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Colorado River Basin Study Comments--National Resources Conservation Service, Utah Office
Comments on the Colorado River Basin Study prepared by the the Western Water Policy Review Advisory Commission
Beyond the SCS-CN method : A theoretical framework for spatially lumped rainfall-runoff response
Acknowledgments This work was supported through the USDA Agricultural Research Service cooperative agreement 58-6408-3-027; and National Science Foundation (NSF) grants CBET-1033467, EAR-1331846, FESD-1338694, EAR-1316258, and the Duke WISeNet grant DGE-1068871. The data used for Figure 9 are reproduced from Tedela et al. [2011, 2008]. Processed data and code are available by e-mail from the corresponding author. We thank the reviewers for their useful and constructive comments that helped improve the paper.Peer reviewedPublisher PD
Alternative Transportation Energy
Transportation energy issues are moving to the forefront of the public consciousness in the U.S. and particularly California, and gaining increasing attention from legislators and regulators. The three principal concerns motivating interest in transportation energy are urban air quality, oil dependence, and the threat of global warming. Transportation fuels are a principal contributor to each of these. The transportation sector, mostly motor vehicles, contributes roughly half the urban air pollutants, almost one-third of the carbon dioxide, and consumes over 60% of all petroleum
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Backyard conservation : bringing conservation from the countryside to your backyard, part 1 (pages 1-14)
This publication contains practices used to conserve and improve natural resources on residential land. These backyard practices can improve the environment, help wildlife, and enhance homeowner enjoyment
NOAA\u27s estuarine eutrophication survey.
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