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Protecting endangered species in the USA requires both public and private land conservation

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2020
Crucial to the successful conservation of endangered species is the overlap of their ranges with protected areas. We analyzed protected areas in the continental USA to assess the extent to which they covered the ranges of endangered tetrapods.
Niall G. Clancy   +9 more
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District 9 Profile [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
This infographic discusses the hydrology District 9 in Austin, which contains Waller Creek.Waller Creek Working ...
City of Austin Watershed Protection Department
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Winter runoff events pose an unquantified continental-scale risk of high wintertime nutrient export

open access: yesEnvironmental Research Letters, 2022
Winters in snow-covered regions have warmed, likely shifting the timing and magnitude of nutrient export, leading to unquantified changes in water quality.
Erin C Seybold   +7 more
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River capture in the middle reaches of the palaeo-Yarlung Zangbo River [PDF]

open access: yesRoyal Society Open Science, 2020
There are 51 tributaries in the middle reaches of the Yarlung Zangbo River (YZR), and the confluences of 87% of the tributaries west of Jiacha Gorge are high-angle or perpendicular, reflecting the anomalous development of these tributaries. In this paper,
Yong Liu   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Using an engineered turf cover to support PV solar systems on landfills [PDF]

open access: yesE3S Web of Conferences
Using landfills as solar sites saves natural lands from destruction. The large space of a closed landfill usually has limited redevelopment options due to restricted site access and long-term operation and maintenance requirements.
Zhu Ming, Hughes Kenneth
doaj   +1 more source

Quantify distribution of topsoil erodibility factor for watersheds that feed the Al-Shewicha trough – Iraq using GIS

open access: yesOpen Engineering, 2022
Soil functions such as water storage, soil filtration, and reducing reservoir life due to sediment load are directly affected by the process of “soil erosion.” The Universal Soil Loss Equation was adopted to predict the erodibility factor for watersheds ...
Imariq Saleem Mohmood   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Spatial Analysis of Land Degradation Susceptibility and Alternative Plants for Its Rehabilitation

open access: yesForum Geografi, 2019
One of the drawbacks of developing plants for the rehabilitation of degraded land in Indonesia is the relative lack of information about species that are suited to the local conditions.
Diah Auliyani   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Urban induced land use land cover changes in upper Deme watershed, Southwest Ethiopia

open access: yesJournal of Degraded and Mining Lands Management, 2021
The study was aimed to assess urban induced land use land cover changes in the upper Deme watershed. Three satellite images of 1986, 2002, and 2019 were analyzed by ArcGIS and processed by supervised classification.
Kambo Dero   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Urban Waterway Benchmarking Study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
This document summarizes the results of a study that collected information regarding the proximity of walkways to urban creeks in the United States. This information is grouped into key findings, which include number of creeks below a certain floodplain,
City of Austin Watershed Protection Department
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Watershed Colonialism and Popular Geographies of North American Rivers

open access: yesOpen Rivers, 2017
Rivers have long been the subject and vehicle for compelling stories. As physical features that tie natural and human history, rivers in narratives have hidden as much as they’ve revealed by naturalizing cultural practices and human values...
Sigma Colon
doaj   +1 more source

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