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Utah's Pest Peeves, Dennis Hinkamp

All Archived Publications

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Raccoons, Corey M. Huxoll, Terry A. Messmer, Mike Conover

All Archived Publications

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Voles, Ben C. West, Terry A. Messmer

All Archived Publications

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Decision Record For The Environmental Assessment For Coal Planning Decisions In The Carbon Basin Area Of The Great Divide Resource Area, United States Department Of The Interior, Bureau Of Land Management

Record of Decisions (WY)

The Federal Coal Leasing Amendments Act of 1976 requires that Federal coal lands to be considered for leasing must be identified in a comprehensive land use plan. At the time the Great Divide Resource Management Plan (GDRA RMP, 1990) was prepared, approximately 60% of the Federal coal lands in the Carbon Basin Coal Area were leased and exempt from the coal screening/planning process. Subsequently, development of this lease was never pursued and the lease expired. In addition, the coal screening/planning process was not conducted on the remainder of the Federal coal lands in the Carbon Basin area during the RMP …

Record Of Decision Jonah Field Ii Natural Gas Development Project Environmental Impact Statement, United States Department Of The Interior, Bureau Of Land Management

Record of Decisions (WY)

This document records the decision made by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for managing the public land surface and federal mineral estate in the Jonah II Area Natural Gas Development project (hereafter referred to as the Jonah II Project). The Jonah II Project area comprises approximately 59,600 acres of Federal, State, and private land ownership. Of this total, approximately 56,400 acres are BLM administered or 95 percent; 2,560 acres are State of Wyoming or 4 percent; and 640 acres are private surface/federal minerals, or 1 percent. See Map 1.1 for the location of the Jonah II Project.

Recycle Garden Waste Without Composting, Dennis Hinkamp

All Archived Publications

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In Another Time, Harold Schindler

All USU Press Publications

An illustrated collection of historical articles originally published in the Salt Lake Tribune from 1993 to 1996, In Another Time provides both an entertaining introduction to Utah and a distinguished and popular historian's summary views of the state's peculiar history. Harold Schindler is well known to readers of the Tribune as a columnist and feature writer. He is also widely respected as a historian and author, especially of the popular biography Orrin Porter Rockwell: Man of God, Son of Thunder. The essays published here come from two series he wrote for the Tribune, and they include some of the longest …

Markets, Social Norms, And Governments In The Service Of Environmentally Sustainable Economic Development, Christopher B. Barrett

Economic Research Institute Study Papers

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Toxic Reminders Of Summer, Dennis Hinkamp

All Archived Publications

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Keep Your Bird Feeder Safe, Dennis Hinkamp

All Archived Publications

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Dixie Resource Area Proposed Resource Management Plan And Final Environmental Impact Statement, United States Bureau Of Land Management

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

This is the Proposed Resource Management Plan and Final Environmental Impact Statement (Proposed Plan) for the Dixie Resource Area. This document responds to public comments received on the Dixie Resource Area Draft Resource Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement (Draft Plan). The Proposed Plan also corrects errors in the Draft Plan identified through the public comment process and internal BLM review. The Proposed Plan and associated analysis presents a refined and modified version of the Preferred Alternative and the accompanying impact analysis contained in the Draft Plan. This document is published in condensed form and should be used in conjunction …

North Round Valley Timber Sale Final Environmental Impact Statement, United States Forest Service

Final Environmental Impact Statements (ID)

This Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) documents three management alternatives analyzed for the North Round Valley Timber Sale. This sale is to be offered in 1998 and administered by the New Meadows Ranger District of the Payette National Forest. The North Round Valley sale planning area is located on the New Meadows Ranger District, 10 to 15 miles northwest of New Meadows.

Challis Resource Area Proposed Resource Management Plan And Final Environmental Impact Statement Volume 2 (Of 2), United States Department Of The Interior, Bureau Of Land Management

Resource Management Plans (ID)

The climate of the Challis Resource Area is influenced primarily by maritime air carried eastward on prevailing westerly winds. General climatic characteristics are abundant sunshine, low humidity, and high evaporation. The major precipitation source, particularly for winter storms, is the Northern Pacific Ocean. In the summer, however, most of the thunderstorm activity is caused by moisture-laden air originating from the south, off the Pacific coast of Mexico.

Integrated Natural Resource Planning, Dorthy H. Anderson, Dietmar W. Rose, Ken Brooks, Tom Burk, Howard Hoganson, Klaus Puettman

Natural Resources and Environmental Issues

Deciding upon management strategies and use of natural resources becomes more challenging as urban areas expand and human population and consumption levels continue to increase. Given that a larger urban population, interestingly, seems to demand both more resources (products) and greater environmental protection, there will no doubt be a coincident heightening of conflicts over natural resource management in the next century. Making decisions on natural resource allocation and use under such circumstances will become even more complex and difficult than they are today. Skilled people will be needed who can develop an integrated approach to natural resource management that sheds …

Teaching Core Values: Some Questions, James E. Coufal

Natural Resources and Environmental Issues

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Principles Of Wildlife Conservation-Testing Distance Delivery Methodologies, W. Daniel Edge, John Loegering, Penelope Diebel

Natural Resources and Environmental Issues

In conjunction with faculty at Oregon State University, we developed a distance education course in two phases. During Phase I, conducted Spring of 1996, we used Oregon ED-NET (a simulcast satellite education system) to reach 143 students at 14 sites in Oregon. In the second phase, we offered the course nation-wide in a video format Spring term 1997 and enrolled 92 students at 13 sites. We will offer the video course again during Winter term 1998 following an expanded marketing plan. Our objectives in this paper are to present (1) course design and production information; (2) our experiences with satellite …

Interdisciplinary Natural Resource And Environmental Policy Program At Utah State University, Joanna Endter-Wada, Richard S. Krannich

Natural Resources and Environmental Issues

The Natural Resource and Environmental Policy Program at Utah State University (USU) is an interdisciplinary, graduate, educational program that has been developed since the fall of 1991. The program administers and awards a graduate certificate, sponsors invited speakers, oversees student policy presentations, and facilitates interdisciplinary collaboration. The program has earned broad, campus-wide support and participation. All eight colleges at USU supported approval of the certificate program in 1994. At present, sixteen academic units are represented on its Faculty Advisory Committee, which oversees and makes decisions about the program. Fifty graduate students from fourteen academic units have pursued the Interdisciplinary Certificate …

Linking Senior Forestry Courses, Larry A. Leefers, Jeremy S. Fried

Natural Resources and Environmental Issues

Learning has been described as a cumulative process that allows students to build knowledge and skills as they progress through their undergraduate programs. Courses offered at the senior level usually have prerequisites, or require concurrent enrollment in other courses. In the Department of Forestry at Michigan State University, we have recently started offering two senior-level courses concurrently (rather than sequentially): Forest Management and Natural Resources Planning and Policy. In an effort to better integrate our curriculum, we are building linkages between these courses based on content (to reduce redundancy), quantitative analysis, and data sets. Forest Management is taken mostly by …

Education's Role In Sustainable Development: Uganda's Kibale National Park, R. J. Lilieholm, K. B. Paul, T. L. Sharik, R. Loether

Natural Resources and Environmental Issues

Kibale National Park (KNP), located in western Uganda, offers a rich diversity of tropical flora and fauna. The Park’s mid-altitude, moist tropical forest supports 11 of Uganda’s 20 non-human primate species, some of which occur in very high densities. The region around KNP is home to seven national parks and numerous protected areas. Located within KNP is the Makerere University Biological Field Station (MUBFS), with an extensive 25-year research history and a mandate to assist KNP in protecting the ecosystems of the region through management-relevant research. While KNP and MUBFS have received much visibility within Uganda, East Africa and the …

Ethics Primer For University Students Intending To Become Natural Resources Managers And Administrators, Richard J. Mcneil

Natural Resources and Environmental Issues

Natural resources managers and administrators frequently face problems which have ethical dimensions. This paper is intended to help students learn how to become more comfortable and sophisticated with ethical aspects of their management studies, to learn to include ethical tool more in their decision making, and consequently to become better prepared to manage resources later placed in their care. Many of us realize that ethical questions are fundamental to our work. Most of us feel that we have an adequate understanding of and ability to distinguish between "right" and "wrong" behaviors. But we are unable to discuss ethical ideas fluently …

Kenya Model: Development And Implementation Of An Overseas Study Course On African Wildlife Ecology And Management, Kelly F. Millenbah, Henry Campa Iii, Scott R. Winterstein, Perez M. Olindo, Chiaki Nakamura

Natural Resources and Environmental Issues

The brochure declares: "What better place to study a diversity of wildlife species and ecosystems than Kenya's spectacular National Parks and Conservation Areas?" Enticing! Exhilarating! A once in a life time experience! African Wildlife Ecology and Management in Kenya is an intensive two and a half week overseas study program offered by Michigan State University's (MSU) Department of Fisheries and Wildlife. Through this hands-on experience, students apply wildlife management principles to issues in Kenya's National Parks and Conservation Areas. Planning and coordination of this course requires a year's worth of thoughtful preparation in order to provide students with a dynamic …

Utah State University's Academic Program In Wildlife Damage Management, Michael R. Conover, Jack Berryman

Natural Resources and Environmental Issues

Wildlife damage management is the buffer between wild animals and people. This field attempts to enhance human-wildlife relations by resolving conflicts between humans and wildlife and increasing the positive values of wildlife. In 1990, Utah State University realized that its students’ education in this area was lacking and created an academic program in wildlife damage management with the support of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal Plant Health Inspection Service, Wildlife Services. Two years later, USU’s program expanded and became the Jack H. Berryman Institute for Wildlife Damage Management which is part of the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife and …

Proceedings Of The Second Biennial Conference On University Education In Natural Resources, Carla G. Heister

Natural Resources and Environmental Issues

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Interstate Educational Programs: Are We Ready?, Weldon S. Sleight

Natural Resources and Environmental Issues

During the past 15 years, Utah State University and other institutions have vigorously investigated the possibility of sharing educational resources across state lines. This concept, while very important to higher education's future, has not been fully realized. The most obvious barriers have been lack of financial resources and working models. This paper outlines models and procedures that could benefit institutions in the development of cooperative degrees.

Journal Of Mormon History Vol. 24, No. 2, 1998

Journal of Mormon History

CONTENTS

LETTERS vi

• --Missionaries in the American Religious Marketplace: Mormon Proselyting in the 1830s Steven C. Harper, 1

• --Mormon Leaders in Politics: The Transition to Statehood in 1896 Edward Leo Lyman, 30

• --J. Golden Kimball: Private Life of a Public Figure James N. Kimball, 55

• --Mary Bennion Powell: Polygamy and Silence John Bennion, 85

• --The Origin of the Word of Wisdom Clyde Ford, 129

• --The Curious Meet the Mormons: Images from Travel Narratives, 1850s and 1860s Craig S. Smith, 155

• --Making the Most of Leisure: Depression, Recreation, and the Improvement Era Richard Ian Kimball, 182

ENCOUNTER ESSAY

• --Forgotten History: Recovering …

Journal Of Mormon History Vol. 24, No. 1, 1998

Journal of Mormon History

CONTENTS

LETTERS

--Editorial Lavina Fielding Anderson, v

--Chronology Lavina Fielding Anderson, xiii

--Wilfried Decoo: Response to Bruce Van Orden, xix

Appendices xxxvi

--Bruce Van Orden: Response, il

--Reflections Richard L. Jensen, lv

--Anna Jean Duncan Backus: Response to Review by W. Paul Reeve, lvii

--W. Paul Reeve: Response, lviii

PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS

--A Web of Trails: Bringing History Home Linda King Newell, 1

TANNER LECTURE

• --Sesquicentennial Reflections: A Comparative View of Mormon and Gentile Women on the Westward Trail Glenda Riley, 28

• --Moses Thatcher in the Dock: His Trials, the Aftermath and His Last Days Kenneth W. Godfrey, 54

• --Single Men …

General Catalog 1998-2000, Utah State University

University Catalogs

Contains course descriptions, University college calendar, and college administration.

Adding Nutrients To Enhance The Growth Of Endangered Sockeye Salmon: Trophic Transfer In An Oligotrophic Lake, Phaedra E. Budy, Chris Luecke, Wayne A. Wurtsbaugh

Watershed Sciences Faculty Publications

Snake River sockeye salmon Oncorhynchus nerka, listed under U.S. law as endangered in 1991 in response to a decline in anadromous adult numbers, spend their first 1–2 years in Redfish Lake, Idaho, before migrating to the sea. To determine how nutrient enhancement might influence phytoplankton, zooplankton, and fish production, we performed fertilization experiments in large enclosures in this oligotrophic lake using juvenile kokanee (lacustrine O. nerka) as analogues for endangered sockeye salmon. Fertilization of the metalimnion substantially increased chlorophyll a (150%), phytoplankton biovolume (75%), primary productivity (250%), and zooplankton biomass (200%), and moderately increased fish growth (12%) over our control …

Environmental Conditions And Aspen Regeneration Failure, W.R. Jacobi, E.F. Kelly, C.A. Troendle, P.A. Angwin, C.A. Wettstein

Aspen Bibliography

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The Yellowman Tapes, Barre Toelken

English Faculty Publications

This article considers the final disposal of field-recorded tapes that are believed by the informant's family to embody certain dangers to researchers, to the natural world, and to themselves. Motives for keeping or destroying the tapes are discussed in the light of modern concerns such as the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, Navajo worldview, scholarly interests, fieldwork ethics, and personal responsibilities of the fieldworker. I espouse the view that folklorists stand to learn more and do better work when scholarly decisions are guided by the culture we study, even when taking this course causes disruption in our academic …