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Action Education In Land Use Decisions: Student Views On Urbanization And Farmland Loss, Mindi Schneider, Charles A. Francis, Dick Esseks

CARI Extension and Education Materials for Sustainable Agriculture

Loss of prime farmland is a serious concern in the United States and around the globe. With rapid urban population increases, the activities and perceived needs of concentrated groups of people result in the swallowing of some of the most fertile lands in this country. Today we have just under 2 acres of productive farmland per person in the United States. Given the current population growth rate due to births and immigration, plus the present rate of farmland loss, World Watch Institute estimates that we will have about 0.6 acres or one-third as much farmland available per person by 2055--a …

Americanizing Sustainability: Place-Based Approaches To The Global Challenge, Timothy Beatley, Richard C. Collins

William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review

No abstract provided.

Scwds Briefs: Volume 18, Number 2 (July 2002)

Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study: Publications

• Chronic wasting disease (CWD) recently has been identified in more free-ranging and captive cervids at additional locations in New Mexico, Wisconsin, and Colorado.
• An outbreak of low pathogenicity avian influenza (LPAI) virus apparently has been contained in domestic poultry in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia.
• West Nile Virus Continues to Spread
• Update on Cryptosporidium and Giardia in Wildlife
• The accurate diagnosis of epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus (EHDV) in white-tailed deer
• In June of 2002, the Disney Wildlife Conservation Fund made a contribution to help support SCWDS' continuing investigations of avian vacuolar myelinopathy (AVM).
• …

Human-Robot Interaction: Final Report For Darpa/Nsf Study On Human-Robot Interaction, Erika Rogers, Robin R. Murphy

Computer Science and Software Engineering

No abstract provided.

Integrating Environmental Education With Family And Consumer Science Education, Trina Lin Stangland

All Graduate Projects

This project provides lessons and activities for the integration of environmental education throughout the family and consumer science curriculum. The project reflects the most current standards including the Washington State Environmental Education Guidelines and Essential Academic Learning Requirements, as well as the Family and Consumer Science National Standards. Many appropriate areas of implementation were discovered in the review of literature. The lessons and activities presented in this project are informed by the literature and are, subsequently, diverse and desirable for family and consumer science education. Each lesson or activity includes detailed information on which standards they reflect as well as …

Building A Sustainable Future For Portland, City Club Of Portland (Portland, Or.)

City Club of Portland

No abstract provided.

Teaching And Learning In The School Garden, Elizabeth Lynn Waddell

Theses Digitization Project

This project was created to encourage educators to establish school site gardens. Gardens provide the opportunity to introduce environmental topics, and can become hands-on learning centers for subjects across the course of study.

The Social Costs Of Moving Water In Northern New Mexico, David Benavides

Water and Growth in the West (Summer Conference, June 7-9)

15 pages.

Growth Pressures And Tmdls, David G. Davis, Jamal M. Kadri, Teresa J. Norfleet

Water and Growth in the West (Summer Conference, June 7-9)

18 pages.

Back To The Garden: The Redemptive Promise Of Sustainable Forestry, 1893-2000, Char Miller

Pomona Faculty Publications and Research

As we struggle at the turn of the century to define and implement “sustainable forestry”— the next stage in the evolution of forest management in North America and the world—it is important to realize that its components have strong roots in the forestry profession. This article examines the relationship of forests and forestry with social equity issues during the last century. In the end, the author leaves us with a question: can sustainable forestry as we understand it today lead to conflict resolution? If not, what lies beyond sustainable forestry?

Outdoor Recreation And Water Development: The National Recreation Lakes Study, Bruce R. Brown

Outdoor Recreation: Promise and Peril in the New West (Summer Conference, June 8-10)

12 pages.

Resource Law Notes Newsletter, No. 43, Spring Issue, Mar. 1998, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center

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

No abstract provided.

Integrating Agroforestry Into Usda Programs: A Task Force Report To The Usda Interagency Working Group On Agroforestry, W. J. Rietveld, James P. Lassoie, Charles A. Francis, William Farris, Catalino Blanche, Bruce Wight

United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

The task force collected and synthesized infonnation and recommended actions to develop the potential of agroforestry to help attain USDA sustainable development goals.

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.