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Resource Law Notes Newsletter, No. 37, Spring Issue, Apr. 1996, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center

Resource Law Notes: The Newsletter of the Natural Resources Law Center (1984-2002)

No abstract provided.

The Probe, Issue 164 – April 1996

The Probe: Newsletter of the National Animal Damage Control Association

Opportunities and Challenges Within Wildlife Damage Management, by Robert H. Schmidt, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Utah State University, Logan Utah 84322-5210
IVFDM Not IVPDM by Robert H. Giles, Jr., Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0321
Letter to Editor RE: Pet Sterilization and Animal Rights
Correspondence Course Announcement-- Utah State University
Virus "Cure" for Rabbit Problem Eludes Human Controls
Call for Nominations for Berryman Institute Awards
Video Review: Review of "Professional Coyote Trapping" Produced by Fur-Fish-Game, 2878, E. Main St., Columbus, OH 43209. 80 minutes.
Wildlife Control Seminar Makes Points With …

The Barriers Present In More Developed Countries And Less Developed Countries Slowing The Implementation Of Substainability, Luke Giovine

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

In 1996 the natural resource base of the world is being depleted at a rate far below the sustainable level. This is very evident in less developed countries (IDC), where raw limited natural resources are being poorly utilized and/or exported to more developed countries (MDC). The More Developed Countries such as the United States, Japan, and Germany use a high amount of natural resources and energy to maintain their material Standard Of Living (SOL), and this is at rates above what their own country can sustain with its own natural resources within its own borders. Both MDC's and LDC's are …

Esperance Region Catchment Planning Strategy, John Platt, Brendan Nicholas, Rod Short, Stephen Gee

Natural resources published reports

The Esperance Region Catchment Planning Strategy project was initiated by the Esperance Land Conservation District Committee.

This report provides a reference document for farmers and other land managers such as government agencies and local government, and should help them to strategically focus their catchment planning activities.

It will help land managers to identify the major catchments and land systems in their area, management issues for long term sustainability, and a regional strategy for catchment planning.

Catchment planning involves both technical and social processes.

Technically it is a process of planning the sustainable use of water resources within a catchment.

Water Resources Review - April 1996 Vol 9 No 1, Annis Water Resources Institute

AWRI Reviews

No abstract provided.

State Of The Fisheries Report 1994/1995, Fisheries Department Of Western Australia

Status Reports of the Fisheries and Aquatic Resources

This State ofFisheries document is designed to be used as an adjunct to the Annual Report. This year is the first year that this document has been presented in this format. It is envisaged that the State of Fisheries document will be an annual report giving specific details on all fisheries of major importance to the commercial, recreational and aquaculture sectors of Western Australia. The State ofFisheries contains details such as landings, effort, catch rates, stock assessment, breeding stock levels and catch forecasts where possible. The data in this document are of the last full year (12 months) available to …

Comparison Of Sapling Community Structure In Created And Natural Forested Wetlands In Southeastern Virginia, Sharon Ann Haines

Biological Sciences Theses & Dissertations

Forested wetlands are being destroyed at a rapid rate. Wetlands are valuable for flood control, aquifer recharge, and for their role in denitrification and storage of global carbon. When wetlands are lost, their functions and value to humans are lost as well. One response to the continued development of wetlands has been the artificial creation of new wetlands. This study compared the species density, relative density, coverage and frequency of occurrence of the woody vegetation in two southeastern Virginia created wetlands with that in two reference wetlands, also in southeastern Virginia, to determine the structural similarity of their respective communities. …

The Probe, Issue 163 – March 1996

The Probe: Newsletter of the National Animal Damage Control Association

The Status of Nuisance Wildlife Damage Control in the States by Jodi A. DiCamillo, Kristen P. La Vine, and Mark J. Reeff, International Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies, and Gary S. Kania, National Fish & Wildlife Foundation
European Fur Import Regulation Delayed One Year
Red Fox Book Out of Print: The Red Fox: The Catlike Canine by J. David Henry, Smithsonian Inst. Press, 1986.177 pages & index.
Urban Deer Syposium Proceedings Available
Histoplasmosis: Threat to Wildlife Professionals
Video Review: Review of "Professional Beaver Trapping Video " Produced by Tom Miranda Outdoor Films exclusively for Fur-Fish-Game, 2878, E. Main St., …

State Of Tampa Bay 1995, Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council (Tbrpc), Agency On Bay Management

Reports

This, the ninth "State of Tampa Bay" report, is one of the most comprehensive ever produced. It includes updates on a myriad of programs and projects undertaken or ongoing during 1995. Prepared in accordance with the adopted rules of the Agency on Bay Management and funded by the Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council, it includes a summary of issues addressed by the Agency this year.

Public Perceptions About Equity & Fairness: Siting Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Facilities In The U.S. And Hungary, Anna Vari

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

Based on comparative research, Dr. Vari recommends, e.g., that main actors' views about criteria for processes and outcomes be explored and that agreement be negotiated before a siting process is planned.

A Comparison Of Gross Pathology, Histopathology, And Mycobacterial Culture For The Diagnosis Of Tuberculosis In Elk(Cervus Elaphus), Elizabeth B. Rohonczy, Arumuga V. Balachandran, Thomas W. Dukes, Janet B. Payeur, Jack C. Rhyan, Dennis A. Saari, Terry L. Whiting, Susan H. Wilson, Jerald L. Jarnagin

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

Using the isolation of Mycobacterium bovis as the reference standard, this study evaluated the sensitivity, specificity and kappa statistic of gross pathology (abattoir postmortem inspection), histopathology, and parallel or series combinations of the two for the diagnosis of tuberculosis in 430 elk and red deer. Two histopathology interpretations were evaluated: histopathology I, where the presence of lesions compatible with tuberculosis was considered positive, and histopathology II, where lesions compatible with tuberculosis or a select group of additional possible diagnoses were considered positive. In the 73 animals from which M. bovis was isolated, gross lesions of tuberculosis were most often in …

A Trust For Whom?: Managing Colorado's 3 Million Acres Of State Land, John M. Evans, Reeves Brown, Mark A. E. Burget, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center

A Trust for Whom?: Managing Colorado's 3 Million Acres of State Land: A Critique of the Constitutional Amendment (February 5)

14 pages.

Includes biographical information for John M. Evans, Reeves Brown, and Mark A. E. Burget.

State Land Board Commissioner Maxine Stewart was also a speaker for this program, but did not submit any written materials.

Contents:

A trust for whom? managing Colorado's 3 million acres of state land : a critique of the constitutional amendment / prepared by John Evans -- A cattlemen's [sic] perspective of state land management / presented by Reeves Brown -- Remarks outline / Mark A. E. Burget

Program was presented on Monday, February 5, 1996 at the offices of Holland & Hart in Denver, …

Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Center Newsletter, Volume 4-2, Winter 1996

Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Centre: Newsletters and Publications

CCWHC Involvement in Mexico
New Diagnostic Tools
Hook Lake Wood Bison Recovery Project
Conjunctivitis in cormorants in PEI
Tularemia in snowshoe hares, Nova Scotia
Seasonal Mortality of Terns in Kouchibouguac National Park, NB
Belugas from the St. Lawrence Estuary
Secondary Tyzzer's Disease in a Racoon Infected With Canine Distemper
Diazinon Poisoning in Geese
Newcastle Disease in Cormorants
Herpesvirus in Owls
Predator Attacks
Botulism - 1996
Winter Mortality In Peace River Region Ungulates

Geologic History Of Ash Hollow State Historical Park, Nebraska, Robert F. Diffendal Jr., Roger K. Pabian, J. R. Thomasson

Conservation and Survey Division: Faculty and Staff Publications

Contents:

Introduction
Acknowledgments
Cautions
General Stratigraphy
Oligocene Series-White River Group-Brule Formation-Whitney Member
Miocene Series-Ogallala Group-Ash Hollow Formation
Pliocene Series-Broadwater Formation
Quaternary deposits
Older colluvium and loess
Younger colluvium and alluvium
General Paleontology
Evidence of past life: fossils and subfossils
Collecting fossils
Vertebrate fossils
Fossils from the Whitney Member of the Brule Formation
Plants
Invertebrates
Vertebrates
Fossils from the Ash Hollow Formation
Plants
Invertebrates
Vertebrates
Fossils from the Broadwater Formation
Plants
Vertebrates
Quaternary fossils
Plants
Invertebrates
Vertebrates
Additional studies of Nebraska fossils
Geologic History
Prehistory and History
References
Appendices I-IV

Environmental Air Pollution Analysis In Selected Areas Of Abu Dhabi Emirate, Mahfoodh Abdulla Mohammed Darbool

Theses

There are little data available for environmental pollution, as well as air pollution and statistical information published in the United Arab Emirates. Especially, Abu Dhabi Emirate, has been the location of the UAE's most persistent and extreme levels of industrial oil waste and chemical smog and air pollutants which produces sulphur dioxide emission. In addition, has a high vehicle population, which produces carbon monoxide emission from the motor vehicle exhaust. The acute toxicity of carbon monoxide (CO) has long been recognized and well documented. The motor vehicle is by far the largest contributor to Co accounting for 55% of total …

The Effects Of Chromated Copper-Arsenate (Cca) Pressure-Treated Wood On Local Sediments And Benthos In A Freshwater Lake, William A. Romeo

Theses

This study looked at the sediment and benthic organism effects of exposure to a Chromated Copper-Arsenate (CCA) treated wood bulkhead in a lake environment with respect to 1) the leaching and accumulation of chromium, copper and arsenic in the nearby sediments, 2) accumulation of these metals in local benthic organisms and 3) the effects of these metals on the local benthic community structure. Sediment samples, taken at regular distances away from a CCA bulkhead and three reference areas in a freshwater lake in Wayne, NJ, were sieved to remove the fine particle fraction (<70µm) which was then analyzed for the metals of concern. Benthic organisms were sampled at the same locations, enumerated, identified, dried and also analyzed for the metals in question. Analysis of sediment metal concentrations revealed high levels of copper at all sampling locations. This was attributed to the annual addition and accumulation Of CuS0₄ added to the lake. There …

Dioxin: Reassessing The Risk, Linda-Jo Schierow

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

Dr. Schierow briefly summarizes the status of a draft Environmental Protection Agency report reassessing the appropriate treatment of dioxin and describes ongoing intra- and extramural reviews of the reassessment.

Why Do We Worry About Trace Poisons?, Allan Mazur

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

Dr. Mazur relates how protests by the political left against nuclear tests and by the political right against fluoridation set the stage for Silent Spring to move the public toward being concerned about latent risks.

Evaluating Bighorn Habitat: A Landscape Approach, William C. Dunn

United States Bureau of Land Management: Staff Publications

This technical note describes a method that incorporates a landscape approach with the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIs) to measure habitat and impacts for Rocky Mountain and desert bighorn sheep and to rank potential transplant sites. A landscape approach, in which habitat is viewed from a large-scale perspective as an assemblage of patches, is used because: (1) bighorn habitat is naturally patchy due to the affinity of bighorn for terrain that is both open and mountainous; (2) fragmentation (i.e., increased patchiness) often is the most severe consequence of human disturbance; and (3) the proximity and distribution of neighboring bighorn …

Windbreaks For Snow Management, James R. Brandle, H. Doak Nickerson

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

In areas of high winds and blowing snow, windbreaks can reduce the amount of effort spent on snow management. They can be designed to spread snow across a large area or to confine it to a relatively small storage area. The design of your windbreak will depend on your objective. Field windbreaks designed to distribute snow evenly across a field should be tall and porous. In contrast, windbreaks designed to capture snow and control drifting should have multiple rows with high density. There is no one set design, number of rows, or width of planting that is ideal for every …

The Ecotourism Equation: Measuring The Impacts, Elizabeth Malek-Zadeh

Yale School of the Environment Bulletin Series

No abstract provided.

Public Land: How Much Is Enough?, Dale A. Oesterle, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center

Books, Reports, and Studies

59 p. ; 29 cm

Forest Resources Of Northern Utah Ecoregions, Renee A. O'Brien

Elusive Documents

No abstract provided.

Factors Affecting Interannual Movements Of Snowy Plovers, Peter W. C. Paton, Thomas C. Edwards Jr.

Natural Resources Science Faculty Publications

We studied the interannual movements of 361 individually color-banded adult Snowy Plovers (Charadrius alexandrinus nivosus) at Great Salt Lake, Utah from 1990 to 1993. In northern Utah, Snowy Plovers nested in a dynamic environment; suitable breeding habitat declined by 50% at two study areas in four years. Male Snowy Plovers were more site faithful than females; 40% of males exhibited fidelity compared with 26% of females (P < 0.01). However, as the amount of available suitable nesting habitat declined, male site fidelity diminished, whereas female fidelity remained relatively constant. We found strong evidence that female site fidelity was affected by nesting success in the previous year. Females that nested unsuccessfully were less likely than successful females to exhibit site fidelity the following year; males did not exhibit this nest-success bias. In addition, unsuccessful females breeding at sites with high densities of nests tended to disperse the following year, whereas male site fidelity did not appear to be affected by either a study site's overall nesting success the previous year or a study site's nest density the previous year. Female avoidance of areas with high densities of nests may be an antipredator strategy. Snowy Plovers in northern Utah have biparental incubation duties, but only males care for broods. Familiarity with brood-rearing areas was one plausible explanation for male-biased fidelity. However, we could not eliminate an alternative hypothesis that both focal study sites represented scarce breeding areas due to the presence of freshwater, and male Snowy Plovers preferred to use the same areas rather than disperse. We propose that more landscape-level studies are needed to address questions concerning local and regional movement patterns.

Conservation Biology & U.S. Forest Service Views Of Ecosystem Management And What They Imply About Policies Needed To Achieve Sustainability Of Biodiversity, David W. Crumpacker, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center

Books, Reports, and Studies

53 p. ; 28 cm

Sustainability And Beyond, Dale Jamieson, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center

Books, Reports, and Studies

17 p. ; 28 cm

Issues Raised By Economic Definitions Of Sustainability, Richard W. Wahl, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center

Books, Reports, and Studies

19 p. ; 28 cm

The Evolution Of International Fisheries Management In The North Pacific Ocean And Prospects For The Future, Paul Augustus Flynn

Marine Affairs Theses and Major Papers

The abundant resources of the North Pacific Ocean have been the subject of international disputes and negotiations through the 20th century. The management of species which range throughout this vast area, are not under the jurisdiction of a single state. That fact has required the establishment of a framework in which allocation and conservation measures can be researched and agreed upon. This has been accomplished through various multilateral and bilateral agreements. From the voluntary Japanese suspension of a directed salmon fishery off the coast of Alaska in 1938 to recently completed multilateral treaties, significant advances have been made in Pacific …

The Cumulative Impacts Of Management Decisions On Nitrogen Loading To The Rhode Island Salt Ponds, Laura M. Ernst

Marine Affairs Theses and Major Papers

Calculations and measurements of nitrogen in groundwater, stream flow and atmospheric deposition were used to see if the cumulative impacts of management decisions over a fifteen year period of time resulted in measurable changes in nitrogen loading to six of the salt ponds on the south shore of Rhode Island. The changes in the source and transmission of nitrogen were tested by comparing calculated and measured nitrogen data from 1980 and 1995. The calculated method included a nitrogen budget based on land-use and literature values for nitrogen loss to groundwater. The second method compared concentrations of nitrogen in groundwater taken …

A Partnership For Coral Reef Protection: A Case Study Of The International Coral Reef Initiative, Karla M. Boreri

Marine Affairs Theses and Major Papers

Coral reef are considered the most biologically diverse marine ecosystems on earth. They are a world-wide symbol of the economic and ecological importance of all types of coastal environments. The International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI) was developed in 1994 to increase the awareness of the human and anthropogenic threats facing reefs. Initially a U.S.-focused initiative, ICRI now includes over 70 like-minded governments and a growing list of UN organizations, science and academic organizations, non-governmental organizations and the private sector as its partners. This qualitative case study was developed based on actual participation in the initiative and hundreds of pages of …