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National Strategy And Implementation Plan For Invasive Species Management, U.S. Department Of Agriculture, Forest Service

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

The Chief of the U.S.Department of Agriculture Forest Service has identified invasive species as one of the four critical threats to our Nation’s ecosystems. In response to this national threat,we have evaluated the role of the Forest Service as a leading forest research, forest health, and Federal resource management agency.We are aware of our significant role in addressing invasive species threats at the local, State, and national levels, as well as internationally.We have found the best opportunity for success comes from working strategically, using all our scientific, management, and partnership resources in unison. This document is not designed to serve …

Conservation Assessment Of Greater Sage-Grouse And Sagebrush Habitats, Western Association Of Fish And Wildlife Agencies

Wildlife Conservation and Management

An unbiased assessment from an ecological perspective of the current status and the potential factors that influenced the long-term conservation of greater sage-grouse populations and the sagebrush ecosystems on which they depend.

Bie6810 - Biochemical Engineering, Spring 2004, Ron Sims

Biological and Irrigation Engineering - OCW

Biochemical processes, thermodynamics, and kinetics are used in the application of engineering principles to analyze, design, and develop processes using biocatalysts. Processes covered in the course include those that are involved in the formation of desirable compounds and products or in the transformation, or destruction of unwanted or toxic substances.

Bie6300 - Irrigation & Conveyance Control Systems, Spring 2004, Gary P. Merkley

Biological and Irrigation Engineering - OCW

This is a course regarding measurement of flow rates and water levels. Calibration, design, and selection of open-channel flow measurement structures. Design of irrigation conveyance and distribution system infrastructure.

Bie6150 - Surface Irrigation Design, Spring 2004, Wynn Walker

Biological and Irrigation Engineering - OCW

This course was originally developed for the United States Department of Agriculture. It contains nearly 20 video lecture presentations with accompanying slides in English, Arabic, and French, an online textbook, homework assignments, and downloadable surface irrigation simulation software also developed by Dr. Walker. This course highlights design and evaluation of surface irrigation systems, field measurements for evaluating and improving uniformity and efficiency, simulation of surface systems, and land leveling computation and equipment. Note: The simulation software is designed to run on a PC only.

Cee6880 - Soil-Based Hazardous Waste Management, Spring 2004, Ron Sims

Civil and Environmental Engineering - OCW

Engineering management of hazardous wastes present in the vadose zone, including extraction, containment, and biological, chemical, and physical destruction technologies. Aspects include engineering characterization, problem definition, treatment, and monitoring. Analysis and design emphasized through problems, examinations, and report writing.

Technical Requirements: A PC is required to run the Fugacity Calculator.

Best Practices Checklist For Running A Faculty Search: From Identification Of Needs To Invitation To Interview

ADVANCE Library Collection

No abstract provided.

A Turn To Engineering: The Continuing Struggle Of Technology Education For Legitimization As A School Subject, Theodore Lewis

Publications

In the long march from manual training, the subject which today we call technology education has always had to contend with the question of its legitimacy as valid school knowledge. In this regard, it shares a similar history of struggle with other subjects whose initial entry into the curriculum was based on a utilitarian rather than an academic rationale. Goodson (1983) documents such cases (e.g. geography and biology) showing how in their struggle for acceptance, the primary strategy of advocates was to try to enhance the academic bona fides of their subject. He explained that utilitarian knowledge is associated with …

Operation Of Flaming Gorge Dam Draft Environmental Impact Statement Executive Summary, U.S. Department Of The Interior

Elusive Documents

No abstract provided.

Review Of: "Anatomy Of A Conflict: Identity, Knowledge, And Emotion In Old Growth Forests", Steven E. Daniels

Sociology, Social Work and Anthropology Faculty Publications

I am very glad this book was written, and equally pleased to have read it. But having done so, I am not sure I would buy it. I will use this review to explore the seeming contradiction between my enthusiasm and ambivalence. The book focuses on the regional conflict over the management of federally-managed forests in the Pacific Northwest Region of the United States. The controversy played out predominantly from 1988–1996, and the book reports the results of research undertaken from 1992–1996. The research is ethnographic, with the major data drawn from participant observation of events and from a series …

Once Upon A Virus: Aids Legends And Vernacular Risk Perception, Diane E. Goldstein

All USU Press Publications

Once Upon a Virus explores how contemporary, or "urban," legends are indicators of culturally complex attitudes toward health and illness. Tracing the rich tradition of AIDS legends in relation to current scholarship on belief, Diane Goldstein shows how such stories not only articulate widespread perceptions of risk, health care, and health policy, they also influence official and scientific approaches to the disease and its management. Notions that appear in narratives of who gets AIDS, how and why, are indicators of broad issues involving health beliefs, concerns, and needs.

Leadership - Organization / Teamwork

Natural Resources and Environmental Issues

Craig Dart: Conduct Trainings for Personal Achievement and Organizational Performance. Cathy Harrington: You, Too, Can Be an Awards Winner in 2004. Jo Jones: Learning Teams-->Productive Teams-->Satisfied Team Members-->Supportive Clientele. Jacqueline Lamuth: I'm Not a Manager...Or Am I? Deborah J. Maddy: Building Capacity in the 21st Century. Kathleen Riggs: Effective Team Building for Cooperative Extension. R. Dale Safrit: A Longitudinal Study of the Evolution of Organizational Values of Ohio. Jerold R. Thomas: Designing the 21st Century Extension Professional.

Youth Education - Curriculum / Education

Natural Resources and Environmental Issues

Mary S. Averbeck: The Top Ten Reasons to Offer Creative Art Experiences to Children. Keith G. Diem: “Break Through” to Kids with Real World Science Fun. Linda K. Early: Teaching Conflict Resolution through Children’s Literature. Barry W. Fox: Curriculum Resources for Environmental & Natural Resource Education. Kevin Heaton: Outdoor Summer Science School. Cynthia Higgins: Learning Can Be Fun with 4-H Game Shows. Joy Jordan: The ABCs of Entomology - A Classroom Adventure! Cindy A. Kinder: 4-H’ers Learn How to Protect Livestock Quality. Mike Knutz: 4-H Program Delivery to Homeschooled Youth. Theresa C. Mayhew: “Give Drinking Water a Hand” Water Conservation …

Youth Education - Health / Nutrition

Natural Resources and Environmental Issues

Deborah L. Angell: The Bug Stops Here! Cheryl L. Barber: Successful Snacks - Food, Fitness and Food Safety Learning Activities. Darcy Batura: At-Risk Youth and Household Hazardous Waste Education. Katherine L. Cason: Nutrition Mission – A Multimedia Educational Tool for Youth . Patsy A. Ezell: An Interactive Food and Nutrition Education Program for Youth. Rhea Lanting: Got Calcium? Sandy McCurdy: Reaching Teens through a Food Safety Education Partnership. Patricia Mulkeen: Choosing 4-H Fitness Club Pilot Study. Amy L. Peterson: Starving for Success – The Dangerous World of Eating Disorders. Marilyn Rabe: Impact of a Nutrition Education Program in Ohio. Rebecca …

New Tools And Technology - Technology / Outreach

Natural Resources and Environmental Issues

Karen S. Bruns: TNT: Teams for New Technology. Bruce Deyoung: The Webbook of Its Innovations in Extension. David R. Drake: It's in the DNA, Why are Fruits Different? Scott V. Fedale: "Technology Options for Distance Training and Communications." Julie M. Fox: Technology Enhanced Learning for New and Emerging Rural Entrepreneurs, Project Highlights. Kay Hendrickson: Fashion Institute --Linking Creativity, Technology, and the Apparel Industry. Barbara O'Neill: Tax Planning Strategies for Extension Educators. Scott D. Scheer: Connecting to 4-H Cloverbud Volunteers through an Educational Video Production. Jan Scholl: Video Flash Cards. Dewey Teel: Technologies Across Nebraska.

Battle At The Bridge: Using Participatory Approaches To Develop Community Researchers In Ecological Management, Jonathan Long, Delbin Endfield, Candy Lupe, Mae Burnette

Natural Resources and Environmental Issues

Land-based communities need problem solvers who can address ecological degradation by bridging gaps between community and outside knowledge systems. Through our experience working for the Watershed Program of the White Mountain Apache Tribe, we have wrestled with the challenge of making ecological research more useful to tribal communities, particularly those that have become highly skeptical of conventional research. Simply importing or exporting knowledge does little to solve long-term ecological problems, which instead require an active dialogue between community and outside knowledge systems to help local institutions evolve with environmental changes. To fulfill these roles, individual need skills in listening, speaking …

Abstract Proceedings Of The Galaxy Ii Conference - Exceeding Expectations Through Teamwork, Deptember 21-25, 2003, Salt Lake City, Utah, Galaxy Ii Conference Sponcors

Natural Resources and Environmental Issues

No abstract provided.

Youth Education - Gardening / Outdoor Activity

Natural Resources and Environmental Issues

Arlene Bailey: Pyramid Gardening - Cooperative Extension Teaming Up with the Master Gardeners. Deborah L. Cole: Cultivating Young Minds - Gardening & Business Skills to Help Young Minds Grow. David R. Drake: The 21st Century Crops Contest – Not Just Weed ID. Gretchen Ferenz: Participatory Research and Learning Communities. Jeff Fisher: Gardening for Special Needs Youth. Laura Jane Murphy: 4-H Camping Especially for Special-Needs Members. Angela O’Callaghan: Barriers to School Gardens in Clark County, Nevada. Vernon Parent: Ideas for Camps and Teen Retreats. Dawn Sanchez: Hispanic Youth Join 4-H and Learn about Horticulture. Deborah J. Ward: Grow a Garden, Grow …

Teaching Leadership And Public Speaking Through Service-Learning And Independent Study, John R. Seiler, Jeffery L. Kirwan

Natural Resources and Environmental Issues

No abstract provided.

Useful Concepts And Approaches To Ethics In Natural Resources Management, John D. Fox Jr.

Natural Resources and Environmental Issues

My objective in this paper is to highlight a few concepts and approaches from ethics that might serve as food for thought when students are wrestling with controversial natural resource issues. Overall, I'm advocating critical reflection, empirical inquiry, and intellectual honesty. I am particularly going to look at the interrelationship between science and ethics. I suspect not everyone will agree with everything I suggest, but, as in the classroom, my purpose is to stimulate thought and dialogue. First, I present some basic concepts followed by a simplified summary of classical approaches to ethics. Finally, I suggest that Aldo Leopold's land …

Building Professionally-Based Communities Of Learning Among Faculty, Students, And Practitioners, Henry Campa, William W. Taylor, Scott R. Winterstein, Alexandra B. Felix

Natural Resources and Environmental Issues

Residential and non-residential "communities of learning" have been sued within institutions of higher education as formal methods to enhance interactions among individuals that ultimately helps learning. Typically, these communities have included student-to-student and faculty-to-student interactions within residential living areas, teams in a core of courses, or teams of students within a course. If students are to develop into leaders within their respective disciplines an additional component that should be integrated into communities of learning is practioners. The objectives of our paper are to describe: 1) communities of learning and why they should be established for all students to enhance learning, …

Teaching And Assessing An Integrated Field Practicum For Forestry And Applied Ecology Majors, Linda Marie Nagel

Natural Resources and Environmental Issues

Field practicums (also known as field camps) have long been a traditional component of many university forestry curricula. Natural resource professionals need a balance of knowledge in multiple disciplines, as well as applied technical and communication skills. The field practicum at Michigan Tech, a cornerstone of the School’s degree programs, has evolved in the courses offered, level of instruction, and the make-up of participants over the past decade. For the first time in 2003, students from two majors (forestry and applied ecology and environmental science), as well as graduate students and Peace Corps International students, took two different tracks at …

Integrative Model Of Graduate Education In Biodiversity Conservation And Sustainable Production In Fragmented Landscapes, Jo Ellen Force, Lisette Waits, Nilsa Bosque-Perez, Sanford Eigenbrode, Paul Mcdaniel, J. D. Wulfhorst, Jan Boll, Bryan Finegan, Celia Harvey, Eduardo Somarriba

Natural Resources and Environmental Issues

No abstract provided.

Long-Term Environmental Effects Of Conifer Removal To Achieve Aspen Release In Near-Stream Areas Within The Northern Sierras, Kenneth W. Tate, Bobette Jones, Melanie Mcfarland, Tom Rickman, Al Vasquez

Aspen Bibliography

The advanced state of conifer encroachment in aspen stands in the Sierra Nevada and southern Cascades is retarding aspen regeneration, putting an estimated 70 plus percent of stands at immediate risk of extinction with a significant percentage of stands already lost.

Executive Summary The Role Of Ungulate Herbivory And Management On Ecosystem Patterns And Processes: A Problem Analysis, John G. Kie, Martin Vavra

Aspen Bibliography

No abstract provided.

Similarity Of Mammalian Body Size Acrossthe Taxonomic Hierarchy And Across Space And Time, F. A. Smith, J. H. Brown, J. P. Haskell, S. K. Lyons, J. Alroy, E. L. Charnov, T. Dayan, B. J. Enquist, S.K. Morgan Ernest, E. A. Hadly, K. E. Jones, D. M. Kaufman, P. A. Marquet, B. A. Maurer, K. J. Niklas, W. P. Porter, B. Tiffney, M. R. Willig

Biology Faculty Publications

Although it is commonly assumed that closely related animals are similar in body size, the degree of similarity has not been examined across the taxonomic hierarchy. Moreover, little is known about the variation or consistency of body size patterns across geographic space or evolutionary time. Here, we draw from a data set of terrestrial, nonvolant mammals to quantify and compare patterns across the body size spectrum, the taxonomic hierarchy, continental space, and evolutionary time. We employ a variety of statistical techniques including “sib-sib” regression, phylogenetic autocorrelation, and nested ANOVA. We find an extremely high resemblance (heritability) of size among congeneric …

Inhibition Of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Associated Coronavirus (Sarscov) By Calpain Inhibitors And Beta-D-N4-Hydroxycytidine, Dale L. Barnard, V. D. Hubbard, J. Burton, Donald F. Smee, John D. Morrey, M. Otto, R. W. Sidwell

Animal, Dairy, and Veterinary Science Faculty Publications

We evaluated two types of compounds for efficacy in inhibiting SARSCoV replication in vitro: calpain inhibitors (a class of cellular cysteine proteinases) and a number of nucleoside analogues. Cytopathic effect reduction assays visually determined with spectrophotometric verification by neutral red (NR) uptake assay were used to evaluate cytotoxicity and antiviral potency of the compounds. Significantly inhibitory compounds were then evaluated in virus yield reduction assays. Two calpain inhibitors, Val-Leu-CHO (calpain inhibitor VI) and Z-Val-Phe-Ala-CHO (calpain inhibitor III), were the most potent inhibitors of SARSCoV. By virus yield reduction assay, calpain inhibitor VI had a 90% effective concentration (EC90) of 3 …

Exploring A Cognitive Basis For Learning Spatial Relationships With Augmented Reality, Brett E. Shelton, Nicholas R. Hedley

Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences Faculty Publications

Augmented reality (AR) is an emergent class of interface that presents compelling possibilities for advancing spatial visualization. We offer a brief overview of AR technology and current research with in the educational realm. AR interfaces appear to provide a unique combination of visual display properties, modes of user manipulation, and interaction with spatial information. Drawing upon aspects of proprioception and sensorimotor function, we discuss how AR may have a unique and powerful link to spatial knowledge acquisition through visuo-motor involvement in the processing of information. We identify key properties of AR interfaces and how they differ from conventional visualization interfaces, …

Hydrologic Variability, Organic Matter Supply, Anddenitrification In The Garonne River Ecosystem, Michelle A. Baker, P. Vervier

Biology Faculty Publications

1. Groundwater nitrate contamination has become a worldwide problem as increasing amounts of nitrogen fertilisers are used in agriculture. Alluvial groundwater is uniquely juxtaposed between soils and streams. Hydrological connections among these subsystems regulate nutrient cycling.

2. We measured denitrification using an in situ acetylene‐block assay in a nitrate‐contaminated portion of the Garonne River catchment along a gradient of surface water–ground water mixing during high (snowmelt) and low flow.

3. During high flow (mid‐April to early June) the water table rose an average of 35 cm and river water penetrated the subsurface to a great extent in monitoring wells. Denitrification …

Snakes Of The United States And Canada: Natural History And Care In Captivity, Alan H. Savitzky

Biology Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.