouad Elgahwash, Mark Freeman

Faculty of Informatics - Papers (Archive)

With developing countries now gaining access to modern banking services for their customers, research is needed to understand how developing countries will adapt to these changes. Since the 1980s, in the Arabic region, technological expansion has occurred with a focus on trade and services offered by industries &¿ recently the banking sector has started to develop banking services through mobile devices and the Internet to improve customer relationships. In particular, the banking sector is an information intensive industry and aims to be at the forefront of advanced use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). One common trend is increasing the …

An Assessment Of Three Harpacticoid Copepod Species For Use In Ecotoxicological Testing, Daniel J. Ward, Victor Perez-Landa, David A. Spadaro, Stuart L. Simpson, Dianne F. Jolley

Faculty of Science - Papers (Archive)

The relatively short life cycles of harpacticoid copepods makes them appropriate animals for use in tests that rapidly assess the #180, sublethal, or chronic effects of sediment contaminants. In this study, four harpacticoid copepod species (Nitocra spinipes, Tisbe tenuimana, Robertgurneya hopkinsi, and Halectinosoma sp.) were isolated from clean marine sediments, and procedures for laboratory culturing were developed. Halectinosoma sp. was abandoned due to handling difficulties. For the remaining species, the influence of food type and quantity on life-cycle progression was assessed. A mixed diet, comprising two species of algae (Tetraselmis sp. and Isochrysis sp.) and fish food (Sera …

On The Use Of Quasi-Orthogonal Space-Time-Frequency Codes In Mb-Ofdm Uwb, Le Chung Tran, Alfred Mertins

Faculty of Informatics - Papers (Archive)

Space-Time-Frequency Codes (STFCs), which haverecently been proposed in the literature for Multiband OFDMUltra-Wideband (MB-OFDM UWB) systems to improve thesystem capacity, error performance and wireless communicationrange, are all constructed based on orthogonal structures. Thispaper examines the application of Quasi-Orthogonal STFCs(QOSTFCs) to enhance further either data rate or error performancein the recently proposed STFC MB-OFDM UWB systems.It will be shown that QOSTFCs can provide significantly bettererror performance, compared to the conventional MB-OFDMUWB (without STFCs) as well as to the Orthogonal STFCs(OSTFCs) of the same order, at the same data rate, withoutincreasing the total transmission power. Equivalently, QOSTFCscan provide higher data rates with …

Escalante Valley - Iron County, Utah, Rapid Watershed Assessment - 8 Digit Huc #16030006, Usda-Nrcs

All U.S. Government Documents (Utah Regional Depository)

This rapid assessment is designed to gather and display information specific to the basin identified. This summary will highlight the natural and social resources present in the basin, detail specific concerns, and aid in resource planning and target conservation assistance needs. This document is dynamic and will be updated as additional information is available through a multi-agency partnership effort.

Benefits Of Ict Adoption And Use In Regional General Medical Practices: A Pilot Study, Robert Macgregor, Peter Hyland, Charles Harvie, Boon-Chye Lee, Andrew Dalley, Sangeetha Ramu

Faculty of Informatics - Papers (Archive)

This paper presents a pilot study of benefits derived from information and communications technology (ICT) adoption and use in medical practices in regional Australia. The study involved 122 regional medical practitioners. The results show that like the more general small businesssector, the perception of certain benefits is associated with the size of the practice (in terms of employee levels) and/ or the gender of the respondent practitioner.

A Comparative Analysis Of The Use Of The Web For Destination Marketing By Regional Tourism Organisations In Chile And The Asia Pacific, Lois Burgess, Joan Cooper, Narciso Cerpa, Jason P. Sargent

Faculty of Informatics - Papers (Archive)

With reports of travel purchases and reservations being one of the fastest growing segments of the Internet community (eMarketer, 2002), it is no surprise that the number of tourism operators on the Web has increased considerably over the past few years. In recent years, Australia and Chile have developed strong social and economic ties. With the introduction of direct air links between Australia and Chile in July 2002, the number of Australian business people and tourists visiting Chile and neighbouring countries increased significantly. This isn’t surprising considering approximately 35,000 Chileans live in Australia (DFAT, 2005). This paper presents the results …

Weed Control Methods Handbook: Tools & Techniques For Use In Natural Areas, Mandy Tu, Callie Hurd, John M. Randall, The Nature Conservancy

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Invasive non-native plants are a serious threat to native species, communities, and ecosystems in many areas around the world. They can compete with and displace native plants, animals, and other organisms that depend on them, alter ecosystem functions and cycles significantly, hybridize with native species, and promote other invaders. The good news is that many plant invasions can be reversed, halted or slowed, and in certain situations, even badly infested areas can be restored to healthy systems dominated by native species. In most instances this requires taking action to control and manage those invasive plants. This handbook provides you with …

Winter Use Plans Final Environmental Impact Statement Summary For The Yellowstone And Grand Teton National Parks And John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Memorial Parkway, United States, Department Of The Interior, National Forest Service

Final Environmental Impact Statements (WY)

This document presents and analyzes seven alternatives for winter use management in Yellowstone National Park (YNP), Grand Teton National Park (GTNP), and the John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Memorial Parkway (the Parkway). YNP, encompassing 2.22 million acres, and GTNP, comprising 310,000 acres, form the core of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, described as the last large, nearly intact ecosystem in the northern temperate zone. The approved plan will serve as a management plan for the three national parks.

Winter Use Plans Final Environmental Impact Statement Volume Iii, Parts Ii And Iii, For The Yellowstone And Grand Teton National Parks And John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Memorial Parkway, United States, Department Of The Interior, National Park Service

Final Environmental Impact Statements (WY)

Due to the large volume of comments, comments and responses in this section occur in several forms. Where a "summary comment" is indicated, it is a paraphrasing of many individual comments having the same basic context. A "summary response" therefore responds to all who commented in like fashion. Where a "comment" is indicated, normally this is a singular comment in the words of the person who commented. The "response" directed toward that individual comment. In some instances, a general response is given to a series of individual comments.

Winter Use Plans Final Environmental Impact Statement Volume I For The Yellowstone And Grand Teton National Parks And John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Memorial Parkway, United States, Department Of The Interior, National Park Service

Final Environmental Impact Statements (WY)

In 1990, a Winter Use Plan was completed for Yellowstone National Park (YNP), Grand Teton National Park (GTNP), and the John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Memorial Parkway (the Parkway). In 1994 the National Park Service (NPS) and U.S. Forest Service began work on a coordinated interagency report on Winter Visitor Use Management. This effort was in reaction to an earlier than expected increase in winter use. The 1990 Winter Use Plan projected 143,000 visitors for the year 2000. In 1992-93 winter use in YNP and GTNP exceeded this estimate.

Winter Use Plans Final Environmental Impact Statement Volume Iii, Part I, For The Yellowstone And Grand Teton National Parks And John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Memorial Parkway, United States, Department Of The Interior, National Forest Service

Final Environmental Impact Statements (WY)

Volume III includes public comments and corresponding NPS responses and is separated into three parts. Part I includes representative government, cooperator, organization, and individual comments and responses. Part II includes form letter comments and responses. The NPS responded directly to all comments in the letters found in Parts I and II. Part III is a summary of comments and responses by subject category. The comments in Part III differ markedly from those in Parts I and II in that they are a summary of the 500,000 comments received on the DEIS. Because of the voluminous nature of the DEIS comments, …

Winter Use Plans Final Environmental Impact Statement Volume Ii For The Yellowstone And Grand Teton National Parks And John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Memorial Parkway, United States, Department Of The Interior, National Park Service

Final Environmental Impact Statements (WY)

By special agreement as provided under 40 CFR § 1501.6 and § 1508.5, the National Park Service (NPS), the lead agency in this Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), has collaborated with nine cooperating agencies in the EIS process: the U.S. Forest Service; the States of Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming; and the Counties of Gallatin and Park, Montana, Park and Teton, Wyoming, and Fremont, Idaho. The Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) regulations for implementing National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) define a cooperating agency as any agency that has jurisdiction by law or, in this case, special expertise for proposals covered by NEPA. …

Race, Ethnicity And Use Of The National Park System, Dr. Myron Floyd, National Park Service, Department Of The Interior

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This paper reviews the social science literature on racial and ethnic minority use of the National Park System. Four theoretical perspectives are examined--the marginality hypothesis, subcultural hypothesis, assimilation theory, and the discrimination hypothesis. Each perspective is described, and its strengths and limitations discussed. Research on race, ethnicity, and participation in outdoor recreation is also examined. Studies consistently show that racial and ethnic groups visit national parks and participate in recreation activities at differing rates. The style and pattern of park use also vary among racial and ethnic groups. Social science research on this topic can help park managers serve the …

Impacts Of Projected Climate Change On Urban Water Use, United States Department Of The Interior, Bureau Of Reclamation

Water

Urban water use, particularly outdoor use, responds to changes in temperature, precipitation, and other climatic parameters. This study significantly improved the capacity of an existing regional water demand model to estimate the response of both residential and commercial-industrial water demand to changes in climatic parameters. The resulting functional relationships derived from historic time-series climatic and water use data were applied to global climate scenarios for the four Wasatch Front counties of Utah.

Logistic Regression Models Of Habitat Use By Three Cyprinids In The Platte River, Nebraska, Shyi-Liang Yu

School of Natural Resources: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

No abstract provided.

A Guide To The Practical Use Of Aerial Color-Infrared Photography In Agriculture, Donald C. Rundquist, Scott A. Samson

Conservation and Survey Division

No abstract provided.

Fertilizer Use Changes In The U.S. And Kentucky, Monroe Rasnake, Dan Kirkland

Soil Science News and Views

The use of inorganic fertilizers for crop production is perhaps the most successful educational program ever attempted by Land-Grant Colleges, the Tennessee Valley Authority and other agencies. Not many producers in the United States or the world will attempt to grow a crop without the use of fertilizers. In fact, some producers over fertilize and in recent years, the educational program has been aimed at teaching producers to limit fertilizer applications to what is actually needed based on soil tests and cropping conditions.

An Application Of Discrete Optimization For Developing Economically Efficient Multiple-Use Projects, United States Department Of Agriculture, Forest Service

Forestry

A discrete version of the continuous joint production model in economic theory is presented for use in designing multiple-use projects and identifying efficient management prescriptions for forest planning. Data requirements are less demanding than the continuous theoretical model, yet some of the more important features are maintained. Models can be formulated graphically or as mixed-integer programming problems that are easily solved via computerized routines.

Use Of Multispectral Scanner Images For Assessment Of Hydrothermal Alteration In The Marysvale, Utah, Mining Area, United States Geological Survey

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Multispectral images of an area near Marysvale, Utah, were collected by using the airborne U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 24-channel Bendix multispectral scanner; they were analyzed to define areas of hydrothermally altered, potentially mineralized rocks. Hydrothermally altered rocks, particularly volcanic rocks affected by solutions rich in sulfuric acid, are commonly characterized by concentrations of argillic minerals such as alunite and kaolinite. These minerals are important for identifying hydrothermally altered rocks in multispectral images because they have an intense absorption band centered near a wavelength of 2.2 um. Unaltered volcanic rocks commonly lack these minerals and hence do not …

Climate Data Use And Users In Connecticut, P.A. Palley, D.R. Miller

Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station

No abstract provided.

Evaluation Of Areas For Off-Road Recreational Motorcycle Use, Volume I: Evaluation Method, United States Army Corps Of Engineers

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To answer user demands for more areas on which to operate off-road recreational motocycles (trailbikes), and to respond to Presidential Executive Orders which require that Federally-owned lands be evaluated for such use, Army land managers need a systematic way of determining land use suitability. This report describes the method developed by the U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL) to help installation personnel comply with the policies, procedures, and criteria of Army Regulation (AR) 210-9, Use of Off-Road Vehicles on Army Lands.

Evaluation Of Areas For Off-Road Recreational Motorcycle Use, Volume Ii: Alternate Soil Suitability Determination Methods, United States Army Corps Of Engineers

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Volume I of this report described how to evaluate the soil suitability of areas for off-road recreational motorcycle (trailbike) use on land under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Army. This soil evaluation method relied on the availability of a recent, detailed soil survey. Since such surveys are not always available, Volume II describes alternative methods of evaluating the suitability of soils for trailbike use. Volume II illustrates and describes seven alternative soil evaluation methods. Each method is defined as more or less useful in terms of its reliability and the ease and speed by which its results may …

Availability And Use Of Water In Nebraska, 1975, R. Bentall, F. B. Shaffer

Conservation and Survey Division

No abstract provided.

Wind-Powered Hydrogen Electric Systems For Farm And Rural Use, Final Report, United States Department Of Energy

Agriculture

The objective of this study has been to determine the current technology of a wind-energy conversion system (WECS) of minimal cost for rural applications. Specifically, IGT has evaluated available methods for converting shaft horse-power from a wind turbine to electricity and hydrogen. A workable mix of these two energy forms with storage that can support the energy needs of selected farming operations and the rural home was sought.

Energy load patterns of several farming operations were examined for interfacing with the energy storage and delivery systems that are supplied by wind turbines dependent on the prevalent winds. Several preliminary designs …

The Integration Of Water Use In Nebraska, G. E. Condra

Conservation and Survey Division

No abstract provided.

Terminology Relating To The Occurrence, Behavior And Use Of Water In Nebraska, G. E. Condra

Conservation and Survey Division

No abstract provided.

Nebraska Soils Grouped According To General Productivity And Use Capabilities

Conservation and Survey Division

No abstract provided.