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Metropolitan Growth And The Local Role In Surface Water Resource Protection In The Lake Erie Basin, Wendy A. Kellogg

All Maxine Goodman Levin School of Urban Affairs Publications

Local governments can play an important role in protecting surface water resources through their compliance with federal and state regulations and through their own land use planning and management practices. Despite 30 years of water quality initiatives in the Lake Erie basin, nonpoint source runoff from urban and urbanizing lands remains a problem. Loss of riparian corridor integrity is increasing as urban areas in the Lake Erie basin experience areal growth. The use and management of land, predominantly a local responsibility, directly affects surface water resources. The role that local governments play in protecting surface water resources was studied in …

Center For Sustainable Agricultural Systems Newsletter, May/June 1996

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

Contents:

New CSAS Web Page

Field Day On Specialty Crops

Windbreak Evaluation Software

Integrated Farm Update: Cover Crop Research

Teaching Sustainability at a Distance

President's Task Force Says U.S. Ag Must Be Sustainable

Exchange Program for Organic Farmers

Agroforestry for Farms, Ranches, and Communities

Windbreaks for Corn?

A Comparative Analysis Of Viable Solar Thermal Technologies For Solar Field Development And Commercialization, Sean M. Crawford

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

Diminishing fossil fuels and concerns about the quality of the environment has lead the recent drive to establish a commercialized solar field in Southern Nevada. The competing solar thermal technologies for the Solar Enterprise Zone (SEZ) are Parabolic Dish-Stirling, Central Receiver Power Towers, and Parabolic Trough Systems. It is important to compare the technologies based on the guidelines set by the Corporation for Solar Technology and Renewable Resources. The variables weighted are solar conversion performances, initial capital investment, operation and maintenance costs, water and land use, and electricity production costs. All technologies have been proven to viable power sources and …

Consensus Groups And Grassroots Democracy: Maybe Those Who Say It Cannot Be Done Should Get Out Of The Way Of Those Doing It, Mary Margaret Chapman

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

10 pages.

Contains 2 pages of references.

Center For Sustainable Agricultural Systems Newsletter, September/October 1995

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

Contents:

Stauber Kicks off Extension Training

Sustainable Agriculture Field Day and Tour

Student Micro-farms a Field Tour Highlight

Beadle Center Dedication Speaker Focuses on Values

UNL Beadle Center's Namesake Was Also a Farmer

Rossman Farm Demonstrates Diversity

Organic Industry Prepares for New Labeling Standards

House-senate Conference Committee Supports Attra Funding

SWCS Call for Papers

Searching For Sustainable Use Of Montana’S Water: A Series Of Vignettes, Matthew Mckinney

Sustainable Use of the West's Water (Summer Conference, June 12-14)

24 pages.

Contains references.

Community-Public Lands Partnership: The Montezuma County Federal Lands Program, Michael F. Preston

Who Governs the Public Lands: Washington? The West? The Community? (September 28-30)

18 pages (includes illustrations and maps).

Contains 1 page of references.

Basaisa Solar Project And Sustainable Community Development, Salah Arafa

Faculty Book Chapters

[abstract not provided]

Center For Sustainable Agricultural Systems Newsletter, January/February 1994

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

Contents:

Sustainable Ag Grants for Producers

Nebraska Environmental Trust Fund

Electronic Communication Is In

In the Seminar Spotlight - Clive Edwards

National Sustainable Ag Coordinating Council

Research on Reducing Environmental Impacts of Livestock

FAO Examines Education Programs on Environmental Sustainability

Federal Conservation Policy is Changing

Defining Production Systems In Nebraska

Center For Sustainable Agricultural Systems Newsletter, November/December 1993

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

Contents:

Developments in Planning North Central Institute for Sustainable Systems

Sustainable Ag Mentor Program

NCR SARE Speakers Bureau

UNL's Alice Jones Named SARE Director

Update on Buffalo Commons: Seminar by Deborah and Frank Popper

Local Commentary on Buffalo Commons: Interview with Joe Luther

Agriculture and Rural Community Linkages

In the Seminar Spotlight

Mark Drabenstott

Meena Dalal

Paul Thompson

John Ikerd

Ricardo Salvador

Clive Edwards

Matt Liebman

Coalition Recommends Sustainable Ag Policies

Science and Sustainability: Workshop in Bellevue, WA

Update: President's Council on Sustainable Development (PCSD)

Development, Growth And Sustainability, Margaret Troyak, Tom Muir

Buffalo Environmental Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Center For Sustainable Agricultural Systems Newsletter, March/April 1993

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

Contents:

New Look for the Newsletter

Policy Options for 1995 Farm Bill

New CSAS Paper Series

Proceedings of "Farm Bill" Seminar Series

Sustainable Agriculture Initiative National Status Report (USDA)

Leopold Center Progress Report

NSAS and OCIA Annual Meetings

Nutrient Management for Water Quality, The Iowa Experience

New Book Series: Our Sustainable Future

List of Funding Sources Available

Cosponsorship of Seminar Speakers

CSAS Advisory Committee Meeting

Gell-Mann Presents Visions of Sustainable World

Next Generation of U.S. Ag. Conservation Policy

Discussion Paper: Public Lands Communities, Sarah F. Bates, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center, University Of Colorado Boulder. Western Lands Program

Books, Reports, and Studies

30 p. ; 28 cm

Center For Sustainable Agricultural Systems Newsletter, January/February 1993

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

Defining Production Systems in Nebraska

Nebraska Environmental Trust Fund

Sustainable Ag Grants for Producers

National Sustainable Ag Coordinating Council

Federal Conservation Policy Is Changing

FAO Examines Education Programs on Environmental Sustainability

Research on Reducing Environmental Impacts of Livestock

In the Seminar Spotlight

Electronic Communication Is In

Book Review. For Whom The National Parks?, A. Dan Tarlock

Articles by Maurer Faculty

No abstract provided.