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Where Old West meets New West : confronting conservation, conflict and change on Utah's last frontier

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Leaver, Jennifer Jensen

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In the United States during the last 30 years there has been a shift from extractive natural resource-based economies of the Old West to a New West defined by environmental protection. Over the past century, a growing national support for environmental protection has influenced a lengthening list of national and...

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Masters Thesis

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resource-based economies of the Old West to a New West defined by environmental protection. Over the past
Urban residents and non-point source pollution : an examination of practices, influences, and values in the Tualatin watershed

Creator:

Nielson, Lisa M.

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In July of 2001, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) activated the Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDLs) provisions of the Clean Water Act. As the first river in Oregon to implement TMDL regulations, people and agencies in the Tualatin basin face many challenges. Non-point source pollution affects water quality in the...

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Masters Thesis

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. Abstract Ap Courtland L. Smith In July of 2001, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) activated the
An anthropological response to the call for cultural midwives based on three case studies of communities

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Pickering, Kristin Leigh Morgan

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The ecological crisis, recognized by scientists as well as an increasing number of lay people urges a response from a variety of disciplines. The consideration of sustainability requires the help of a variety of disciplines, including anthropology, which can contribute an ability to identify cultural patterns that impede cultural change...

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developing in which educated, upper middle class Americans with liberal values who emphasize environmental