Both traditional knowledge of the medicinal uses of plants among American Indians and ecological study provide approaches for conserving biodiversity in my bioregion of the eastern Adirondack foothills. Ethnobotany is a powerful tool for connecting students to plants in their region, through the compelling stories of vital relationships between indigenous people and plants. Native American perspectives vary hugely in their plant traditions and medicines...

Habitat loss is thought to be a cause of historical woodcock population declines, however little is known about whether the encroachment of invasive vegetation may be affecting woodcock nest site selection and nesting success. I examined whether nest success and habitat selection were related to invasive vegetation presence. In March and April of 2009 and 2010, I located and recorded data in 26 plots (13 nests, 13 random) in southeastern Pennsylvania....

This work began as a guide to improve and expand existing Longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) populations on a 728-acre site owned and operated by the United States Army Corps of Engineers in Central Alabama. It has evolved to consider a proposed alternate site and also provides broad recommendations for Longleaf restoration within the general study area. The intent of this plan is to restore degraded habitat which is currently affected by the absence...

As humans and ecologists, we must consider our role in ecological restorations and the impact of our management decisions. As natural environments and plant communities are increasingly changing by the hands of human influence, a new approach to restoration must be implemented. This study uses the bioregional education from Green Mountain College to establish locally minded restoration of burn scars in northwest Colorado forests. In this study seed...

Southeastern granite outcrops have experienced degradation throughout the past two centuries due to quarrying, dumping, development, and recreational land uses. This study initiated the restoration of 23 outcrop island communities threatened by a deteriorating access road leading to the top of Stone Mountain near Atlanta, GA. To initiate restoration of endemic vegetation, I established 23 study plots, divided into two subplots, which received either...

This title explores the weather that is common to both tropical and temperate rain forests. This title is at a Level 2 and is written specifically for emerging readers. Aligned to Common Core Standards & correlated to state standards. Dash! is an imprint of Abdo Zoom, a division of ABDO."--Provided by publisher.

In your hands you hold a unique tool for teachers; a series of place based projects designed from conception to classroom testing to take advantage of the best available research on how people learn. All of the suggested instructional strategies have been classroom tested and proven to support students as they move from environmental ideals to environmental action. The science and policy projects in the California Coastal Voices (CCV) guide are ambitions,...

Biscayne National Park released a draft General Management Plan (GMP) in 2011 that identifies alternatives for future management prescriptions within the park. While these alternatives are focused on enhancing the condition of natural resources, each alternative will impact resources differently. The South Florida / Caribbean Network of the National Park Service (NPS) supported the GMP by quantifying levels of natural resource affected by each alternative...

The piscicide rotenone is an important fisheries management tool with a wide range of applications, including native trout restoration. However, the effect of rotenone exposure on amphibian populations remains an issue that has not received extensive empirical evaluation. In this study, I used visual encounter surveys of four amphibian species conducted before and after rotenone treatment of eight alpine lakes to test for declines in detection rates...

Every day throughout the United States, including my focus area of northeast Ohio, humans and wildlife come into contact with one other. Some of these interactions are welcomed; some are looked upon as a nuisance. Regardless of the circumstances that surround these interactions, humans and wildlife may discover ways to co-exist in this world. Wildlife managers and biologists continually face the ongoing issue of how to balance and control human-wildlife...