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Ua56/1 Fact Book, Wku Institutional Research

WKU Administration Documents

Statistical and demographic profile of WKU.

Zebra Mussel Infestation Of Unionid Bivalves (Unionidae) In North America, Don W. Schloesser, Thomas F. Nalepa, Gerald L. Mackie

United States Department of Commerce: Staff Publications

In 1989, zebra mussels received national attention in North America when they reached densities exceeding 750,000/m² in a water withdrawal facility along the shore of western Lake Erie of the Laurentian Great Lakes. Although water withdrawal problems caused by zebra mussels have been of immediate concern, ecological impacts attributed to mussels are likely to be the more important long-term issue for surface waters in North America. To date, the epizoic colonization (i.e., infestation) of unionid bivalve mollusks by zebra mussels has caused the most direct and severe ecological impact. Infestation of and resulting impacts caused by zebra …

Environmental Assessment Mammoth-Duck Creek Recovery Project, United States Forest Service

Environmental Assessments (UT)

This Environmental Assessment (EA) documents the analysis of a Proposed Action and the No Action alternative for the Mammoth-Duck Creek Recovery Project. The Proposed Action is designed to meet the following Purpose and Need within urban interface areas, Forest campgrounds and along designated Forest roads (Focus Areas): restore forest health by reducing bark beetle populations and protecting and retaining scenic vegetation; eliminate safety hazards by reducing fuels buildup and fire danger; manage habitats to maintain viable populations of existing native or desired non-native vertebrate species; and recover the volume and value of trees killed by bark beetles. The EA discusses …

Enron Burly Development Well No. 58-18d Finding Of No Significant Impact And Decision Record, United States Department Of The Interior Bureau Of Land Management

Record of Decisions (WY)

The proposed well, Burly 58-18D, is located on private surface on a steep slope above fogarty Creek and within view of identified crucial elk winter range. The Burly project is located west of Mobil's office on the Calpet Highway between Big Piney and LaBarge, Wyoming.

Final Environmental Impact Statement, Grass Creek Planning Area Resource Management Plan, Volume 2 Of 2, United States Department Of The Interior Bureau Of Land Management

Final Environmental Impact Statements (WY)

The Bureau of Land Management is responsible for the balanced management of the public lands and resources and their various values so that they are considered in a combinatlon that will best serve the needs of the American people. Management is based upon the principles of multiple use and sustained yield: a combination of uses that take into account the long term needs of future generations for renewable and nonrenewable resources. These resources include recreation, range, timber, minerals, watershed, fish and wildlife, wilderness and natural, scenic, scientific and cultural values.

The Yellowed Archives Of Yellowcake, Ken Silver

Canyonlands Research Bibliography

Extensive historical documentation of exposures and releases at government-owned energy facilities is a unique and valuable resource for analyzing and communicating health risks. Facilities at all stages of the atomic fuel cycle were the subject of numerous industrial hygiene, occupational health, and environmental assessments during the Cold War period. Uranium mines and mills on the Colorado Plateau were investigated as early as the 1940s. One such facility was the mill in Monticello, Utah, which began operation as a vanadium extraction plant in 1943 and was later adapted to recover uranium from camotite ores. The mill ceased operation in 1960. The …

Pesticides In Streams Draining Agricultural And Urban Areas In Colorado, Robert Kimbrough, David Litke

United States Geological Survey: Staff Publications

A study was conducted from April 1993 through April 1994 to describe and compare the occurrence and distribution of pesticides in streams in a small agricultural and a small urban area in Colorado. Twenty-five water samples collected at least monthly at the mouths of two tributary streams of the South Platte River were analyzed for 47 pesticides. The results indicate that both agricultural and urban areas are probable sources for pesticides in streams. In the agricultural area, 30 pesticides were detected, and in the urban area, 22 pesticides were detected in one or more samples. Most often, the more frequently …

Center For Sustainable Agricultural Systems Newsletter, January/February 1996

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

Contents:

1996 Sustainable Ag Training Workshops

Applications for Sare Producer Grants Due May 1

Bender Answers Questions on January Telecast

Nebraska Environmental Trust Proposals Due April 10

Intern Program Begins Second Year

Agroforestry Center Expands Programs

Strategies and Ideas in Sustainable Agriculture

NSAS Annual Meeting Will Focus on Rural Communities

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

Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Centre: Newsletters and Publications

Involvement in Mexico New Diagnostic Tools Hook Lake Wood Bison Recovery Project Progress Report - July 1996 Conjunctivitis in cormorants - Prince Edward IslandTularemia in snowshoe hares - Nova Scotia Seasonal mortality of terns continues in Kouchibouguac National Park, New Brunswick Belugas from the St. Lawrence Estuary Secondary Tyzzar'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 Diazinon poisoning of American wigeon

Soils Of The Mount Beaumont Area, G G. Scholz, Henry Smolinski

Land resources series

Mount Beaumont Mount Beaumont is approximately 100 km north-east of Esperance in the south-east of Western Australia. In 1982 an area of 35,000 ha of virgin Crown Land was released for agriculture (identified as Mount Beaumont Stage I) and later it was proposed to release a further 33,600 ha (Mount Beaumont Stage II). Following development of the first stage, doubts arose about the suitability of the soils for agriculture, so the Department of Agriculture (now Agriculture Western Australia) surveyed the soils of the Mount Beaumont Stage II area before further land release. The survey indicated severe limitations to production and …

1996-1997 Nova Southeastern University Center For Undergraduate Studies Catalog, Nova Southeastern University

Undergraduate Programs Course Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Spring 1996, Nsu Oceanographic Center

Currents

No abstract provided.

Winter 1996, Nsu Oceanographic Center

Currents

No abstract provided.

Fall 1996, Nsu Oceanographic Center

Currents

No abstract provided.

Snap, Crackle, Webwindows!, Geoffrey C. Fox, Wojtek Furmanski

Northeast Parallel Architecture Center

We elaborate the SNAP---Scalable (ATM) Network and (PC) Platforms---view of computing in the year 2000. The World Wide Web will continue its rapid evolution, and in the future, applications will not be written for Windows NT/95 or UNIX, but rather for WebWindows with interfaces defined by the standards of Web servers and clients. This universal environment will support WebTop productivity tools, such as WebWord, WebLotus123, and WebNotes built in modular dynamic fashion, and undermining the business model for large software companies. We define a layered WebWindows software architecture in which applications are built on top of multi-use services. We discuss …

The Probe, Issue 162 – January/February 1996

The Probe: Newsletter of the National Animal Damage Control Association

Trapping Weasels-- James E. Forbes, Past President
From the Incoming President-- Eugene A. LeBoeuf
NADCA Membership Directory
• Draft NADCA Position Statements on Wildlife Reintroduction Aquaculture Regulated Hunting Trapping Wildflife Damage Management
NADCA Committees

The Fish And Wildlife Service-Extension Connection, Duncan Macdonald

Triennial National Wildlife and Fisheries Extension Specialists Conference: 8th (1996)

We go back a long, long way! When the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) first established an office to cooperate directly with the Extension System's fish and wildlife component, I was a mere lad of 49. I became involved 4 years later, still a very young man! Now that the program and I have matured it's a good time to reflect on past accomplishments and associations and to look ahead to a continuing productive relationship.

Performance Of Vegetative Filter Strips With Varying Pollutant Source And Filter Strip Lengths, Puneet Srivastava, Dwayne R. Edwards, Tommy C. Daniel, Philip A. Moore Jr., Thomas A. Costello

Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering Faculty Publications

Vegetative filter strips (VFS) can reduce runoff losses of pollutants such as nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) from land areas treated with fertilizers. While VFS effectiveness is considered to depend on lengths of pollutant source and VFS areas, there is little experimental evidence of this dependence, particularly when the pollutant source is manure-treated pasture. This study assessed the effects of pollutant source area (fescue pasture treated with poultry litter) length and VFS (fescue pasture) length on VFS removal of nitrate N (NO₃-N), ammonia N (NH₃-N), total Kjeldahl N (TKN), ortho-P (PO₄-P), total P (TP), …

Degradation Of Remnant Vegetation, Richard George, Don Mcfarlane, Russell Speed

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

Remnant vegetation, wetlands and riverine systems on both private and public land throughout south-western Australia are being rapidly degraded by dryland salinity, inundation, silting, nutrient enrichment and weed invasion. Richard George, Don McFarlane and Russel Speed outline some of the reasons why this is happening and provide some case studies that highlight actions to protect these remnants.

Septic Systems For Homeowners, William O. Thom

Agriculture and Natural Resources Publications

Septic systems are an effective, long-standing method for collecting, treating, and disposing of wastewaters from rural and surburban homes that do not have access to municipal sewage treatment plants. They collect and treat wastewaters produced in the bathroom, kitchen, and laundry of a home before discharging them into the soil. These systems are used by homeowners in every county in Kentucky.

Iowa Academy Of Science 108th Annual Meeting [1996]: Advance Program, Iowa Academy Of Science

Iowa Academy of Science Documents

Contains information about the schedule and presentations for the 1996 annual meeting of the Iowa Academy of Science.

Early Life History Of Yellow Perch In Eastern South Dakota Lakes, Shannon Fisher

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Yellow perch Perea flavescens are a popular South Dakota sportfish; however, inconsistent recruitment creates highly variable and unpredictable perch fishery quality. Before fishery managers can begin to develop and assess strategies to stabilize yellow perch recruitment, a better understanding of their early life history is required. I selected two natural lakes with differing yellow perch population types and monitored brood stock, spawning habits, and larval and juvenile life history patterns during 1995 and 1996. Pelican Lake was selected as a representative yellow perch population exhibiting inconsistent recruitment and Pickerel Lake as a population with relatively consistent recruitment. Yellow perch tended …

Task Ll Report, Part 2: Evaluation Of Water Supplies In The Red River, Dix River, And Mainstem Watersheds Of The Kentucky River, D. I. Carey, A. W. Fogle, L. G. Morris

KWRRI Research Reports

This study was part of a larger study of water supplies throughout the Kentucky River Basin conducted by the Kentucky Water Resources Research Institute for the Kentucky River Authority. This report examines municipal and private water supplies in the Red River, Dix River, and mainstem Kentucky River watersheds. Municipal supplies which depend on the mainstem Kentucky River, and municipal and private supplies in the North, South, and Middle Fork watersheds of the Kentucky River basin are examined in separate reports.

Fish Lateral Line Neurophysiological And Neurobehavioral Responses As A Sensitive Water Quality Monitoring System, Hong Y. Yan

KWRRI Research Reports

Cadmium is a heavy metal ion that can cause deleterious effects on aquatic animals. This study uses both electrophysiological recordings from lateral line nerves and videotaping of schooling behavior to investigate the effects of cadmium exposure on fish. The fathead minnows were exposed to cadmium at a concentration of 450 μg/1 over a 24-hr period. Extracellular recording with a silver hook electrode was used to record compound action potentials from the lateral lines of control and experimental fish. After a short time exposure (24 hr) to cadmium ions, all of the electrophysiological activities of the lateral line nerves were suppressed. …

Describing The Elephant: Multiple Perspectives In New York City's Watershed Protection Conflict, Krystyna Anne Stave

Public Policy and Leadership Faculty Research

New York City's efforts to avoid filtration mandated by the 1986 Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments and the 1989 Surface Water Treatment Rule have generated considerable controversy. Since the conflict began in 1990, a spectrum of stakeholder groups has emerged, representing land owners, sport fishermen, businesses, environmental groups, developers, and watershed communities. What was originally defined by New York City water supply managers as a scientific problem--identifying sources of water quality degradation and preventing contaminants from entering the water supply system--now has broadened to include a diverse set of social and economic issues as well.

Synthetic Organic Compounds: Las Vegas Wash And Lake Mead, National Water Quality Assessment Program (Nawqa): Nevada Basin And Range

Publications (WR)

The Nevada Basin and Range (NVBR) study unit of the U.S. Geological Survey's National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program is investigating the status of, trends in, and factors affecting water quality in the Las Vegas area. A principal objective of the investigation is to assess the effects of urbanization on the quality of area water resources. Las Vegas Wash is the surface-water outlet for the Las Vegas area. The wash transports stormwater runoff, shallow ground-water discharge, and tertiary-treated sewage effluent from the Las Vegas area to Las Vegas Bay of Lake Mead on the Colorado River. Most of the flow—about 96 …

An Interdisciplinary Water Quality Curriculum For Middle School Students, Barbara Michelle Cleveland

All Graduate Projects

An interdisciplinary curriculum correlating water quality with the disciplines of physical science and mathematics for 6th grade middle school students was developed. Literature examined indicates that the opportunity to explore key concepts and significant issues using an integrated approach provided greater opportunity to formulate meaningful connections between disciplines studied and that achievement was enhanced. The Learning units were developed for use at Wilson Middle School in Yakima, Washington.

A Guide For Extending Nature Lessons At The Yakima Arboretum, Marilou Cori Kinder

All Graduate Projects

The importance of providing a hands on natural environment curriculum was examined. Sources from 1938-1996 were found supporting the importance of such a curriculum. A search was conducted on the availability of a natural habitat curriculum that used a local resource. The search discovered the Yakima Arboretum had seven areas of interest along with a packet of brief lesson suggestions. These lessons were extended to include classroom activities that would provide students with background knowledge prior to a field trip to the Arboretum.

Summer 1996, Nsu Oceanographic Center

Currents

No abstract provided.

Information Systems In Non-Profit Organizations: Enhancing Performance Through Online Help, Robert H. Lane

CCAC Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this dissertation is to focus attention on the problems which non-profit organizations face in dealing with employee dissatisfaction and turnover among clerical staff whose principal responsibility is data entry. To address the problem, a presentation on the background, a discussion of the managerial and information systems implications, and an end-user needs assessment culminated in the development of an online help system for an IDM AS/400-based membership management package.

The system enables the data entry staff to easily locate the answers to most of their commonly asked questions without leaving their workstation, thus reducing the need for as …