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The John Muir Newsletter, Winter 2005/2006, The John Muir Center For Environmental Studies

Muir Center Newsletters, 1981-2015

Radical Transcendentalism: Emerson, Muir and the Experience of Nature by James Brannon Palo Alto Center for Science and the Humanities, Palo Alto, CA ©2006 The uniquely American Transcendentalist School which formed in Harvard-influenced 1830's Cambridge brought a New Idea regarding man, spirit, and nature to a young country struggling to find its own voice. As its chief proponent, Ralph Waldo Emerson conveyed a philosophy that was considered radical in its time. The young John Muir, raised in an environment of harsh Puritan sensibilities and Christian dogma, took strongly to the Transcendental ideas as he was introduced to them at the …

The Virginia Wetlands Report Vol. 20, No. 2, Virginia Institute Of Marine Science

Virginia Wetlands Reports

• VMRC Adopts Wetland Mitigation/Compensation Policy Changes. Tom Barnard
• Recommendations for Implementing the Tidal Wetlands Mitigation-Compensation Policy

The Planet, 2005, Fall, Sarah M. Kuck, Huxley College Of The Environment, Western Washington University

The Planet

No abstract provided.

Successful Cropping In The High Rainfall Zone Of Western Australia : Crop Research And Extension In The Zone, Narelle Hill, Heping Zhang Dr., Tim Trezise, John Young, Natahan Moyes, Laurence Carslake, Neil C. Turner Dr, Walter Anderson, Michael Poole

Bulletins 4000 -

This manual is a review of all the relevant and current information relating to cropping systems in the high rainfall cropping zone (HRZ) of Western Australia. It functions partly as the final report summarising research results and extension activities and discusses recommendations and potential outcomes of two 5-year GRDC-funded projects (DAW 673 and CSP 302), that aimed to increase the productivity of southern high rainfall cropping systems.

The John Muir Newsletter, Fall 2005, The John Muir Center For Environmental Studies

Muir Center Newsletters, 1981-2015

The John Muir pnr h VJ-& r? 5? UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC, STOCKTON, CA Volume 15, Number ■ YMJLMQt John Muir's World Tour (part II) Introduction by W. R. Swagerty Director, John Muir Center In the last issue of this newsletter, we introduced John Muir's World Tour of 1903-04. We continue that story here, told by Muir himself by way of his unpublished journal, a part of the John Muir Papers held by the University of the Pacific's Holt- Atherton Department of Special Collections. Part II begins where Part I ended with Journal # 48 (out of eighty-four extant in …

Identifying Resources And Options In High-Risk Fire Areas, University Of North Dakota. Energy And Environmental Research Center

EERC Brochures and Fact Sheets

Fact sheet on the biomass resource and market assessment conducted by the North Dakota Forest Service and the Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC). The assessment is intended to reduce fire risk while promoting economically beneficial uses for biomass resources.

Cofiring Biomass At The University Of North Dakota, University Of North Dakota. Energy And Environmental Research Center

EERC Brochures and Fact Sheets

Fact sheet describing an Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC) project to determine the efficacy of firing biomass fuels alongside coal. The project was funded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and conducted in partnership with the North Dakota Department of Commerce Division of Community Services.

The John Muir Newsletter, Summer 2005, The John Muir Center For Environmental Studies

Muir Center Newsletters, 1981-2015

EjOi HVfeRSnY OF' THE PACIFIC, STOCKTON. CA : Volume 15, Numbers Summer 2005::= r ORLD IOUR Introduction by W. R. Swagerty Director, John Muir Center John Muir's World Tour of 1903-1904 is not well known for good reason. The journals from this trip have never been published and Muir wrote no specific book from his European travels. The manuscript journals are part of the John Muir Papers within Holt-Atherton Special Collections here at Pacific. The journals are lengthy and were transcribed by Muir scholar, Linnie Marsh Wolfe, sometime in the 1940s or 1950s. They have also been microfilmed as part …

Roaded Catchments To Improve Reliability Of Farm Dams, David Stanton

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Maintaining reliable on-farm water supplies is an on-going challenge for landholders throughout Western Australia. Improving reliability of dams by constructing a roaded catchment is one of the most cost-effective methods of improving the performance and reliability of a farm water supply.

A roaded catchment is a water-harvesting structure designed to increase the amount of run-off from the catchment above a dam. The 'roads' of a roaded catchment are parallel ridges of earth with batters (or side slopes) that cause run-off to be directed into troughs or channels. The surface is lined with clay and compacted to make it smooth and …

The John Muir Newsletter, Spring 2005, The John Muir Center For Environmental Studies

Muir Center Newsletters, 1981-2015

OHN NEWi r^' T/W ______ TEE UNIVERSITY OF THE ET JO>A «^ KTON, fc* Volume 15, Number 2 SPRING 2005: A Wealth of Muir on Wealth by Michael Wurtz Archivist, Holt-Atherton Special Collections University of the Pacific Library (/ gf>9 a life km mm o^i-iL., Perhaps one of John Muir's earliest understandings about the measurement of wealth may have come as he heard his father calling down the well to him, "get in the bucket!" This fateful moment had come about because his father would not spend the money for a professional well digger and blaster. Why hire …

The Planet, 2005, Spring, Lucas Henning, Huxley College Of The Environment, Western Washington University

The Planet

No abstract provided.

Producing Pulses In The Southern Agricultural Region, Peter White, Mark Seymour, Pam Burgess, Martin Harries

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The development of pulses in Western Australia has undergone tremendous advances over the past 12 years. From a tiny industry in the early 1990’s where the knowledge of both scientists and farmers was very limited, we now have a robust industry with production packages and improved varieties for all the grain legumes species that are well suited to our environment.

This book, which is both comprehensive and practical, collates much of the information gathered through pulse research and commercial experience over the past 10 years and will be valuable to all pulse growers, agronomists, students and industry advisors alike. The …

The Virginia Wetlands Report Vol. 20, No. 1, Virginia Institute Of Marine Science

Virginia Wetlands Reports

• Clapper Rail (Rallus longirostris). Julie Bradshaw
• Tidal Wetlands Seminar Draws Crowd
• Annual Summary of Permitted Tidal Wetland Impacts - 2004. Karen Duhring
• Take a Wetland to Lunch…. Or Take your Lunch to a Wetland Pam Mason
• A Level I Protocol for Assessing Wetland Condition by Hydrologic Unit within the Coastal Plain. Kirk Havens

Farm Dams In Western Australia, David Stanton

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This bulletin provides practical information on the location and construction of dams on farms in Western Australia. Various types of dam, with diagrams and explanations, are included. Also discussed are the planning considerations, failures and problems, design, construction, maintenance, legal aspects, impacts and risks of dams.

An Unprecedented Scientific Community Response To An Unprecedented Event: Tropical Storm Agnes And The Chesapeake Bay, M. P. Lynch

VIMS Books and Book Chapters

In June 1972, the remnants of Hurricane Agnes brought destructive floods to the watershed of the Chesapeake Bay basin. Unlike Hurricane Isabel, Agnes did not strike Chesapeake Bay directly, but deposited a record amount of rainfall on the watershed. The evening that the Agnes rainfall began in earnest coincided with a meeting of the Citizens Program for the Chesapeake Bay. The directors of the three largest Chesapeake Bay research institutions, Drs. Donald W. Pritchard, L. Eugene Cronin, and William J. Hargis Jr., were in attendance at this meeting. The potential magnitude of the Agnes rainfall was readily apparent at the …

Isabel's Silent Partners: Seasonal And Secular Sea Level Change, J. D. Boon

VIMS Books and Book Chapters

Tidal conditions fail to explain a paradoxical similarity in water level extremes induced by Hurricane Isabel on 18 September 2003, and the 23 August 1933 storm of record at Hampton Roads, Virginia. Storm surge peaks occurred near astronomical high tide during both storms, but Isabel arrived during neap tides while tides during the 1933 storm were nearer to spring. In addition, Isabel produced a lesser storm surge, yet she yielded a storm tide, or high-water mark, roughly equal to that of the 1933 hurricane. The answer to the paradox lies in observed sea level—water level measured relative to the land—and …

What Has Been Learned About Storm Surge Dynamics From Hurricane Isabel Model Simulation?, Harry V. Wang, J. Cho, Jian Shen, Y. P. Wang

VIMS Books and Book Chapters

An unstructured grid hydrodynamic model was used to study storm surge in the Chesapeake Bay during Hurricane Isabel. The model-simulated, storm-induced water level compared reasonably well with the measured data collected around the Bay. Calibrated water level was extracted from the model to further analyze the dynamics of the surge as it formed and propagated along the mainstem Chesapeake. Based on time-series analysis, formation of the surge due to the pumping of coastal waters (hereafter called the primary surge) into the Chesapeake was first identified at the Bay mouth with a peak height of 1.5 m above mean sea level …

El Malpais Area: National Monument, National Conservation Area And The West Malpais And Cebolla Wilderness Areas, Kathryn M. Mutz, Doug Cannon, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center

Books, Reports, and Studies

53 p. : ill., maps

Gila Box Area: Gila Box Riparian National Conservation Area, And The Fishhooks And Needle's Eye Wilderness Areas, Douglas S. Kenney, Doug Cannon, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center

Books, Reports, and Studies

23 p. : ill., map

In Search Of Sustainable Water Management: International Lessons For The American West And Beyond, Douglas S. Kenney

Books, Reports, and Studies

This digital resource contains only an abstract, cover image and table of contents information from the published book.

Print copy of book is available in the University of Colorado’s Wise Law Library: http://lawpac.colorado.edu/record=b279300~S0

Contents: Water policy and cultural exchange : transferring lessons from around the world to the western United States / James L. Wescoat Jr. -- Roles for the public and private sectors in water allocation : lessons from around the world / Charles W. Howe, Helen Ingram -- Integrating environmental and other public values in water allocation and management decisions / David H. Getches, Sarah B. Van de …

Hear Him Roar, Andrew Wingfield

All USU Press Publications

A cougar attacks a jogger in the suburbs of a western city. Charlie Sayers, facing retirement as a wildlife biologist at a downsized state agency, is drawn into the search for the lion. He gets caught up in the conflict between wildlife habitat and an increasingly developed environment as, teetering between crisis and farce, he tries to piece together the puzzle of his own life.

Highway 12, Christian Probasco

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Highway 12 is undoubtedly one of not only America's but the world's most scenic highways. From its intersection on the west with Highway 89 south of Panguitch, Utah, it runs up through Red Canyon onto the Paunsagunt Plateau and across Bryce Canyon National Park. It then drops into the Paria River Valley, passes through several tiny villages, crosses some extraordinary (for anywhere but this region) badlands, and descends the Escalante River into Potato Valley. While a driver may justifiably feel she has seen some scenery by that point, the highway is just getting started, for in the next stretch, it …

High, Wide, And Handsome: The River Journals Of Norman D. Nevills, Roy Webb

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When he started taking paying passengers by boat through the rapids of the Colorado River's canyons, Norman Nevills invented whitewater tourism and the commercial river business. For twelve years, from 1938 until his death in a plane crash in 1949, he safely took, without a single life lost, friends, explorers, and customers down the Colorado, Green, San Juan, Salmon, and Snake Rivers in boats he designed. National media found him and his adventures irresistible and turned him into the personification of river running. Logging seven trips through the Grand Canyon when no one else had completed more than two, he …

The Planet, 2005, Winter, Laurie Ballew, Huxley College Of The Environment, Western Washington University

The Planet

No abstract provided.

Huxley Horizon, 2005, Winter, Huxley College Of The Environment, Western Washington University

Historical Collection of Huxley Newsletters

No abstract provided.

The Search For A Common Language: Environmental Writing And Education, Melody Graulich, Paul Crumbley

All USU Press Publications

A stellar group of writers, scientists, and educators illuminate the intersections between environmental science, creative writing, and education, considering ways to strengthen communication between differing fields with common interests.

Agmaps Land Manager Cd-Rom For The Mortlock Catchment. Encompasses Parts Of The Shires Of Dalwallinu, Wongan-Ballidu, Moora, Victoria Plains, Toodyay, Northam, Goomalling, Cunderdin, Dowerin, Koorda, Wyalkatchem, Tammin, Kellerberrin, Trayning & Mount Marshall, Luke Vernon, Dennis Van Gool, Ian Kininmonth, Philip M. Goulding, Henry Smolinski

Agmaps

This CD-ROM contains land resource maps and land management information relevant for the Mortlock Catchment which encompasses parts of the shires of Dalwallinu, Wongan-Ballidu, Moora, Victoria Plains, Toodyay, Northam, Goomalling, Cunderdin, Dowerin, Koorda, Wyalkatchem, Tammin, Kellerberrin, Trayning & Mount Marshall. It was produced by the Department of Agriculture with assistance from Natural Heritage Trust funding. Also included on the CD is a lot of technical information which may now be out of date.

Agmaps Land Manager Cd-Rom. Peel-Harvey Region (Western Portion) - Shires Of Kwinana, Rockingham, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Mandurah, Murray, Boddington, Waroona & Harvey, Dennis Van Gool, Ian Kininmonth, Luke Vernon, Philip M. Goulding

Agmaps

This CD-ROM contains land resource maps and land management information relevant for the Peel-Harvey coastal catchment region. It includes Shires of Kwinana, Rockingham, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Mandurah, Murray, Boddington, Waroona & Harvey It was produced by the Department of Agriculture with the assistance of Natural Heritage Trust funding. Also included on the CD is a lot of technical information which may now be out of date.

Physical Response Of The York River Estuary To Hurricane Isabel, L. H. Brasseur, A. C. Trembanis, J. M. Brubaker, Carl T. Friedrichs

VIMS Books and Book Chapters

After making landfall on the North Carolina coast on the morning of 18 September 2003, Category 2 Hurricane Isabel tracked northward parallel to and slightly west of the Chesapeake Bay. At Gloucester Point, near the mouth of the York River estuary, strong onshore winds with speeds in excess of 20 m⋅s-1 persisted for over 12 hours and peak winds reached over 40 m⋅s-1, causing a sustained up-estuary wind stress. Storm surge exceeded 2 m throughout most of the lower Chesapeake Bay. A 600 kHz acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP), deployed at a depth of 8.5 m off Gloucester Point, provided …

Effects Of Hurricanes On Atlantic Croaker (Micropogonias Undulatus) Recruitment To Chesapeake Bay, M. M. Montane, H. M. Austin

VIMS Books and Book Chapters

Few studies have focused on the effects of climatic perturbations, such as hurricanes, on finfish recruitment and behavior. The Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) Trawl Survey has sampled continuously throughout the Virginia portion of Chesapeake Bay for 50 years. While hurricanes have impacted Chesapeake Bay during this time, three periods of hurricane activity— September and November 1985 (hurricanes Gloria and Juan), September 1989 (Hurricane Hugo), and September 2003 (Hurricane Isabel)—coincided with the largest spikes in juvenile recruitment of Atlantic croaker (Micropogonias undulatus) for half a century. The fall (October–December) croaker young-of-year indices for 1985, 1989, and 2003 were seven, …