Appendix B: National Organizations Supporting the Equal Rights Amendment

A national list of organizations supporting ERA, Appendix B from Women in 1971, Report of the Citizens\u27 Advisory Council on the Status of Women. Local participation in state and national issues: Alliance for Ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment / Jacksonville Coalition for the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), 1972-1975?

Forest for the Future: A Report on Maine\u27s Forest to the Legislature, the Governor, and the People of Maine

In 1985, the 112th Maine Legislature, recognizing the increasing demands upon Maine\u27s forests, established the Forests for the Future Program within the Department of Conservation (Chapter 488, Public Laws of 1985). The legislation creating the Forests for the Future Program expressed three basic concerns. Can Maine\u27s forests continue to provide all of the amenities demanded by society? How can Maine\u27s forests be managed to assure continued availability of resources? What is the State\u27s role in encouraging and promoting conservation of forest resources?https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/maine-acf-docs/1000/thumbnail.jp

Psychosocial problems in traumatized refugee families: overview of risks and some recommendations for support services

Abstract This article is an abridged version of a report by an advisory council to the German government on the psychosocial problems facing refugee families from war zones who have settled in Germany. It omits the detailed information contained in the report about matters that are specific to the German health system and asylum laws, and includes just those insights and strategies that may be applicable to assisting refugees in other host countries as well. The focus is on understanding the developmental risks faced by refugee children when they or family members are suffering from trauma-related psychological disorders, and on identifying measures that can be taken to address these risks. The following recommendations are made: recognizing the high level of psychosocial problems present in these families, providing family–friendly living accommodations, teaching positive parenting skills, initiating culture-sensitive interventions, establishing training programs to support those who work with refugees, expanding the availability of trained interpreters, facilitating access to education and health care, and identifying intervention requirements through screening and other measures

A Water and Land Resource Plan for the Kalamazoo-Black-Macatawa-Paw Paw Rivers Basin

Excerpts: The overall objective of this Study was to assemble a water and land resource plan that reflected the concerns of the people in the Basin. To help accomplish this, Citizens Advisory Council and the County Task Forces listed their concerns in the initial phase of the Study. These lists showed a strong desire to protect and improve the environment and to encourage a limited amount of resource development. The following specific objectives were identified: 1. Increase production efficiency of food and fiber. 2. Increase available recreational opportunities. 3. Protect existing urban property from flooding. 4. Enhance water quality particularly with respect to recreation, fish and wildlife aspects. 5. Protect and manage areas of natural beauty that provide human enjoyment. 6. Enhance fish and wildlife populations by habitat preservation and improvement. 7. Protect especially valuable or outstanding ecological, archeological, and historical resources. The Basin consists of four major hydrologic areas: Kalamazoo River Basin--2,020 square miles; Paw Paw River Basin--445 square miles; Black River Basin--295 square miles; and the Macatawa River Basin--172 square miles. These plus the drainage areas of the small streams that drain into Lake Michigan comprise the 3,002 square mile study area referred to in this report as the Basin. The Basin contains parts of 11 counties. Of the 3,002 square miles in the Basin, 57 percent (1,093,000 acres) is in cropland and pasture. Forest land is the next largest land cover category, consisting of approximately 405,000 acres. The remainder of the Basin consists of urban areas, brushland, wetland, water, and miscellaneous areas

Coastal Oil Spill Preparedness and Response: The Morris J. Berman Incident

On January 7, 1994, the disabled tank barge Morris J. Berman ran aground spilling 750,000 gallons of heavy-grade fuel oil on the beaches of San Juan, Puerto Rico. The spill impacted a variety of resources and temporarily shut down a portion of the tourist industry during the height of the winter season. The spill is noteworthy as the first major incident in U.S. coastal waters following passage of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA 90). A landmark provision passed as a result of the 1989 Exxon Valdez catastrophe. The Berman spill provides a test case for assessing the robustness of policy mandates incorporated in the OPA 90. Mandates that compelled the oil transportation and response network to assume high-reliability organization characteristics. The study finds that although high-reliability characteristics were seemingly adopted their implementation during the Berman spill evidenced a significant number of shortcomings. Copyright 2008 by The Policy Studies Organization.