Case Studies in Environmental Science

by Underwood, Larry S.

• ISBN13: 9780030315824
• ISBN10: 0030315824
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-08-23
• Publisher: Brooks Cole

Summary

CASE STUDIES IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE is designed to promote grassroots awareness of global environmental issues through problem-solving analysis and verbal and written discussion topics that pertain to eight regions of the U.S. and Canada.

Table of Contents

Unit One Northeast: Land - Use Issues	1	(25)
Introduction: Future Use of the Woodbridge Research Facility	1	(4)
Readings
Mason Neck Addition	5	(1)
Recommended Reuse for the Woodbridge Research Facility	6	(11)
Minority Report Letter from the Woodbridge Reuse Committee to the Secretary of the Army	17	(2)
Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Environmental Assessment for Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuse	19	(7)
Questions for Discussion	25	(1)
Unit Two Northeast: Control of Wildlife Populations	26	(31)
Introduction: Management of White-Tailed Deer in Pennsylvania	26	(3)
Readings:
The White-Tailed Deer: A Keystone Herbivore	29	(7)
Attitudes of Pennsylvania Sportsmen Towards Managing White-Tailed Deer to Protect the Ecological Integrity of Forests	36	(6)
White-Tailed Deer Research/Management	42	(7)
Urban Deer Contraception: The Seven Stages of Grief	49	(5)
Pennsylvania Deer Statistics 1982-1998	54	(3)
Questions for Discussion	56	(1)
Unit Three Canada: Alternate Energy Resources	57	(34)
Introduction: James Bay Hydroelectric Project, Canada	57	(3)
Readings:
The La Grande Complex Development and its Main Environmental Issues	60	(4)
James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement and Subsequent Agreements	64	(5)
Economic and Social Development of the Aboriginal Communities	69	(6)
Native People and the Environmental Regime in the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement	75	(16)
Questions for Discussion	90	(1)
Unit Four Great Lakes: Water Resources	91	(43)
Introduction: Great Lakes Cleanup	91	(3)
Readings:
A Strategy for Virtual Elimination of Persistent Toxic Substances	94	(22)
Comments on the Canada-United States Strategy for the Virtual Elimination of Persistent Toxic Substances in the Great Lakes Basin	116	(6)
Pollution, Thirst for Cheap Water Threaten Great Lakes, Study Says	122	(2)
Protecting Lake Superior: A Community-Based Approach	124	(10)
Questions for Discussion	133	(1)
Unit Five Southeast: Biodiversity and Nonindigenous Species	134	(29)
Introduction: Controlling Nonindigenous Species in Florida	134	(3)
Readings:
Why We Should Care and What We Should Do	137	(4)
Fido-Munching Toads Take Florida by Leaps and Bounds	141	(1)
Florida: A Wacky Wild Kingdom	142	(1)
Management in National Wildlife Refuges	143	(3)
Plant Management in Everglades National Park	146	(6)
Management on State Lands	152	(5)
Florida's Biological Crapshoot with Carp	157	(1)
will Beetle Bombs Recapture Everglades---Or Overrun It?	158	(1)
Ecological Effects of an Insect Introduced for the Biological Control of Weeds	159	(4)
Questions for Discussion	162	(1)
Unit Six Midwest: Soil Conservation	163	(68)
Introduction: Avoiding Another Dust Bowl	163	(3)
Readings:
Conserving the Plains: The Soil Conservation Service in the Great Plains	166	(7)
The Great Plains Conservation Program, 1956-1981: A Short Administrative and Legislative History	173	(11)
Summary Report: 1997 National Resources Inventory	184	(40)
The Buffalo Commons, Then and Now	224	(2)
Comment on the Future of the Great Plains: Not a Buffalo Commons	226	(2)
The Bison Are Coming	228	(3)
Questions for Discussion	230	(1)
Unit Seven Northwest: Wildlife Management	231	(25)
Introduction: Managing Timber in the Pacific Northwest	231	(3)
Readings:
The Spotted Owl Controversy and the Sustainability of Rural Communities in the Pacific Northwest	234	(8)
Having Owls and Jobs Too	242	(3)
The Birds---The Spotted Owl: An Environmental Parable	245	(6)
Timber Owners Cut a Deal to Preserve Wildlife Habitat	251	(3)
U.S. Considers 80% Increase in Sierra Logging	254	(2)
Questions for Discussion	255	(1)
Unit Eight California: Solid Waste Disposal	256	(30)
Introduction: Solid Waste Disposal in Sonoma County	256	(3)
Readings:
The 3 R's of Solid Waste and the Population Factor for a Sustainable Planet	259	(3)
Sonoma County Waste Management Agency 1992-1997 Progress Report	262	(13)
Why Recycle?	275	(2)
Buy Recycled---On Earth Day and Every Day, Shop the Recycled Way	277	(1)
Earth Pledge: Twelve Things You Can Do Today to Fight Global Warming and Environmental Destruction	278	(3)
Elder Earthkeepers Honored with Gifts From the Earth	281	(1)
What is Bay Area Creative Re-Use?	282	(1)
Environmentalism Begins at Home: Green Building Represents a Vital Earth-Friendly Action	283	(1)
Helping Business Donate/Sell Waste Material: Sonoma County's Material Exchange, www.recyclenow.org/SonoMax	284	(2)
Questions for Discussion	285	(1)
Unit Nine Northeast: Acid Precipitation	286	(26)
Introduction: Minimizing Acid Precipitation in the Adirondacks	286	(3)
Readings:
EPA 1998 Compliance Report: Acid Rain Program	289	(11)
Emissions Trading of Sulfur Dioxide: The U.S. Experience	300	(5)
Acid Rain: A Continuing National Tragedy	305	(4)
A Washington, D.C. Press Conference	309	(1)
Public Service Announcement Campaign a Ringing Success	310	(2)
Questions for Discussion	311	(1)
Unit Ten Southwest: Air Quality	312	(33)
Introduction: Improving Air Quality in Los Angeles	312	(3)
Readings
Smog City Case Studies	315	(6)
Cleaner Fuels and Cleaner Cars	321	(17)
The False Promise of Electric Cars	338	(5)
New Vehicles Now Less Efficient Than Junked Ones	343	(2)
Questions for Discussion	344	(1)
Unit Eleven Southeast: Wildlife Management	345	(38)
Introduction: Managing Bluefin Tuna in the Western Atlantic	345	(3)
Readings
Bluefin Tuna in the West Atlantic: Negligent management and the Making of an Endangered Species	348	(5)
Historic Rationale, Effectiveness, and Biological Efficiency of Existing Regulations for the U.S. Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Fisheries: A Report to the United States Congress	353	(30)
Questions for Discussion	382	(1)
Unit Twelve Northwest: Toxic Wastes and Pollution	383	(1)
Introduction: What If There Were Another Oil Spill in Prince William Sound, Alaska?	383	(3)
Readings
The Two Faces of the Exxon Disaster	386	(4)
1999 Status Report on the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill	390	(7)
2000 Status Report on the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill	397	(11)
Questions for Discussion	408