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Vol. 9, No. 2: Full Issue, Water Law Review Jan 2006

Vol. 9, No. 2: Full Issue, Water Law Review

Water Law Review

No abstract provided.


Longwood University Catalog 2006-2007, Longwood University Jan 2006

Longwood University Catalog 2006-2007, Longwood University

Undergraduate Catalogs

No abstract provided.


A Gis And Remote Sensing Based Analysis Of Impervious Surface Influences On Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus Leucocephalus) Nest Presence In The Virginia Portion Of The Chesapeake Bay, Jennifer M. Ciminelli Jan 2006

A Gis And Remote Sensing Based Analysis Of Impervious Surface Influences On Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus Leucocephalus) Nest Presence In The Virginia Portion Of The Chesapeake Bay, Jennifer M. Ciminelli

Theses and Dissertations

GIS (Geographic Information Systems) and remote sensing techniques were used to predict relationships between bald eagle nest presences and land type, distance to land type and impervious surface cover area. Data plots revealed bald eagle nest presence decreases in response to an increase in area of bareland; increases with an increase in area of forested land; decreases with an increase in distance (m) to shoreline, and decreases in response to an increase in area of impervious surfaces. Logistic regression models identified impervious surfaces as an indicator for bald eagle nest presence (P 24% as unsuitable. Unsuitable area covered 17.82% of …


Invasion Genetics Of The Blue Catfish (Ictalurus Furcatus) Range Expansion Into Large River Ecosystems Of The Chesapeake Bay Watershed, Colleen Beth Higgins Jan 2006

Invasion Genetics Of The Blue Catfish (Ictalurus Furcatus) Range Expansion Into Large River Ecosystems Of The Chesapeake Bay Watershed, Colleen Beth Higgins

Theses and Dissertations

The blue catfish, Ictalurus furcatus (Ictaluridae), is ranked among the most invasive, nonnative species of concern in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. This species, intentionally introduced to three major tributaries and a number of impoundments between 1974 and 1989 for sport fishing, has spread into three additional tributaries. Using samples from the introduced tributary populations as a baseline, we evaluated microsatellite genetic variation in light of demographic and ecological data to elucidate the potential sources of the invasive I. furcatus populations. In general, the populations surveyed in the Chesapeake Bay watershed were considerably more inbred (F ranged from 0.03 - 0.27) …


2006 Commencement Program, Seattle University Jan 2006

2006 Commencement Program, Seattle University

Commencement Programs

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President's Report, 2006, University Of Montana (Missoula, Mont.). Office Of The President Jan 2006

President's Report, 2006, University Of Montana (Missoula, Mont.). Office Of The President

University of Montana President’s Report, 1993-2016

The President’s Report of the University of Montana, produced by University Relations on behalf of the President’s Office.


2006-2007 Course Catalog, University Of Montana--Missoula. Office Of The Registrar Jan 2006

2006-2007 Course Catalog, University Of Montana--Missoula. Office Of The Registrar

University of Montana Course Catalogs, 1895-2024

An annual catalog of courses and course descriptions offered at the University of Montana.


Livability And Smart Growth, Hooper Brooks, Julia Parzen Jan 2006

Livability And Smart Growth, Hooper Brooks, Julia Parzen

Yale School of the Environment Publications Series

Lessons from a Surdna Foundation Initiative


Rhetoric And The Restoration Landscape: Forest Restoration In Environmental Debate, Gregory M. Vranizan Jan 2006

Rhetoric And The Restoration Landscape: Forest Restoration In Environmental Debate, Gregory M. Vranizan

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

Vranizan, Gregory M. M.S. Autumn 2006 Environmental Studies RHETORIC AND THE RESTORATION LANDSCAPE: FOREST RESTORATION IN ENVIRONMENTAL DEBATE Committee Chairperson: Phil Condon Forest restoration on federal land has become the focus of an ongoing public debate in the West. Interest groups on various sides have engaged in a rhetorical contest to define restoration in ways that accord with their own ideas about the use and management of the nation’s public lands. This study examines the positions taken by different groups and considers the rhetorical claims they make. Disputes over meanings and practices have thus far limited the chances for a …


A Land Link For Western Montana: Keeping Land In Agriculture From One Generation To The Next, Paul Fuller Hubbard Jan 2006

A Land Link For Western Montana: Keeping Land In Agriculture From One Generation To The Next, Paul Fuller Hubbard

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

Western Montana’s agricultural land is rapidly being developed in the wake of an increasing population and aging farmers and ranchers. The subsequent high land values make it difficult for producers to access agricultural land. The Community Food and Agriculture Coalition has prioritized the creation of a land link matching service to help connect farm and ranch owners with people looking for agricultural land to expand or start production operations. This professional paper aims to provide the first step towards this objective by exploring how a matching service might be designed, administered and implemented. The research has two components: 1) to …


2006-2007 Undergraduate Bulletin, Rochester Institute Of Technology Jan 2006

2006-2007 Undergraduate Bulletin, Rochester Institute Of Technology

RIT Digital Archives

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Further Studies In Rio Grande Valley History, Milo Kearney, Anthony K. Knopp, Antonio Zavaleta Jan 2006

Further Studies In Rio Grande Valley History, Milo Kearney, Anthony K. Knopp, Antonio Zavaleta

Studies in Rio Grande Valley Regional History Series

Salt: basis of wealth in South Texas / David J. Mycue -- The Zavaleta Family : a legacy of public service / Antonio N. Zavaleta and James E. Zavaleta with Theresa Zavaleta -- Carnaval y fiestas Mexicanas de Matamoros / Rosaura Alicia Davila -- A history of the development of Brazos Santiago Pass / Carl Chilton -- El Retraso español y su interés final por la colonización del Bajo Bravo / Arturo Zarate Ruiz - Fugitive slaves and free Blacks in South Texas / Alberto Rodriguez -- reporting from the Rio Grande : how the press saw the Brownsville area …


3rd Lone Star Regional Native Plant Conference, David Creech, Lijing Zhou, Dawn Stover, James Kroll, Greg Grant, Heinz Gaylord Jan 2006

3rd Lone Star Regional Native Plant Conference, David Creech, Lijing Zhou, Dawn Stover, James Kroll, Greg Grant, Heinz Gaylord

Lone Star Regional Native Plant Conference

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Some Notes On The Early History Of The Robert B. Gordon Natural Area For Environmental Studies, David Fluri Jan 2006

Some Notes On The Early History Of The Robert B. Gordon Natural Area For Environmental Studies, David Fluri

Gordon Natural Area History & Strategic Plan Documents

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Some Notes On The Early History Of The Robert B. Gordon Natural Area For Environmental Studies, Bradley M. Gottfried Jan 2006

Some Notes On The Early History Of The Robert B. Gordon Natural Area For Environmental Studies, Bradley M. Gottfried

Gordon Natural Area History & Strategic Plan Documents

No abstract provided.


Bio-Bibliography: John Barron Mays (1914-1987), Michael R. Hill Jan 2006

Bio-Bibliography: John Barron Mays (1914-1987), Michael R. Hill

Department of Sociology: Faculty Publications

John Barron Mays developed a humane sociological perspective with multiple roots, including formal training in English, firsthand experience in a settlement house, a distinguished university professorship in sociology, and lifelong work as an active poet. Mays’ felicitous professional publications often spoke not only to university colleagues but also to constituencies beyond the halls of academe on a series of interrelated topics, including adolescence, criminology, education, urban life, and poetry.


Rockfish Resources Of The South Central California Coast: Analysis Of The Resource From Partyboat Data, 1980-2005, John Stephens, Dean Wendt, Debra Wilson-Vandenberg, Jay Carroll, Royden Nakamura, Erin Nakada, Steven Reinecke, Jono Wilson Jan 2006

Rockfish Resources Of The South Central California Coast: Analysis Of The Resource From Partyboat Data, 1980-2005, John Stephens, Dean Wendt, Debra Wilson-Vandenberg, Jay Carroll, Royden Nakamura, Erin Nakada, Steven Reinecke, Jono Wilson

Biological Sciences

Rockfishes (Sebastes spp.) have historically comprised a large proportion of catches in the nearshore recreational fishery in California, but declining populations of some species have led to increasingly restrictive management of the resource. This report summarizes new and existing data on rockfishes of the south central coast of California. In 2003, the California State Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo placed observers on commercial passenger fishing vessels (partyboats) from the region. By the end of 2005, we had observed catches from 258 trips (8,839 fisher hours). We appended these data to partyboat catch statistics collected by the California Department of …


Steven Palmer From Popular Medicine To Medical Populism: Doctors, Healers, And Public Power In Costa Rica, 1800-1940. (Book Review), Aldemaro Romero Jr. Jan 2006

Steven Palmer From Popular Medicine To Medical Populism: Doctors, Healers, And Public Power In Costa Rica, 1800-1940. (Book Review), Aldemaro Romero Jr.

Publications and Research

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Steven Palmer From Popular Medicine To Medical Populism: Doctors, Healers, And Public Power In Costa Rica, 1800-1940. (Book Review), Aldemaro Romero Jr. Jan 2006

Steven Palmer From Popular Medicine To Medical Populism: Doctors, Healers, And Public Power In Costa Rica, 1800-1940. (Book Review), Aldemaro Romero Jr.

Publications and Research

No abstract provided.


The Benefits Of A For-Credit Course For New Writing Center Staff, Richard Benjamin Crosby Jan 2006

The Benefits Of A For-Credit Course For New Writing Center Staff, Richard Benjamin Crosby

Faculty Publications

Some questions about writing center theory and praxis never seem to change: how do we prepare for our clientele? How do we engage them? What questions should we ask? When should we direct them? And when should we encourage them to direct us? The list goes on. Fortunately, we consider it a virtue that we continue interrogating the same issues. As students of rhetoric, we realize that the answers to these questions often depend on the contexts in which they are asked. Thus, we give ourselves over to principles of adaptability. Instead of establishing rigid, universal rules that do not …


The Indigenous Challenge, Carlos Perafan, Dianna Moyer Jan 2006

The Indigenous Challenge, Carlos Perafan, Dianna Moyer

Latin American Energy Dialogue, White Papers and Reports

In business circles, indigenous peoples in Latin America are perceived as an obstacle to oil and gas development. However, there is more than that to the story. Recent years have seen a strong reaction from indigenous peoples movements to the way hydrocarbons businesses have been managed in South America. This article discusses some of the effects of oil and gas development on indigenous communities in Latin America.'


2006 Best Student Paper Awards Jan 2006

2006 Best Student Paper Awards

Virginia Journal of Science

The recipients of the 2006 Best Student Paper Awards are listed, Virginia Academy of Sciences.


Horizontal Unsaturated Flow Across A Single Fracture, Bud J Benneman Jan 2006

Horizontal Unsaturated Flow Across A Single Fracture, Bud J Benneman

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Unsaturated flow in a silica rich rock is driven by two primary forces, gravity, which drives water downward, and capillarity, which acts in all directions. The balance between gravity and capillary forces determines fluid flow. Water in an unsaturated silica rich matrix will adhere to the silica particles and through capillary action spread out in all directions. Fractures under unsaturated conditions, will act as capillary barriers to horizontal capillary flow. This restriction is due to an interruption in the continuity of grains along which water adheres to in the rock matrix. Given adequate time and fluid pressure, water may bridge …


Is Everything Connected? Following The Predators, Pests, And Plants Within A No-Till, Western Montana Agroecosystem, Ethan A. Smith Jan 2006

Is Everything Connected? Following The Predators, Pests, And Plants Within A No-Till, Western Montana Agroecosystem, Ethan A. Smith

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

Agricultural systems are being re-engineered with hedgerows, living mulches, or minimum tillage activities in hopes of retaining populations of beneficial, predatory insects that may decrease the need for pesticide use. The purpose of this research was twofold. First, this on-farm research assessed the population and activity of six beneficial arthropod predators - the carabid beetle (Carabidae: Coleoptera), minute pirate bug (Orius spp.: Hemiptera), nabid bug (Nabis spp.: Hemiptera), lady beetle larvae (family Coccinellidae: Coleoptera), syrphid fly larvae (Syrphidae: Diptera) and spiders (Araneae) - and one crop pest - the imported cabbage worm (Pieris rapae: Lepidoptera) - within a no-till Brussels …


Pack Station, Robert Theodore Gail Jan 2006

Pack Station, Robert Theodore Gail

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

Prologue He was as broken-down an old horseshoer as I had ever met, but by God could he shoe a horse. How he did it seemed to be some mystery acquired over a lifetime of bending over beneath a million horses and mules. And yet maybe there wasn’t any mystery at all. Maybe it was simply that over the course of those million or so animals he’d lost the hesitation and doubt and fear the rest of us struggled with from time to time,and just got shoes on the damn things—though with as much beauty and skill as a guy …


Assimilating Non-Probabilistic Assessments Of The Estimation Of Uncertainty Bias In Expert Judgment Elicitation Using An Evidence Based Approach In High Consequence Conceptual Designs, Colin K. S. Barrows Jan 2006

Assimilating Non-Probabilistic Assessments Of The Estimation Of Uncertainty Bias In Expert Judgment Elicitation Using An Evidence Based Approach In High Consequence Conceptual Designs, Colin K. S. Barrows

Engineering Management & Systems Engineering Theses & Dissertations

One of the major challenges in conceptual designs of complex systems is the identification of uncertainty embedded in the information due to lack of historic data. This becomes of increased concern especially in high-risk industries. This document reports a developed methodology that allows for the cognitive bias, estimation of uncertainty, to be elucidated to improve the quality of elicited data. It consists of a comprehensive literature review that begins by defining a 'High Consequence Conceptual Engineering Environment' and identifies the high-risk industries in which these environments are found. It proceeds with a discussion that differentiates risk and uncertainty in decision-making …


The Kyoto Protocol And The Wto: Reconciling Tensions Between Free Trade And Environmental Objectives, Cinnamon Carlarne Jan 2006

The Kyoto Protocol And The Wto: Reconciling Tensions Between Free Trade And Environmental Objectives, Cinnamon Carlarne

Colorado Environmental Law Journal

No abstract provided.


New Orleans, The Chesapeake, And The Future Of Environmental Assessment: Overcoming The Natural Resources Law Of Unintended Consequences, Erin Ryan Jan 2006

New Orleans, The Chesapeake, And The Future Of Environmental Assessment: Overcoming The Natural Resources Law Of Unintended Consequences, Erin Ryan

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Effectiveness Of Stand-Scale Forest Restoration, Siskiyou Mountains, Oregon, Jay C. Lininger Jan 2006

Effectiveness Of Stand-Scale Forest Restoration, Siskiyou Mountains, Oregon, Jay C. Lininger

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

Lininger, Jay Charles, Fall 2006 Environmental Studies Chair: Dr. Len Broberg This case study documents the effectiveness of stand-scale forest restoration activities undertaken in the “Penny Stew” project on federal land in the central Siskiyou Mountains of southwest Oregon. Its dual purpose is to 1) define reference conditions and build a site-specific case for restoration through multi-scale analysis of historical ecology (Chapter III), and 2) demonstrate streamlined monitoring protocols that practitioners can use to adapt restoration practices over time (Chapter IV). Discussion of methodological efficacy in Chapter IV offers implications for FEAT-FIREMON Integration (FFI), a fire effects monitoring and data …


An Organizational And Functional Classification Of The Stone Tool Assemblage From The Bridge River Archaelogical Site (Eer14) (2003 And 2004 Field Seasons), David S. Clarke Jan 2006

An Organizational And Functional Classification Of The Stone Tool Assemblage From The Bridge River Archaelogical Site (Eer14) (2003 And 2004 Field Seasons), David S. Clarke

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.