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Self-Organization Of Foraging Behaviour: From Simplicity To Complexity Without Goals, Frederick D. Provenza, Juan J. Villalba, Carl D. Cheney, Scott J. Werner Jan 1998

Self-Organization Of Foraging Behaviour: From Simplicity To Complexity Without Goals, Frederick D. Provenza, Juan J. Villalba, Carl D. Cheney, Scott J. Werner

Behavioral Education for Human, Animal, Vegetation, and Ecosystem Management (BEHAVE)

A herbivore faces challenges while foraging--ongoing changes in its physiological condition along with variation in the nutrient and toxin concentrations of foods, spatially and temporally--that make selecting a nutritious diet a vital affair. Foraging behaviours arise from simple rules that operate across levels of resolution from cells and organs to individuals and their interactions with social and physical environments. At all these levels, behaviour is a function of its consequences: a behaviour operating on the environment to induce changes is itself changed by those events. Thus, behaviour emerges from its own functioningbehaviour self-organizes-not from that of its surroundings. This ostensible …

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Endangered And Threatened Animals Of Utah, Terry Messmer, Marilet Zablan, Boyde Blackwell, Athena Menses, Frank Howe, Leo Lentsch, Richard Drake Jan 1998

Endangered And Threatened Animals Of Utah, Terry Messmer, Marilet Zablan, Boyde Blackwell, Athena Menses, Frank Howe, Leo Lentsch, Richard Drake

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Endangered And Threatened Animals Of Utah, Jack H. Berryman Institute, U.S. Fish And Wildlife Service, Division Of Wildlife Resources Jan 1998

Endangered And Threatened Animals Of Utah, Jack H. Berryman Institute, U.S. Fish And Wildlife Service, Division Of Wildlife Resources

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Ruby Canyon/Black Ridge Guidebook For Natural Ignition Fire Planning And Implementation, United States Bureau Of Land Management Jan 1998

Ruby Canyon/Black Ridge Guidebook For Natural Ignition Fire Planning And Implementation, United States Bureau Of Land Management

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The RCBR Natural Ignition Fire (NIF) Guide establishes procedures for implementing fire management activities within the planning area. The RCBR NIF Guide follows direction established in the Ruby Canyon/Black Ridge Integrated Resource Management Plan and the Grand Junction Resource Management Plan (RMP). This guide will be incorporated into the Grand Junction District's Fire Management Action Plan, which is the document that implements overall fire management based on direction derived from the the RMP.

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Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Draft Management Plan, Draft Environmental Impact Statement, United States Bureau Of Land Management Jan 1998

Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Draft Management Plan, Draft Environmental Impact Statement, United States Bureau Of Land Management

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This Draft Management Plan/Draft Environmental Impact Statement describes and analyzes the impacts of five alternatives for managing the public lands within the Monument. The alternatives provide objectives and recommendations to protect and manage Monument Resources. Alternative B is BLM's preferred alternative.

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Endangered And Threatened Animals Of Utah, Utah State University Extension Jan 1998

Endangered And Threatened Animals Of Utah, Utah State University Extension

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Bighorn National Forest Draft Noxious Weed Management Environmental Assessment, United States Forest Service Jan 1998

Bighorn National Forest Draft Noxious Weed Management Environmental Assessment, United States Forest Service

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The Forest Service proposes to implement a management plan to control noxious weeds on the Bighorn National Forest. This management plan would be in accordance with general direction in the Land and Resource Management Plan (LRMP) to treat noxious farm weeds (Bighorn National Forest LRMP, III-45) to improve range conditions and manage undersirable plant species. Five additional Federal Laws also address this action: 1. The Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (RPA, P.L. 93-378). 2. The Public Rangeland Improvement Act of 1978. 3. The Federal Noxious Weed Act of 1974 Section 2(b)(2) and Section 2 of (P.L. …

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Razorback Sucker (Xyrauchen Texanus) Recovery Plan, Harold M. Tyus Jan 1998

Razorback Sucker (Xyrauchen Texanus) Recovery Plan, Harold M. Tyus

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The Colorado River of the American West supports a mainstream fish community that is classified as the “Big River” fishes. Four of these fishes are listed as endangered under provisions of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended. Three fishes (i.e., Colorado pike minnow Ptychocheilus Lucius, humpback chub Gila cypha, and bonytail G. elegans) have been listed for over 10 years, and they have recovery plans that were prepared prior to designation of critical habitats. Recently the Colorado squawfish was renamed by the American Fisheries Society and hereafter will be refered to in this document as the Colorado pike …

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Rawlins Rmp Biological Assessment, Bureau Of Land Management Jan 1998

Rawlins Rmp Biological Assessment, Bureau Of Land Management

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This Biological Assessment (BA) is prepared for the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) that describes the comprehensive analysis of alternatives for the planning and management of public lands and resources administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in the Rawlins area of Wyoming. The public lands and federal mineral estate within the RFO Resource Management Planning Area (RMPPA) are the subject of the planning effort (DEIS) and this document. This document is a component of the BLM Draft Environmental Impact Statement Resource Management Plan (RMP) and is prepared in compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) which requires …

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Invasive Plants: Changing The Landscape Of America, Federal Interagency Committee For The Management Of Noxious And Exotic Weeds, Randy G. Westbrooks Jan 1998

Invasive Plants: Changing The Landscape Of America, Federal Interagency Committee For The Management Of Noxious And Exotic Weeds, Randy G. Westbrooks

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

In the 1950s, the American public became aware that certain chemicals endanger human health and the environment. In response to this threat, new rules and regulations regarding chemical manufacture, use, and disposal were developed under state and federal law. Today, the public has a much better understanding of the chemical pollution problem and generally supports management efforts. The 1990s have brought us face to face with another serious environmental threat: The invasion of the American landscape by aggressive nonnative plants. While farmers have always fought a battle with weeds in crops, invasion of these and other formerly weed-free lands has …

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Challis Resource Area Proposed Resource Management Plan And Final Environmental Impact Statement, United States Department Of The Interior, Bureau Of Land Management Jan 1998

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

Resource Management Plans (ID)

The Challis Proposed Resource Management Plan/Final Environmental Impact Statement (PRMP/FEIS) describes the Bureau of Land Management's proposed plan for managing approximately 792,567 acres of public lands administered by the BLM within the Challis Resource Area. The PRMP/FEIS is based on the Preferred Alternative (Alternative 2) described in the Challis Draft RMP/EIS (BLM, May 1996), as modified in response to public and tribal comments and internal BLM recommendations. It describes changes from and corrections to the Challis Draft RMP/EIS, updates the discussion of the affected environment, provides an analysis of environmental consequences for the Proposed RMP, and records public comments and …

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Raccoons, Corey M. Huxoll, Terry A. Messmer, Mike Conover Jan 1998

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

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Commensal Rodents, Ben C. West, Terry A. Messmer Jan 1998

Commensal Rodents, Ben C. West, Terry A. Messmer

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Voles, Ben C. West, Terry A. Messmer Jan 1998

Voles, Ben C. West, Terry A. Messmer

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Woodpeckers, Terry A. Messmer, Gerald W. Wiscomb Jan 1998

Woodpeckers, Terry A. Messmer, Gerald W. Wiscomb

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The Learning Spiral: Taking The Lead From How Young Children Learn, Martha Taylor Dever Jan 1998

The Learning Spiral: Taking The Lead From How Young Children Learn, Martha Taylor Dever

Teacher Education and Leadership Faculty Publications

The questions at right, asked by 2nd-graders, launch a scientific inquiry about owls. As the 7-year-olds investigate stuffed owl specimens, they express their need to know. Some children continue to stroke the owls' feathers, touch a sharp claw, and ask questions about the mouth, while others immediately turn to printed materials to clarify their questions. This new experience with owls ignites the children's sense of wonder, and the intrinsically motivated scientific inquiry begins.

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Cloud Peak Wilderness Management Direction Final Environmental Assessment For The Amendment To The Bighorn National Forest Land And Resource Management Plan, United States Forest Service Jan 1998

Cloud Peak Wilderness Management Direction Final Environmental Assessment For The Amendment To The Bighorn National Forest Land And Resource Management Plan, United States Forest Service

Environmental Assessments (WY)

The purpose of this EA is to amend the Land and Resource Management Plan (LRMP) for the Wilderness Management Standards and Guidelines (S&Gs). The need for the revised S&Gs is to provide more definable and measurable standards related to the items described in the Proposed Action. Current S&Gs do not provide sufficient direction to determine the trend of the Cloud Peak Wilderness (CPW) condition or require conflicting actions. The proposed S&Gs will facilitate determination of the trend of physical, biological and social aspects of the wilderness resource.

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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 Jan 1998

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 …

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On Some Aspects Of Ecological Resilience And The Conservation Of Species, Amitrajeet A. Batabyal Jan 1998

On Some Aspects Of Ecological Resilience And The Conservation Of Species, Amitrajeet A. Batabyal

Economic Research Institute Study Papers

The importance of the notion of resilience in determining the static and the intertemporal behavior of jointly determined ecological/economic systems has been recognized by ecologists at least since Holling (1973). This notwithstanding, there are very few formal studies of such systems that explicitly analyze the ecological and the economic aspects of the problem. Consequently, this paper has two objectives. First, a new stationary probability-based method is proposed to characterize the notion of ecological resilience. Next, this characterization is used to study the problem of optimal species conservation.

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Following Tradition, Simon J. Bronner Jan 1998

Following Tradition, Simon J. Bronner

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Following Tradition is an expansive examination of the history of tradition—"one of the most common as well as most contested terms in English language usage"—in Americans' thinking and discourse about culture. Tradition in use becomes problematic because of "its multiple meanings and its conceptual softness." As a term and a concept, it has been important in the development of all scholarly fields that study American culture. Folklore, history, American studies, anthropology, cultural studies, and others assign different value and meaning to tradition. It is a frequent point of reference in popular discourse concerning everything from politics to lifestyles to sports …

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Markets, Social Norms, And Governments In The Service Of Environmentally Sustainable Economic Development, Christopher B. Barrett Jan 1998

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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Aspects Of The Optimal Management Of Cyclical Ecological-Economic Systems, Amitrajeet A. Batabyal Jan 1998

Aspects Of The Optimal Management Of Cyclical Ecological-Economic Systems, Amitrajeet A. Batabyal

Economic Research Institute Study Papers

We now know that from a functional standpoint, jointly determined ecological-economic systems ( ecosystems) cycle over time. However, because this recognition has been recent, the ecological economics literature contains very few formal studies of the management of cyclical ecosystems. Consequently, the objective of this paper is to use renewal theory to examine two ways of analyzing the optimal management of cyclical ecosystems.

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The Uses Of Existing Information In The Process Of Setting Social Standards For Proposed Wilderness Areas Of Zion National Park, Mark E. Vande Kamp Jan 1998

The Uses Of Existing Information In The Process Of Setting Social Standards For Proposed Wilderness Areas Of Zion National Park, Mark E. Vande Kamp

Elusive Documents

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Currants, A "Berry" Good Addition To Your Garden, Dennis Hinkamp Jan 1998

Currants, A "Berry" Good Addition To Your Garden, Dennis Hinkamp

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Dixie Resource Area Proposed Resource Management Plan And Final Environmental Impact Statement, United States Bureau Of Land Management Jan 1998

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

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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 …

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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 Jan 1998

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.

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Final Environmental Impact Statement For The Powder River Coal Lease Application (Wyw136142) And Thundercloud Coal Lease Application (Wyw136458), United States Department Of The Interior, Bureau Of Land Management Jan 1998

Final Environmental Impact Statement For The Powder River Coal Lease Application (Wyw136142) And Thundercloud Coal Lease Application (Wyw136458), United States Department Of The Interior, Bureau Of Land Management

Final Environmental Impact Statements (WY)

This Final Environment Impact Statement (FEIS) assesses the environmental consequences of a federal decision to offer two federal coal tracts in southeastern Campbell County, Wyoming for lease at separate, competitive, sealed bid sales, subject to standard and special lease stipulations. The Powder River Lease By Application (LBA) Tract as applied for by Powder River Coal Company includes approximately 4,020 acres containing approximately 515 million tons of federal coal. Powder River coal company operates the adjacent North Antelope and Rochelle Mines. The Thundercloud LBA Tract, which is located approximately 9 miles north of the Powder River LBA Tract, was applied for …

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So You're Not A Natural Resources Major: Teaching A General Studies Course Focused On Forest History, Gary B. Blank Jan 1998

So You're Not A Natural Resources Major: Teaching A General Studies Course Focused On Forest History, Gary B. Blank

Natural Resources and Environmental Issues

When compared to our undergraduate majors, students taking environmental courses to fulfill general education (or general studies) requirements have different knowledge bases, different interest levels, and different motivations for studying natural resources topics. Unlike foresters or wildlife managers or environmental scientists, typical business management, psychology, or accounting students are not inclined to memorize scientific names of X number of tree species or learn how to calculate hard mast yields per acre or care how to precipitate organic compounds from a sample solution. So how and what can we teach these students? How do these differences affect choices of appropriate teaching …

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Integrated Natural Resource Planning, Dorthy H. Anderson, Dietmar W. Rose, Ken Brooks, Tom Burk, Howard Hoganson, Klaus Puettman Jan 1998

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 …

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Sage On Stage Is Not Sustainable: Participatory Pedagogy For A Change, Roger Boshier Jan 1998

Sage On Stage Is Not Sustainable: Participatory Pedagogy For A Change, Roger Boshier

Natural Resources and Environmental Issues

At the cusp of the 21st century natural resource educators face a bewildering variety of crises and contradictions. First, tomorrow does not replicate today, let alone yesterday. So not much is achieved by maintenance learning-the learning of fixed rules for recurring patterns. Secondly, learners are apt to behave like consumers and can secure access to education without having to endure the indignities of tyrannical teachers, capricious requirements, lectures or other manifestations of a "transportation model" of education. Thirdly, there is doubt about the extent to which "progress" can be wrought from the calm certitudes of "tested knowledge" and "objective" science. …

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