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Advancing Understanding Of Knowledge's Role In Lay Risk Perception, Branden B. Johnson

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

Emphasizing how knowledge affects lay Risk perception, summarizing studies and suggesting further research, the author differentiates between knowledge production, knowledge dissemination and information processing as affected by, e.g., heuristics and Risk aversion. He also suggests that better understanding of lay knowledge can also illuminate experts' hazard knowledge.

Book Review, Gianna Julian-Arnold

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

Review of: ANN RAPPAPORT & MARGARET FRESHER FLAHERTY, CORPORATE RESPONSES TO ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES: INITIATIVES BY MULTINATIONAL MANAGEMENT. (Quorum Books 1992) [186 pp.] Acknowledgements, bibliography, figures, foreword, index, notes, tables. LC: 91-44706; ISBN: 0-89930-715-9 [Cloth $45.00.]

The Probe, Issue 133 - June 1993

The Probe: Newsletter of the National Animal Damage Control Association

CONTENTS:
ADC Eastern Region Highlights and Initiatives
Access to Information
Wildlife Hazards at Airports
CALENDAR OF UPCOMING EVENTS
Animal Rights Position Statement Issued by Minnesota
Hunters Should Check Local Requirements Before Planning Out-of-State Forays
New Live Trap Available
NADCA Nominating Committee Needs Members
Berry man Institute Dedicated
Get Your NADCA Hats Here!
Publications Available
Proceedings Available
Membership Votes Dues Increase
NRA Internships Available
Aquaculture Initiatives
Endangered Species Protection and Wildlife Enhancement

Computer Simulation Model Calibration And Validation For Prediction Of Water Quality Impacts Of Poultry Waste Disposal, D. R. Edwards, T. C. Daniel

Arkansas Water Resources Center Technical Reports

Runoff and water quality data collected from two pairs of grazed fields in northwestern Arkansas were analyzed to support efforts to model runoff quality from areas receiving poultry manure and other fertilizer sources. The monitoring period described in this report was September 1, 1991 to April 30, 1993. One of each pair of fields was fertilized with inorganic fertilizer, and the other received either poultry litter or manure. Losses of fertilizer constituents were quite low from an agronomic standpoint, ranging from approximately 2-11 kg N/ha/year and 0.5-4.1 kg P04-P/ha/year. Annual losses of fertilizer constituents were dominated by only a small …

Comparison Of Predicted And Observed Dioxin Levels In Fish: Implications For Risk Assessment, Judy S. Lakind, Daniel Q. Naiman

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

After comparing sampled and modelled dioxin levels in the tissue of fish near pulp and paper mill discharges, the authors argue that, until an improved bioaccumulation model is incorporated into EPA's Risk assessment process, determination of human health Risks associated with consuming dioxin-contaminated fish should be based on sampling.

Book Review, Allan M. Soobert

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

Review of: VALERIE M. FOGLEMAN, HAZARDOUS WASTE CLEANUP, LIABILITY AND LITIGATION: A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO SUPERFUND LAW. (Quorum Books 1992) [320 pp.] Acronyms, index, preface, selected bibliography. LC 91-47999, ISBN 0-89930-647-0. [$59.95 cloth. 88 Post Road West; Westport CT 06881.)

The Effects Of Composting Of Yard Wastes On The Ground-Water Quality: Wmu Farms Site, Kalamazoo, Michigan, Bryan Kirk Allen

Masters Theses

In the rush to find alternatives to landfilling of yard waste, federal and state agencies have identified composting as the main solution. There is therefore a need to address the possible environmental problems which could be associated with such composting operations. Compost may contain nutrients, organic acids, pesticides, and metals which could leach through soils to the ground water posing a potential contamination problem.

At the WMU Farms Site, two sites have been used for the composting of leaves by the City of Kalamazoo. The physical and chemical hydrogeology of these sites were characterized.

The results suggest that the presence …

Drainage Basins And Flash Flood Hazards In Al-Ain Area, United Arab Emirates, Moza Hamad Al-Shamsi

Civil and Environmental Theses

Flash flood strike different parts of Al-Ain area virtually every year causing Serious property loses this study investigates the main factors control ling this Flooding, namely. (a) Climate, (b) geomorphology, and (c) hydrogeology Climatically, mo t of rainstorms do occur during the month of February. Geomorphologic ally, the landforms and drainage systems are the main factors. Hydrogeological, twenty basins were carefully identified and their morphometric Parameters were measured the relations between these morphometric parameters and flash floods were accordingly assessed. The results show that most severe damage did occur in buildings and farms in Al Ain Area the most influential …

Water Resources Review - June 1993 Vol 6 No. 2, Annis Water Resources Institute

AWRI Reviews

No abstract provided.

Mixed Culture Biodegradation Of Pentachlorophenol, Hexachlorobenzene, And Tetrachloromethane Under Anaerobic Conditions, Jesse Zahn

Theses

Three chlorinated compounds, namely, Pentachlorophenol(PCP), Hexachlorobenzene (HCB), and Carbon tetrachloride were biodegraded under anaerobic conditions using a (CCl₄)mixed culture obtained from an anaerobic sewage sludge digestor in Linden, NJ.

Three sets of cultures capable of degrading each of the target compounds were established. Primary Enrichment Cultures (PECs) from the anaerobic sludge were exposed to each one of the target compounds. The cultures were able to degrade each target compound as follows: HCB, 0 to 1.2 ppm; PCP from 0 to 3-4 PPM; CCl₄, 0.5 to 15.5 PPM

One culture from each PEC group (CCl₄, …

Center For Sustainable Agricultural Systems Newsletter, May/June 1993

Center for Sustainable Agricultural Systems: Newsletter (1993–2000)

Contents:

Sustainable Ag Tour

ERS Sustainable Ag Initiative

Highlights from "Farm Bill" Seminar Series

Rural Policy Symposium Proceedings

SARE Grant Programs

SARE Funding - Chapters 2 & 3

Sustainable Agriculture Directory of Expertise

Integrated Farm Projects - ARDC

Study of Farm Family Health

Conference on Science and Sustainability

Wildlife Damage News, Volume 4, Spring 1993

Wildlife Damage News

CONTENTS:
Lyme Disease & Norway Rat Control in Maine
Number of Deer Killed by Motorists in NY Increases in 1992
Meetings of Interest
11th Great Plains Wildlife Damage Control Workshop Highlights
Wildlife Society Wildlife Damage Management Working Group Forms
Teaching Materials for Wildlife Damage Management
Coyote Urine Translocated by Flora
Current Literature
Goose Management in Urban Areas
Two New Damage-Management Publications

Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Centre Newsletter, Volume 2-2, May 1993

Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Centre: Newsletters and Publications

Work Underway at CCWHC Wildlife Pathologists at CCWHC An Outbreak of Duck Plague in New York State Snowy Owl Outbreak on the PrairiesCluster of bat rabies in red foxes in Prince Edward Island Adenoviral encephalitis in a red fox Carbofuran poisoning in herring gulls in Nova Scotia Protostrongylid infection in a Newfoundland moose Lead Poisoning in two Blue Jays Adrenal lesions in St. Lawrence Estuary beluga whale Cancer in a Red-Tailed Hawk and a Northern Goshawk Winter Mortality in Birds in Ontario Lead Poisoning in Waterfowl Sarcoptic Mange Crop necrosis and impaction in lesser Canada geese Black-tailed prairie dog mortality …

The Probe, Issue 132 - May 1993

The Probe: Newsletter of the National Animal Damage Control Association

CONTENTS:
Choosing a Career as a Wildlife Biologist
CALENDAR OF UPCOMING EVENTS
Arizona Legislators Reject Trap Ban
Dogs Decimate Ostriches
River Otters Impact Crawfish Producers
Rats Damage Automotive Wiring
Survey Reveals Animal Activists' Attitudes Toward ADC
USU Needs Help With Wildlife Damage Management Library

Preliminary Public Health Assessment: Petrochem Recycling Corporation/Ekotek Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, Agency For Toxic Substances And Disease Registry, Divisoin Of Health Assessment And Consultation

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

The Petrochem/EkoTek site was operated by several owners as a refinery from 1953 until 1978 and as a hazardous waste storage treatment facility and a petroleum recycling facility from 1978 through 1988. Removal of essentially all petroleum products and hazardous wastes in tanks and drums was accomplished from 1988 - 1991. The process that will lead to the complete clean-up of the facility is ongoing. The site was added to the National Priorities List (NPL) in October 1992. Exposure of humans to contaminants in soil and air is thought to have occurred near Petrochem. The source(s) of those contaminants in …

Resource Law Notes Newsletter, No. 28, Spring Issue, Apr. 1993, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center

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

No abstract provided.

Focus On Phosphorus: Arkansas Water Resources Center Research Conference, Kenneth F. Steele

Arkansas Water Resources Center Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

Wildlife Health Centre Newsletter, Volume 1-2, Spring 1993

Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Centre: Newsletters and Publications

Wildlife Disease Investigation Manual
Directory of Wildlife Health Expertise
Our Information Specialist
Newfoundland and Labrador
Nova Scotia/New Brunswick
PEI
Pathology and Toxicology of Beluga Whales from the St. Lawrence Estuary, Quebec, Canada. Past, Present and Future.
Heartworm in Quebec Wildlife
Lyme borreliosis (Lyme Disease)
Salmonellosis in Pine Siskins in B.C.
Polioencephalomalacia (PEM) in White-tailed deer and Pronghorns
Canine Parvovirus (CPV) Enteritis in Two Coyotes
News from the National Wildlife Health Research Center, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Madison, Wisconsin. Contributed by T. Roffe.

The Probe, Issue 131 - April 1993

The Probe: Newsletter of the National Animal Damage Control Association

CONTENTS:
A Role for Fertility Control Wildlife Management in Australia?
CALENDAR OF UPCOMING EVENTS
No Predator Control on New Mexico State Lands
Coyotes Continue to Plague Petowners
Lab Animals Get Stiffer Protection
New Hampshire Jogger Suffers Black Bear Attack
Fertility Control Wildlife Management in Australia
Tree Squirrel Video Available (FREE)
Faunally-Related Damage in a Production System
NADCA Annual Meeting
Hats, Hats, Hats...
Cormorant Scientific Symposium
PROBE Questionnaire Results

The Probe, Issue 130 - March 1993

The Probe: Newsletter of the National Animal Damage Control Association

CONTENTS:
PRED-X®Ear-Tags Prove Disappointing to Producers
CALENDAR OF UPCOMING EVENTS
Grackles Draw Ire and Often Fire of Texas Mayor
Dominican Parrots Prove to be Problems—Ideas Needed
Deer Collision Insurance? Good Idea Falls Flat
Selective Raccoon Set Avoids Cats
Message from the President
Publications Available
Teaching Materials for Wildlife Damage Management
In My Opinion
NADCA Annual Meeting

Remedial Action Plan For The Codisposal And Stabilization Of The Monument Valley And Mexican Hat Uranium Mill Tailings At Mexican Hat, Utah, Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action Project Office, Albuquerque Operations Office, Department Of Energy

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

The Mexican Hat tailings site is in the San Juan County, Utah, two road miles southwest of the town of Mexican Hat on the Navajo Reservation. The Navajo community of Halchita is approximately 0.5 mile southwest of the site. The mill at the Mexican Hat site was operated from 1957 to 1965 by Texas-Zinc Minerals Corporation and the Atlas Corporation. Originally, two irregularly shaped tailings piles were located in the northeastern portion of the site. They occupied approximately 69 acres of the 235-acre designated site and contained approximately 2,575,000 cubic yards (cy) of tailings. The total amount of materials, including …

Problem Analysis For The Vegetation Diversity Project, David A. Pyke, Michael M. Borman, U.S. Department Of The Interior, Bureau Of Land Management

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

Management of the majority of public rangeland in the Great Basin and Columbia-Snake River Plateau falls under the authority of the Bureau of Land Management. The flora of this land ranges from highly diverse native plant communities to deteriorated lands dominated by exotic annuals. Approximately nine percent of the BLM’s 78 million acres of public land in this region is degraded to such a degree that changes in land management alone will not result in significant improvement. The BLM intends to restore native plant communities on these deteriorated lands, but current revegetation techniques used to establish introduced perennial grasses are …

State Of Tampa Bay 1991-92, Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council (Tbrpc), Agency On Bay Management

Reports

Each year the Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council's Agency on Bay Management develops a report on the condition of the Tampa Bay estuary to identify activities and actions that have taken place during the previous year. This is the sixth "State of Tampa Bay" prepared under adopted rules of the Agency. Since the Legislature now meets earlier in the calender year, this report contains activities in 1991 and 1992 to accommodate this timing change.The purpose of the "State of Tampa Bay" is to • serve as a reference for projects, programs and organizations that affect the bay and its watershed …

Water Resources Review - February 1993 Vol 6 No 1, Annis Water Resources Institute

AWRI Reviews

No abstract provided.

Application Of Organophilic Clay, Koshy Koshy

Theses

The overall goal of this project is to asses the feasibility of using clay to filter water contaminated with organic contaminants. The clays that were used were provided by the Union Carbide Corporation and the Industrial Mineral Ventures (IMV), a division of Floridin company. The organic contaminants that this project concentrated on were, naphthalene, 1,4-dioxane, and phenol. The feasibility studies were done by batch isotherm studies. The protocol for the batch studies were the same as the ones used previously for granular activated carbon. This project looked at a total of six Union Carbide clays and five IMV Floridin clays. …

Land Use Patterns In Relation To Lake Water Quality In The Salmon Lake Watershed, Problems In Environmental Science Course (Biology 493), Colby College, Colby College

Colby College Watershed Study: Salmon Lake and McGrath Pond (2009, 1993)

Salmon Lake has a history of algal blooms which have decreased the recreational and aesthetic value of the lake (Nichols et al. 1984). As early as the 1920’s, Salmon Lake was reported to have poor water quality. Algal blooms were reported throughout the 1970’s. Numerous complaints led to a study in 1975 by the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (MDEP) and another in 1984 by the U.S. Geological Survey to determine the cause of the accelerated algal growth in the ponds. Both studies concluded that the primary cause of these algal blooms was high concentrations of phosphorus in the water. …

Saving The Catchments Of Albany's Harbours, Ashley Prout

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

Fertiliser, particularly phosphorus, running off farm land is a major source of nutrient entering Albany's harbours. Oyster Harbour, which has a large rural catchment, is especially at risk.

The build-up in nutrients in the harbours has caused nuisance algal growth since the early 1970s and subseuent death of more than half the seagrass beds, which are vital to the areas marine life.

The Department of Agriculture, at the request of the Environmental protection Authority, has developed and promoted catchment management plans that enable rural land holders to reduce the amount of run-off into the harbours without necessarily sacrificing farm productivity. …

Instream Flow Protection In The West, Lawrence J. Macdonnell, Teresa A. Rice, Steven J. Shupe, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center

Books, Reports, and Studies

1 v. (various pagings) : ill., maps ; 28 cm

POLICIES AND ISSUES: Recognizing the value of in-place uses of water in the West : an introduction to the laws, strategies and issues / Steven J. Shupe, Lawrence J. MacDonnell -- Instream flows : integrating new uses and new players into the prior appropriation system / Christopher H. Meyer -- People preserving rivers : the public and its changing role in protecting instream flows / Lori Potter -- Instream flows and the public trust / Harrison C. Dunning -- The federal role in in-place water protection / Lawrence J. MacDonnell, …

Canyonlands National Park And Orange Cliffs Unit Of Glen Canyon National Recreation Area Environmental Assessment For Backcountry Management Plan, National Park Service

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

Whether on foot, bicycle, horseback, or in vehicles, most visitors come to Canyonlands National Park (Canyonlands) to experience solitude or to "get away from people." Yet visitation to Canyonlands has risen exponentially over the past five years (Figures 1 and 2). Visitation is expected to continue to rise. As a function of this increase in number of visitors, adverse impacts to Canyonlands' resources have increased and the visitors' ability to find solitude has decreased. Since the mandate of the National Park Service (NPS) is to balance visitor access to the parks with preservation and protection of natural and cultural resources, …

John Muir Newsletter, Winter 1993, John Muir Center For Regional Studies

Muir Center Newsletters (1981-2015)

John Muir Newsletter winter 1993 university of the pacific volume 3, number 1 THE 1992 JOHN MUIR WRITING CONTEST A "GLORIOUS" »3 \J v^ \s JtL/»J»3 Last year we launched our own writer's contest for Muir aficionados, hoping not only to promote Muir's environmental message but also to have some fun trying to emulate his evocative writing style. The results exceeded our expectations. Out of nearly two dozen entries, our panel of judges from the English Department at UOP awarded four prizes, one from the "Young Sequoia" (young adult) category and three from the "Old Yosemite" (adult) division. The winners …