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The Status Of Iowa's Lepidoptera, Dennis W. Schlicht, Timothy T. Orwig Jan 1998

The Status Of Iowa's Lepidoptera, Dennis W. Schlicht, Timothy T. Orwig

Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science: JIAS

Including strays, 122 species of butterflies have been confirmed in Iowa. However, since European settlement the populations of taxa of Iowa Lepidoptera have declined. While certain generalist species have experienced declines, species with life cycles that include native habitats, especially prairies and wetlands, have been particularly vulnerable. In a 1994 revision of the Iowa endangered and threatened species list, the Natural Resource Commission (NRC) listed two species of butterflies as endangered, five as threatened, and 25 as special concern, using general legal definitions of those rankings (NRC 1994). But after examining recent records, we have revised that list, using numbers …


Review Of: Peter K. Lagoy, Risk Assessment: Principles And Applications For Hazardous Waste And Related Sites (Noyes Publications 1994), Adam K. Sacharoff Sep 1996

Review Of: Peter K. Lagoy, Risk Assessment: Principles And Applications For Hazardous Waste And Related Sites (Noyes Publications 1994), Adam K. Sacharoff

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

Review of the book: Peter K. LaGoy, Risk Assessment: Principles and Applications for Hazardous Waste and Related Sites (Noyes Publications 1994). Appendices, figures, index, notes, preface, references, tables. LC 94-2510; ISBN 0-8155-1349-6. [260 pp. Cloth $48.00. 120 Mill Road, Park Ridge NJ 07656.]


Evaluating The Expertise Of Experts, Kristin S. Shrader-Frechette Mar 1995

Evaluating The Expertise Of Experts, Kristin S. Shrader-Frechette

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

Professor Shrader-Frechette maintains that a rigid distinction between risk assessment and risk management is unwise. Concerned about procedural fairness, she argues that the public should have a voice in both.


Review Of: Organizations, Uncertainties, And Risk (James F. Short, Jr. & Lee Clarke Eds.), Mehdi Sheikerz Jan 1995

Review Of: Organizations, Uncertainties, And Risk (James F. Short, Jr. & Lee Clarke Eds.), Mehdi Sheikerz

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

Review of: Organizations, Uncertainties, and Risk (James F. Short, Jr. & Lee Clarke eds., Westview Press 1992) Acknowledgements, contributor biographies, author and subject indices, foreword, references. ISBN: 0-8133-8562-8. [383 pp. Cloth $52.50. 500 Central Ave., Boulder CO 80301-2847.]