Internet Collection
This is a collection of useful web sites for teaching public policy in the earth sciences. If you know of web sites, journal articles or other references that are useful for teaching and learning about public policy issues, let us know about them.
Subject: Environmental Science
- 1 match General/Other
- Water Quality and Quantity 12 matches including water resource management, water quality and water treatment
- Air Quality 3 matches
- Energy 8 matches sources, supply, reserves, uses
- Waste 5 matches
- Mineral Resources 1 match includes precious metals, base metals, industrial minerals, aggregate
- Forest Resources 3 matches
- Soils and Agriculture 8 matches
- Oceans and Coastal Resources 4 matches
- Land Use and Planning 7 matches planning, zoning, sprawl issues, urban heat island
- Human Population 3 matches
- Sustainability 11 matches
- Natural Hazards 3 matches
- Global Change and Climate 11 matches
- Ecosystems 33 matches
- Policy 32 matches
Environmental Policy
- Global Policy 7 matches
- US National Policy 4 matches
- State Policy 4 matches
- Local Policy 4 matches
- Environmental Decision-Making 15 matches including risk assessment
- Environmental Economics 8 matches market forces, consumerism, cost/benefit analysis, distribution of wealth, privatization, incentives, taxes, fines, etc
- Environmental Ethics/Values 1 match
Results 1 - 20 of 33 matches
Potential Groundwater Drawdown and Recovery from Coalbed Methane Development in the Powder River Basin, Montana part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This 58-page PDF document from the US Bureau of Land Management assesses the potential impacts of coalbed methane development on water resources in Montana's Powder River Basin. The study explores ...
Enviros, Residents Join Legal Battle Over Coalbed Methane part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This article from the Bozeman Daily Chronicle describes the combined efforts of Gallatin County Commissioners, environmentalists, and homeowners in the Bozeman Pass area to deny J.M. Huber Corp. a ...
Moratorium Imposed on Coalbed Methane Drilling part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This article from the Bozeman Daily Chronicle describes the creation of a temporary ban on coalbed methane development near Bozeman, Montana. The local county commission created an emergency zoning ...
Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for Reclamation of the Zortman and Landusky Mines. part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This is the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for reclamation of the Zortman and Landusky Mines in north central Montana. The purpose of this document is to present several ...
Ecological Footprint Calculators part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This website contains interactive calculators for determining various environmental impacts. The site includes more than 15 different calculators to determine greenhouse gas emissions, ecological ...
When a Fish Is More Than a Fish part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This is a magazine article describing the relationship between the Nez Perce People and endangered salmon. This article provides first hand insight to the importance of salmon from a Nez Perce ...
Idaho Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy part of SERC Web Resource Collection
The purpose of this web page is to make the Idaho Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy (CWCS) available to all interested parties. The site provides links to multiple pdf's containing ...
Idaho Wolf Management part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This site provides information concerning wolves in Idaho and how they are being managed. Also provided are links to further reports about wolf habitats in Idaho.
US Fish and Wildlife Service - Division of Habitat and Resource Conservation part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This website features information related to environmental procedures and policy that is used by the Fish and Wildlife Service in their preparation and review of environmental documents. The actual ...
Pilot 2006 Environmental Performance Index part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This website provides environmental data and summaries that compare 133 countries along 16 environmental policy criteria. Categories include air quality, water resources, environmental health, ...
Assessment of the Impacts of Development and Operation of the Columbia River Hydroelectric System on Mainstem Riverine Processes and Salmon Habitats part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This resource is an assessment of the impacts of development and operation of the Columbia River Hydroelectric System on mainstream riverine processes and salmon habitats. The report consists of ...
Decision Making Curricula for the Great Lakes part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This website features a collection of secondary level science activities for teaching about the Great Lakes using a structured decision making approach as a way to help narrow the disparity between ...
Woods Hole Research Center: The Program on Science in Public Affairs part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This website describes the role that science plays in public and international affairs as human activities create increasingly complex global environmental problems. The Wood's Hole Research Center ...
Pribilof Islands Contamination part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This website provides an overview of the contamination and resulting environmental impacts on the Pribilof Islands. The site details both human health and environmental concerns, and the current ...
Campus Ecology: Habitat Restoration Projects part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This website provides examples from over 40 campus landscaping projects from colleges across the US. Projects involved "green" practices such as reducing pesticide use, planting native ...
Environmental Quality Statistics part of SERC Web Resource Collection
Hosted by the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), this site contains updated monthly tables with statistics about United States environmental quality. The major topics covered in these tables are ...
Center for International Earth Science Information Network part of SERC Web Resource Collection
CIESIN was established in 1989 as a non-profit, non-governmental organization to provide information that would help scientists, decision-makers, and the public better understand their changing ...
The Fishing Game part of SERC Web Resource Collection
In The Fishing Game, students compete with 2 virtual fishing companies to maximize their bank balance by fishing. A population model informs the results of each year's fishing. The game is played ...
PRISM: Puget Sound Regional Synthesis Model part of SERC Web Resource Collection
PRISM is a cross-disciplinary scientific model that creates a collaborative forum where scientists, students, decision makers and community members can share Puget Sound area earth science data, ...
Principles, Structure, & Implementation of International Environmental Law part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This module introduces the fundamental norms and institutions that comprise international environmental law and then focuses on six specific topics: air pollution and protection of the atmosphere, ...
