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Spatial And Temporal Activity Patterns Among Sympatric Tree-Roosting Bat Species In An Agriculturally Dominated Great Plains Landscape, Christopher Fill, Craig R. Allen, John F. Benson, Dirac Twidwell Jun 2023

Spatial And Temporal Activity Patterns Among Sympatric Tree-Roosting Bat Species In An Agriculturally Dominated Great Plains Landscape, Christopher Fill, Craig R. Allen, John F. Benson, Dirac Twidwell

Nebraska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit: Staff Publications

In agroecosystems, bats can provide a critical ecosystem service by consuming night-flying insect pests. However, many bats also face intense population pressures from human landscape modification, global change and novel diseases. To better understand the behavioral activity of different bat species with respect to space, time, habitat, and other bat species in this environment, we investigated species correlations in space and time over row crop agricultural fields. We used acoustic grids to document spatial and temporal co-occurrence or avoidance between bats and recorded eight species across the 10 field sites we sampled. All species significantly overlapped in two-dimensional space and …


Characterization Of Boreal-Arctic Vegetation Growth Phases And Active Soil Layer Dynamics In The High-Latitudes Of North America: A Study Combining Multi-Year In Situ And Satellite-Based Observations, Michael G. Brown Jun 2023

Characterization Of Boreal-Arctic Vegetation Growth Phases And Active Soil Layer Dynamics In The High-Latitudes Of North America: A Study Combining Multi-Year In Situ And Satellite-Based Observations, Michael G. Brown

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

This dissertation examined the seasonal freeze/thaw activity in boreal-Arctic soils and vegetation physiology in Alaska, USA and Alberta, Canada, using in situ environmental measurements and passive microwave satellite observations. The boreal-Arctic high-latitudes have been experiencing ecosystem changes more rapidly in comparison to the rest of Earth due to the presently warming climatic conditions having a magnified effect over Polar Regions. Currently, the boreal-Arctic is a carbon sink; however, recent studies indicate a shift over the next century to become a carbon source. High-latitude vegetation and cold soil dynamics are influenced by climatic shifts and are largely responsible for the regions …


Gouldian Finch Monitoring: Nesting Activity - Goomig Project 2022 To 2023, H Winter Jun 2023

Gouldian Finch Monitoring: Nesting Activity - Goomig Project 2022 To 2023, H Winter

Irrigated Agricultural Development in the North

The Goomig Project (Weaber Plains Development Project) is an irrigated agricultural development located approximately 30 km north of Kununurra, which involved clearing approximately 9,260 ha of vegetation for agriculture. Approximately 11,470 ha of native vegetation surrounding, or remaining between, the cleared areas has been designated as a buffer area (the study area for this report) to be managed to protect surrounding conservation reserves and watercourses (Strategen 2014). Gouldian Finch monitoring in the buffer area during ongoing operations is required as a condition of project approval, and is outlined in the Gouldian Finch Conservation Plan (GFCP; Strategen 2014). Item 7 of …


Ord River Irrigation Area Stage 2 M2 Supply Channel Compliance Assessment Report 2022 - Statement 938, Department Of Primary Industries And Regional Development, Western Australia Jun 2023

Ord River Irrigation Area Stage 2 M2 Supply Channel Compliance Assessment Report 2022 - Statement 938, Department Of Primary Industries And Regional Development, Western Australia

Irrigated Agricultural Development in the North

Ministerial implementation Statement 938 for the Ord River Irrigation Area Stage 2 (M2 Supply Channel) proposal (Proposal) was published on 12 June 2013 pursuant to section 45 of the Environment Protection Act 1986. DPIRD administers MS938 behalf of the Minister for Regional Development.


2023 Residential Metals Abatement Program (Rmap) Field Sampling Plan (Fsp) – Interior Soils - Silver Bow Montessori, Environmental Resource Management (Erm) Jun 2023

2023 Residential Metals Abatement Program (Rmap) Field Sampling Plan (Fsp) – Interior Soils - Silver Bow Montessori, Environmental Resource Management (Erm)

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.


Draft Final Annual Operations And Maintenance (O&M) Report Butte Treatment Lagoon (Btl) System – 2022, Pioneer Technical Services, Inc. May 2023

Draft Final Annual Operations And Maintenance (O&M) Report Butte Treatment Lagoon (Btl) System – 2022, Pioneer Technical Services, Inc.

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.


Draft Final 2023 Residential Metals Abatement Program (Rmap) Racetrack Borrow Submittal, Pioneer Technical Services, Inc. May 2023

Draft Final 2023 Residential Metals Abatement Program (Rmap) Racetrack Borrow Submittal, Pioneer Technical Services, Inc.

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.


Interannual Variation Of Ichthyofaunal Utilization Of A Man-Made Salt Marsh Creek In Mission Bay, California, Maria Angst May 2023

Interannual Variation Of Ichthyofaunal Utilization Of A Man-Made Salt Marsh Creek In Mission Bay, California, Maria Angst

Undergraduate Honors Theses

Marsh restoration and creation are increasingly being used to mitigate Southern California’s drastic decline in wetlands due to human activities. This study used minnow traps to resample the ichthyofauna of a created marsh (Crown Point Mitigation Site; CPMS) and an adjacent natural marsh (Kendall Frost) in Mission Bay, California, 26 years following the marsh creation. Data from this study were compared to data collected immediately after marsh creation from 1995-1998, and from 2021. Fishes captured included Fundulus parvipinnis, Gillichthys mirabilis, Acanthagobius flavimanus, Ctenogobius sagittula, and Mugil cephalus. Species richness and dominance measures were higher in the natural relative to the …


Comments For The Draft Residential Metals Abatement Program –Interior School Dust – Revised Investigation Summary Report – Aware Early Head Start (May 22, 2023), Nikia Greene May 2023

Comments For The Draft Residential Metals Abatement Program –Interior School Dust – Revised Investigation Summary Report – Aware Early Head Start (May 22, 2023), Nikia Greene

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.


Silver Bow Creek Butte Area Npl Site 1st Quarter 2023 Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit Interim Site-Wide Surface Water Monitoring Data Report. Consent Decree- Civil Action No. Cv 89-039-Bu-She, Josh Bryson May 2023

Silver Bow Creek Butte Area Npl Site 1st Quarter 2023 Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit Interim Site-Wide Surface Water Monitoring Data Report. Consent Decree- Civil Action No. Cv 89-039-Bu-She, Josh Bryson

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.


Silver Bow Creek Butte Area Npl Site 1st Quarter 2023 Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit Interim Site-Wide Surface Water Monitoring Data Report. Consent Decree- Civil Action No. Cv 89-039-Bu-She, Josh Bryson May 2023

Silver Bow Creek Butte Area Npl Site 1st Quarter 2023 Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit Interim Site-Wide Surface Water Monitoring Data Report. Consent Decree- Civil Action No. Cv 89-039-Bu-She, Josh Bryson

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.


Re: Silver Bow Creek Butte Area Npl Site 1 St Quarter 2023 Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit Interim Site-Wide Surface Water Monitoring Data Report. Consent Decree- Civil Action No. Cv 89- 039-Bu-She, Josh Bryson May 2023

Re: Silver Bow Creek Butte Area Npl Site 1 St Quarter 2023 Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit Interim Site-Wide Surface Water Monitoring Data Report. Consent Decree- Civil Action No. Cv 89- 039-Bu-She, Josh Bryson

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.


Approval Letter For The Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit, Residential Metals Abatement Program (Non-Residential Parcels) 2021 Data Summary Report (March 31, 2023), Nikia Greene May 2023

Approval Letter For The Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit, Residential Metals Abatement Program (Non-Residential Parcels) 2021 Data Summary Report (March 31, 2023), Nikia Greene

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.


Comments For The Draft Residential Metals Abatement Program – Interior School Dust – Investigation Summary Report – Highland View Christian School (February 2, 2023), Nikia Greene May 2023

Comments For The Draft Residential Metals Abatement Program – Interior School Dust – Investigation Summary Report – Highland View Christian School (February 2, 2023), Nikia Greene

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.


Final 2023 Residential Metals Abatement Program (Rmap) Clark Park Soil Remedial Action Work Plan (Rawp), Pioneer Technical Services, Inc. May 2023

Final 2023 Residential Metals Abatement Program (Rmap) Clark Park Soil Remedial Action Work Plan (Rawp), Pioneer Technical Services, Inc.

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.


Response To Epa April 15, 2023, Approval Letter For The Bpsou Draft 2021 Corrective Action Plans For Reclaimed Sites, Abby Peltomaa May 2023

Response To Epa April 15, 2023, Approval Letter For The Bpsou Draft 2021 Corrective Action Plans For Reclaimed Sites, Abby Peltomaa

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.


Residential Metals Abatement Program Investigation Summary Report (Non-Residential Parcels – Indoor Dust) - Aware Early Head Start, Environmental Resource Management (Erm) May 2023

Residential Metals Abatement Program Investigation Summary Report (Non-Residential Parcels – Indoor Dust) - Aware Early Head Start, Environmental Resource Management (Erm)

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.


Residential Metals Abatement Program – Interior School Dust – Investigation Summary Report – Emerson Elementary, Pioneer Technical Services, Inc. May 2023

Residential Metals Abatement Program – Interior School Dust – Investigation Summary Report – Emerson Elementary, Pioneer Technical Services, Inc.

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.


Residential Metals Abatement Program Investigation Summary Report (Non-Residential Parcels – Indoor Dust) - Aware Early Head Start, Environmental Resource Management (Erm) May 2023

Residential Metals Abatement Program Investigation Summary Report (Non-Residential Parcels – Indoor Dust) - Aware Early Head Start, Environmental Resource Management (Erm)

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.


Composite Climate Risk Exposure In High-Emitting California Industries, Nicholas M. Graves May 2023

Composite Climate Risk Exposure In High-Emitting California Industries, Nicholas M. Graves

Master's Projects and Capstones

The correlation of anthropogenic carbon emissions and changes in the global climate system is unequivocal. Governments are enacting policy from the local, state, federal, and international levels that present major transition risks for businesses. In parallel, legacy emissions are already causing discernible changes in the climate system via increased frequencies of drought, wildfire, flooding, and extreme heat; these changes present material physical risks to existing business infrastructure. Taken together, these risks form the foundation of proposed regulations for climate risk disclosure by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. Existing literature has not provided an at-scale screening methodology for climate …


Sustainability Analysis: Large-Scale Desalination Implications For Coastal California, Elizabeth H. Whitford May 2023

Sustainability Analysis: Large-Scale Desalination Implications For Coastal California, Elizabeth H. Whitford

Master's Projects and Capstones

In response to prolonged drought, desalination is gaining popularity as an alternative water production method for fresh water. However, water desalting technology poses concerns; the process is energy intensive, creates brine waste, and has the potential to damage sensitive coastal ecosystems. Significant research is available on the technological, economic, and energy efficiency aspects of desalination, while only a small percentage of the current literature focuses on environmental impacts. This research analyzes the desalination literature holistically in terms of both energy consumption and environmental impacts by conducting 1) a historical and current state review of the sector, 2) a technology analysis …


Final Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit (Bpsou) 2021 Unreclaimed Sites Sampling – Ur-30 Site Evaluation Summary Report., Pioneer Technical Services, Inc. May 2023

Final Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit (Bpsou) 2021 Unreclaimed Sites Sampling – Ur-30 Site Evaluation Summary Report., Pioneer Technical Services, Inc.

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.


Possible Impact Of Additives In Artificial Turf On Aquatic Life In The San Francisco Estuary, Elena Galkina May 2023

Possible Impact Of Additives In Artificial Turf On Aquatic Life In The San Francisco Estuary, Elena Galkina

Master's Projects and Capstones

The use of artificial turf fields as a replacement for natural turf has been increasingly promoted as a green solution to reduce water usage, maintenance costs, and the need for pesticides. However, the potential environmental impacts of artificial turf fields are poorly understood, particularly in the context of the San Francisco Estuary, which is one of the largest and most polluted estuaries in the United States. This paper investigates the potential contribution of artificial turf from sports fields to the microplastic and chemical pollution of the San Francisco Estuary during artificial turf’s use and maintenance life stage. The study synthesizes …


Approval Letter For The Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit (Bpsou) Residential Metals Abatement Program 2023 Draft Final Clark Park Soil Remedial Action Work Plan (Rawp) (Dated May 8, 2023), Nikia Greene May 2023

Approval Letter For The Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit (Bpsou) Residential Metals Abatement Program 2023 Draft Final Clark Park Soil Remedial Action Work Plan (Rawp) (Dated May 8, 2023), Nikia Greene

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.


Draft Final 2023 Residential Metals Abatement Program (Rmap) Copper/Emmett Park Soil Remedial Action Work Plan (Rawp), Pioneer Technical Services, Inc. May 2023

Draft Final 2023 Residential Metals Abatement Program (Rmap) Copper/Emmett Park Soil Remedial Action Work Plan (Rawp), Pioneer Technical Services, Inc.

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.


Final Rmap Park Soil Sampling Field Sampling Plan (Fsp) Submittal #7 [Covering Gold Hill Lutheran Church, Peoples Park, Sioux Park, Charlie Judd Park, Emma Park, Mandan Park, And Walkerville Park (Daly And Dunn)], Pioneer Technical Services, Inc. May 2023

Final Rmap Park Soil Sampling Field Sampling Plan (Fsp) Submittal #7 [Covering Gold Hill Lutheran Church, Peoples Park, Sioux Park, Charlie Judd Park, Emma Park, Mandan Park, And Walkerville Park (Daly And Dunn)], Pioneer Technical Services, Inc.

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.


Draft Final Bpsou Unreclaimed Sites Ur-06 Temporary Best Management Practice Work Plan, Pioneer Technical Services, Inc. May 2023

Draft Final Bpsou Unreclaimed Sites Ur-06 Temporary Best Management Practice Work Plan, Pioneer Technical Services, Inc.

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.


Butte Reduction Works (Brw) Smelter Area Mine Waste Remediation And Contaminated Groundwater Hydraulic Control Site Quality Assurance Project Plan (Qapp) For Microbial Analysis And Biotreatability; Request For Change Brw-2023-02, Pioneer Technical Services, Inc. May 2023

Butte Reduction Works (Brw) Smelter Area Mine Waste Remediation And Contaminated Groundwater Hydraulic Control Site Quality Assurance Project Plan (Qapp) For Microbial Analysis And Biotreatability; Request For Change Brw-2023-02, Pioneer Technical Services, Inc.

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.


Feasibility Analysis Of Aeronet Lunar Aod For Nighttime Particulate Matter Estimation, Kwang Nyun Kim, Seung Hee Kim, Sang Seo Park, Yun Gon Lee May 2023

Feasibility Analysis Of Aeronet Lunar Aod For Nighttime Particulate Matter Estimation, Kwang Nyun Kim, Seung Hee Kim, Sang Seo Park, Yun Gon Lee

Institute for ECHO Articles and Research

Several studies have attempted to estimate particulate matter (PM) concentrations using aerosol optical depth (AOD), based on AOD and PM relationships. Owing to the limited availability of nighttime AOD data, PM estimation studies using AOD have focused on daytime. Recently, the Aerosol Robotic Network (AERONET) produced nighttime AOD, called lunar AOD, providing an opportunity to estimate nighttime PM. Nighttime AOD measurements are particularly important as they help fill gaps in our understanding of aerosol variability and its impact on the atmosphere, as there are significant variations in AOD between day and night. In this study, the relationship between lunar AOD …


Approval Letter For The Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit (Bpsou) 2022 Final Insufficiently Reclaimed Sites Quality Assurance Project Plan (Qapp) And 2022 Final Unreclaimed Sites Qapp Request For Change (Dated April 13, 2023), Nikia Greene May 2023

Approval Letter For The Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit (Bpsou) 2022 Final Insufficiently Reclaimed Sites Quality Assurance Project Plan (Qapp) And 2022 Final Unreclaimed Sites Qapp Request For Change (Dated April 13, 2023), Nikia Greene

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.