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Recently, Insideline posted a feature about a 72 year-old guy that's owned his Shelby Cobra since new, having shelled out $6000 plus fees for it. Now, I've often said I plan to keep my Z4 M Coupe for life, and it turns out that if you adjust for inflation, we paid about the same for our sports cars - $6000 in 1964 was $39,715 in 2007. So, while neither of us spent exotic/supercar levels of money, we both laid out a decent chunk of change for our respective time-periods.
Now, unlike me and Mr. Williams who paid cash, I'm willing to accept Chris Harris GT3 RS 4.0 levels of debt, as long as you can swing the payments and keep the car (CH is currently selling his GT3, btw) and it's currently for sale brand new. So, what would you get?
To start: if I were buying now and buying new, I'd have to go with a left-over 987 Cayman S with 6-speed, since the M Coupe no longer exists. A BE if I could find one:


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Grants are considered gift aid. Gift aid is the most valued source of financial aid because grant money does not have to be repaid. Grants are awarded based on need. There are several types of grants available for students at SPC.
Federal PELL Grant (PELL)
The PELL Grant is a federal program for undergraduate students obtaining their first bachelor's degree. The PELL Grant amount depends on family contribution and the number of hours for which each student is enrolled (full-time, three-quarter time, half-time, less than half-time). It is always the first program to be considered for each applicant. Students may not be eligible for the Federal PELL Grant and still qualify under another program.
Award Range: $277-$2775 per semester
Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (SEOG)
The SEOG is a federal grant program. Awards are made based on the greatest need, lowest expected family contribution, and have met the Financial Aid Priority Deadlines. The Financial Aid Office is responsible for selecting eligible students with the lowest family contributions and determining the amount of SEOG awards.
Award Range: $250 per semester
Federal Academic Competitiveness Grant (ACG)
The Higher Education Reconciliation Act of 2005 (HERA) created two new grant programs: The ACG for first and second year students and the National SMART Grant for third and fourth year students.
The Academic Competitiveness Grant (ACG) is a federal grant program awarded to first year (Freshmen) and second year (Sophomore) students. To receive the ACG grant a first year student must be receiving a PELL grant, must be enrolled at least half-time, can be a U.S. citizen or an eligible non-citizen, and must have graduated from a rigorous High School Program in 2006. To receive the ACG grant a second year student must meet the criteria of a first year student with a graduation date after January 1, 2005. In addition a second year student must also have completed 30 college credit hours and earned at least a 3.0 cumulative grade point average (gpa) by the beginning of his/her second year.
Award Range: $375-$650 per semester
National Science and the Mathematics Access to Retain Talent Grant (National SMART) - The SMART Grant is the second grant created by HERA in 2005 and is awarded to students during the third (Junior) and fourth (Senior) academic year. South Plains College cannot participate in that program.
The TPEG program is funded through tuition payments and is available for Texas residents and non-U.S. citizens who meet Texas state residency requirements with established financial need. The TPEG grant is primarily given during the summer sessions, but it is also awarded during the fall and spring semesters to students with special circumstances. Qualifying students should have completed the FAFSA form (for U.S. citizens) and TASFA form (for non-U.S. citizens). Students must also meet Satisfactory Academic Progress Requirements to receive this grant. Students who want to apply for the fall and/or spring semesters should write a detailed letter to the Financial Aid Office explaining their situation. These awards are determined on a case-by-case basis by the Director of Financial Aid and are limited by fund availability.
TEXAS Grant
The TEXAS Grant (Toward Excellence, Access & Success) is a state grant for Texas residents who graduated from a public or accredited private high school in Texas no earlier than fall 1998.
Students must have completed the Recommended or Advanced High School Program and must apply for and demonstrate financial need based on FAFSA results or
Must have an Expected Family Contribution (EFC) of $4,000 or less
Have received an associate degree from an eligible institution no earlier than May 1, 2001, and must re-enroll within 12 months of receiving that degree
Enroll in at least 9 hours in the first 30 hours of an undergraduate degree or certificate program within 16 months of your high school graduation unless they have been granted a hardship waiver
- Can not have been convicted of a felony or crime involving a controlled substance.
To be eligible for the TEXAS Grant the following year, the student must complete 30 semester credit hours during his/her freshman year and have a cumulative grade point average of at least a 2.5.
Award Range: $890 per semester
Texas Educational Opportunity Grant (TEOG)
A state grant for Texas residents who have completed the basic high school graduation or the GED requirements and are attending public community colleges..
- Students must have an expected family
contribution $2,000 or less (based on FAFSA results)
- Students must be enrolled in at least six
hours in the first 30 hours of an associate degree or certificate
program at a two year institution of higher education unless they
have been granted a hardship waiver
- Students must be Texas Residents (Non-U.S.
citizens may be eligible if the Office of Admissions and Records
determines that the student is a Texas resident
- Students must not have been convicted of a
felony or crime involving a controlled substance
Award Range: $890 per semester
Charley Wootan Grant Program
The TG Charley Wootan Grant Program will award $2 million in direct grants during the 2009-10 academic year — $1 million to Texas students and another $1 million to residents of any other state, the District of Columbia, or U.S. territory.
For the 2009-10 academic year, TG will offer grants ranging from $1,000 to $4,245 to qualified undergraduate students. Amounts awarded will be based upon a student's financial need. To become eligible, students will need to complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and meet other eligibility requirements.
Grants will be awarded for one year only, but recipients may reapply in subsequent years. The grant program is open to students who:
- Are high school seniors or graduates who plan to enroll, or are students already enrolled, at least half-time in an undergraduate course of study for the fall 2009 at a Title IV two- or four-year college or university, or vocational-technical school.
Demonstrate financial need.
Are eligible to receive Title IV federal financial aid funding.
The Charley Wootan Grant Program is independently managed by Scholarship Management Services, a program of Scholarship America, the nation's largest nonprofit, private-sector scholarship and educational support organization.
A complete application packet must be postmarked by May 5, 2009. An application and more information about the grant program can be found online at www.aie.org/wootan. Information can also be obtained by calling (800) 537-4180, and asking for the TG Charley Wootan Grant Program manager.
TG represents that there is no correlation or connection between its selection of recipients for grant awards and an institution's or individual's business relationship or potential business relationship with TG. Participation in TG's Charley Wootan Grant Program does not require or impose any quid pro quo condition.
Award Range: $500 - $2,122.50 per semester

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October 2012 IWLA Missouri River Initiative Report
By: Paul Lepisto – Regional Conservation Coordinator
Table of contents
Missouri River Update
Missouri River Flood Vulnerability Report
US Army Corps of Engineers Annual Operating Plan
Missouri River Recovery Implementation Committee Meets
Sioux City Clean Up Event
Friends of the Missouri National Recreational River Meeting
News and Notes
Missouri River Update
Severe drought conditions continue in many areas of the Missouri River Basin. Record low inflows of under 0.3 million acre feet (an acre foot is the amount of water needed to cover an acre of land one foot deep) came into the system during September. The previous record low was 0.4 million acre feet set in 1919. Runoff into the Missouri River basin above Sioux City during September was 25 percent of normal, down from 64 percent of normal during August. The updated annual runoff forecast for the year is now 19 million acre feet - 77 percent of normal.
The drought is affecting the reservoir system two ways - less water coming in and more water going out. The drought in the lower basin has reduced tributary flows below Gavins Point Dam so the US Army Corps of Engineers (ACE) is running higher than normal releases from all the dams to meet navigation flows of 41,000 cubic foot per second (cfs) at Kansas City. System storage on October 1st was 52.2 million acre feet, down from 54.3 maf on September 1st. 52.2 maf in storage is 4.6 maf below the base of the flood control and multiple use zone which is the desired operating pool for the system. This allows the ACE to fully serve all eight congressionally authorized purposes of flood control, hydropower, recreation, irrigation, water supply, water quality, fish and wildlife and navigation.
The ACE continues a full navigation season that runs through December 1st despite the low runoff. This follows the Master Manual - the water control plan used by the ACE. Full service flows provide a 9-foot-deep by 300-foot-wide navigation channel from Sioux City to St Louis with or without any barge traffic on the river. The ACE says drought conservation measures will begin to be implemented and will be run through the end of February to conserve water in the reservoirs.
The current water forecast for next spring indicates system storage at the start of the runoff season will be about 8 maf below the base of the flood control and multiple use zone. If this holds, additional water conservation measures, outlined in the Master Manual, will be implemented including beginning the 2013 navigation season with reduced flow support. The upper three reservoirs, Fort Peck, Sakakawea, and Oahe may be drawn down as much as 10 feet below their desired level. This will impact other authorized purposes including recreation. The ACE says they will have a better understanding of needed measures by March 1st which is the start of the 2013 runoff season.
The ACE also released of billions of gallons of water from Kansas reservoirs this summer to support dwindling barge traffic. That angered people who say those reservoirs are vital to their businesses. Kansas state officials questioned the benefit of releasing water from Perry, Tuttle Creek and Milford reservoirs, where tourism brings in hundreds of millions of dollars a year. Only about 200 barges have traveled the Missouri River to Kansas City so far this year. That's less than a tenth of what once used the channel. In comparison, about 40,000 barges go past St. Louis most years on the Mississippi River.
Drought Update
More than three-quarters of Nebraska is in exceptional drought - the most drastic level on the US Drought Monitor. According to the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln (UNL) it's the highest level of drought ever recorded in the state. Overall, the drought has eased a bit through Texas, Oklahoma, Georgia, Illinois and Missouri but conditions have worsened in Minnesota, Wisconsin, North and South Dakota, Nebraska and Wyoming. Over 50 percent of the contiguous United States is still in moderate drought conditions or worse. The US Agriculture Department has declared a disaster for more than 1,000 counties nationwide.
Scientists at UNL also say states in the Great Plains and Midwest are getting warmer. The region's average temperature has risen 2 degrees Fahrenheit in the past 115 years. The highest average temperature increase occurred in North Dakota, with a 5 degree jump. South Dakota has seen the largest rise in the wintertime increases with a 4 degree increase. Nebraska has seen a 2 degree increase. UNL data show that planting dates are occurring earlier in the six-state region of North and South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Wyoming and Colorado. The research also shows higher nighttime low temperatures
The likelihood of 2012 being the warmest year on record across the continental United States is rising. Temperatures from January to September have averaged 59.8 degrees Fahrenheit, which is 3.8 degrees above the 20th-century average. This year will escape getting this record only if the last quarter of the year is among the 10 coldest ever recorded.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) meteorologists say this winter is expected to be warm and dry in many parts of the country including the Missouri River basin. The December-to-February outlook is still a bit uncertain because a developing El Niño weather pattern in the Pacific has abruptly fizzled. Usually, forecasters have a good picture of the factors that will influence the upcoming winter by mid-October. In June, NOAA projected a 50 percent chance that a weak-to-moderate El Niño would emerge this winter but, development of the weather pattern has faded. This is puzzling scientists who study El Niño and its counterpart, La Niña weather patterns. NOAA said this year is unique in 60 years of data. The outlook projects a warmer-than-average winter for areas including the Central and Northern Plains and the Northern Rockies. The forecast offers little immediate hope for relief from the drought which is far-reaching and intense and it's not going to just go away.
State climatologists and NOAA provided a drought update conference call on October 18th. They predicted the Midwest drought is likely to persist. They also said that topsoil moisture is rated as short or very short over 98% of NE, 95% of SD and 93% of IA. Their computer models predict above normal temperatures for the region at least through the month of November.
Changes to the Walleye Limit Possible for Lake Oahe
Changes may be coming in South Dakota's fishing regulations for Lake Oahe next year. The SD Game, Fish and Parks (GF&P) Commission is considering allowing anglers to take more walleyes from the massive Missouri River reservoir. Oahe lost much of its forage fish, including rainbow smelt, to the record releases through Oahe Dam during last year's flood. Smelt are the primary food source for walleyes in Oahe. Biologists believe many of Oahe's larger walleyes will die of starvation in the coming year.
The proposed regulations would allow anglers to keep eight walleyes per day, up from the current limit of four, from Oahe. That limit, if approved, would also allow more than one walleye over 20 inches a day. In the proposal of the eight fish four would need to be shorter than 15 inches. The proposed change would also increase the possession limit to 24 walleyes. Oahe has seen high reproduction of walleyes in previous years and the population is out of balance with the declining food base. Biologists want to see more small walleyes harvested from the reservoir.
Angling pressure on Oahe in 2012 was above average at 1.2 million angling hours compared to the annual average of .95 million hours. Walleye catch rates in 2011 and 2012 were the two highest recorded at 1.3 and 1.6 walleye per person per hour - many times the national average. This resulted in 3.75 million walleye caught from April through August in 2011 and 2012, far surpassing any 2 year catch rate. This year 610,000 walleye were harvested from Oahe from April through August with the current four fish/day limit. This was second to, and only 6,000 fish less than in, 2001 when a 14 fish limit was in place. Harvest for 2011 and 2012 combined was 1.15 million walleye, far surpassing any previous two year harvest estimates.
Oahe walleye abundance in 2011 and 2012 were two of the top five highest on record. This included two of the three highest abundances ever recorded of 10-15 inch walleyes. The condition for all walleye size classes was lower than all previous years with the exception of 2000. Biologist are concerned about the slow drop in condition of the 10-15 inch walleye resulting in the second lowest year of condition for that size class. Also in 2012, the fourth lowest warm water prey fish abundance was recorded and both young of the year and adult rainbow smelt had the 3rd lowest population estimates since 2000. Biologists say the proposed regulations aren't an attempt to "fix" the unbalanced predator/prey ratio in Oahe but are an attempt to utilize an abundant resource without doing harm to the resource. The SDGF&P Commission will hold a public hearing on the proposed regulations November 1st in Madison, SD.
ACE Awards Flood Repair Contracts
The last contracts to repair damages from the 2011 flood have been finalized by the ACE. Work on 15 levee systems is scheduled to be completed by spring. The ACE has closed five levee breaches along the Missouri River from Omaha/Council Bluffs to below the Missouri state line. The costs of these contracts totaled $360 million. Levee rehabilitation work came to $160 million and repairs to damages at the six mainstem dams totaled $200 million. The work at the dams will be complete by the end of 2014.
ACE Announces New Interactive Tool for MRRP Effort
The Missouri River Recovery Program (MRRP) has launched a new interactive tool - the Missouri River Basin Explorer. It's designed to provide information on the river's natural environment and the efforts of the MRRP. The Basin Explorer describes how the Missouri River system works, the challenges it's facing and what the ACE is doing to address those challenges. The Basin Explorer is organized by geographic regions with graphic and connections between the natural environment, endangered species, challenges and solutions and it's accessible to everyone. View the Basin Explorer at http://mail.iwla.org/exchweb/bin/redir. ... QABQM%253D.
Missouri River Flood Vulnerability Report
The ACE released a report on findings on the remaining vulnerabilities in the Missouri River Basin following last year's flood. The report said that absolute flood protection for the Missouri River Basin is not possible. The basin needs to plan and prepare for future flooding events. The report said that storage in the reservoir system is just one piece of the solution. Increasing the carrying capacity of the floodway and reducing encroachment in the floodplain are two ways to reduce flood risk. Land use management and regulation of development within designated floodplains, the responsibilities of state and local governments, needs to be done. The ACE said a Missouri River Watershed Flood Risk Reduction study to consider more opportunities for water storage and improved floodway conveyance could be done.
Studies are planned to look at whether climate change played a role in the flooding and if man-made habitat designed to help fish and wildlife contributed in any way to levee damage in the lower basin. The report said more monitoring is needed on frost depth and water content in snow. The ACE is considering more snow measurement stations and flow gauges on the Missouri River. Between 1990 and 2010, 387 gauges that were monitored by the U.S. Geological Survey have been discontinued and seventeen other gauges now provide less information. The vulnerability study said reducing flow measurements of the Missouri and its tributaries decreases the accuracy of information needed to operate the system. Read a summary of the report at: http://cdm16021.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ ... l1/id/2187.
US Army Corps of Engineers Annual Operating Plan
The ACE held a series of public meetings in six Missouri River basin cities in late October to present their 2012-2013 Draft Annual Operating Plan (AOP) for the Missouri River Mainstem Reservoir System. The ACE also held an AOP meeting in conjunction with the Missouri River Recovery Implementation Committee (MRRIC) Meeting in Omaha on the 24th. As mentioned earlier in this report the Draft AOP says there will be low runoff into the basin for the rest of this year and into early next spring. If runoff in the upper basin remain below normal the ACE said they will implement additional water conservation measures and reduce the length of the 2013 navigation season. You can read the draft plan at: http://www.nwd-mr.usace.army.mil/rcc/re ... 2-2013.pdf and provide comments on it at: email@example.com through November 23rd.
Missouri River Recovery Implementation Committee Meets in Omaha
MRRIC held its 19th meeting October 23rd–25th in Omaha. The Committee reached final consensus on a recommendation to ACE and the US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) regarding the Fiscal Year 2013 Missouri River Recovery Program (MRRP) work plan. Final consensus was also reached on a recommendation to ACE and FWS regarding efforts to save and enhance tern and plover nesting habitat and sediment resources created on the river during 2011 flood. MRRIC discussed other issues critical to management of the Missouri River system including the continued drought, the proposed sale of surplus water and possible reallocation of water from the reservoir system. MRRIC reappointed Dr. Michael Mac as the Chair and approved Frank Pogge from Kansas City as Vice Chair for the upcoming year.
Dave Ponganis of the Northwestern Division of the ACE said MRRIC is unique and the ACE doesn't work with anything like it anywhere else in the country. He said the committee has "changed the way we (the ACE) do business".
Ponganis also talked about the Continuing Resolution (CR) that Congress passed that may run through the end of March if Congress can't pass a budget. Under a CR the ACE has to follow the lower amount from legislation pending in Congress. Earlier this year a Senate subcommittee approved $90 million for the MRRP as requested in the President's Budget. The House approved $50 million. The ACE will operate under the $50 million figure until further action is taken on the 2013 budget.
MRRIC is a 70-member committee comprised of stakeholders and representatives of Tribal, state and federal agencies throughout the Missouri River Basin. I represent the League on the Committee and many of its work groups. MRRIC provides recommendations to the ACE and the FWS on river recovery plans. You can learn more at: http://mail.iwla.org/exchweb/bin/redir. ... QABQM%253D or http://mail.iwla.org/exchweb/bin/redir. ... QABQM%253D.
Sioux City Clean Up Event
The first annual "Trash and Treat" Missouri River Clean up Event was held in the Sioux City area on Saturday, October 20th. 35 volunteers turned out on a cool, crisp morning and in a little over two hours picked up over a ton of litter and debris, including scrap iron and tires. The clean up focused on the trails along both sides of the river. The event was coordinated this year by the cities of Sioux City and South Sioux City and by Keep Nebraska Beautiful. This was the first time the Siouxland Clean-up was held in the fall. Next year the event will be held on September 14th so please mark the date on your calendars.
Friends of the Missouri National Recreational River Meeting
The first meeting of the Friends of the Missouri National Recreational River was held October 30th at the National Park Service office in Yankton. The organizational meeting brought together a wide variety of groups and individuals from South Dakota and Nebraska interested in the health and future of the river. More work is needed to get the group up and running but there was high interest from those attending so that another meeting will be scheduled later this year. The group will work on many river-related issues.
News and Notes
Farm Bill Update
When Congress returns to Washington DC following the election, it's hoped the US House will take up work on the Farm Bill. It's not known if they will try to pass a short term extension of the Farm Bill that expired on September 30th or a new bill. The Senate overwhelmingly passed their version of the bill this spring. House leadership has been unwilling to bring the bill to the floor even though the House AG Committee approved their version of the bill. House Speaker John Boehner has said the House will take up the Farm Bill when members return for the lame duck session in November and December.
Farm bills typically are written and passed every 5 years. Farm Bills contain a provision that says if the bill is allowed to expire farm law automatically reverts back to what's known as "permanent law". This means reverting back to set of laws from 1949. Most farmers will not be immediately affected by the expiration of the Farm Bill. Crop insurance continues, and price supports for corn, wheat, and rice don't kick in until spring. If the House doesn't act, dairy programs will revert back to permanent law starting January 1st which could impact the dairy industry—price supports for milk could go up sharply.
On the conservation side the US Department of Agriculture's working lands programs - the Conservation Stewardship Program, Environmental Quality Incentives Program, Farmland Protection Program and the Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program won't expire until 2014. But, other conservation programs will be affected in the next few months. Without an extension or a new bill, no contracts can be written for the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Grassland Reserve Program and the Wetlands Reserve Program.
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, and former IA Governor, Tom Vilsack has said a coupling federal crop insurance premiums and conservation compliance "just isn't going to happen" in any new farm bill to be debated after the election. Conservation compliance would make environmental rules mandatory for farmers to qualify for federally subsidized crop insurance. Some conservation and environmental groups say the Secretary's assessment is not correct.
The Senate version of the farm bill contains the conservation rider. The crop insurance section in the farm bill hasn't had a conservation compliance requirement since 1996. The League and other groups have argued that taxpayers deserve mandatory conservation requirements in return for the billions in federal crop insurance subsidies provided to farmers.
Your help is critical in the Farm Bill debate. Email or call your US Representative and Senators and ask them to support the re-coupling of conservation compliance to crop insurance, a national sodsaver provision to protect America's grasslands, and adequate funding for conservation programs. Clean air, water, and healthy fish and wildlife populations depend on it.
Clean Water Act Celebrates 40th Anniversary
Forty years ago on October 18th with bipartisan support Congress overwhelmingly overrode a Nixon presidential veto and passed the Clean Water Act of 1972. Hunters and anglers have strongly supported Clean Water Act protections knowing that clean water, healthy wetlands and streams are essential to fish and wildlife populations and quality habitat. A recent poll found that, regardless of political affiliation, 79 percent of hunters and anglers favor restoring Clean Water Act protections to wetlands, waterways, small creeks and streams.
The clean water celebration is bittersweet. For the past decade, Clean Water Act protections for wetlands, lakes and streams have been under constant attack. Especially in the past two years members of Congress, despite overwhelming public support for clean water and healthy habitat, have attempted to weaken the Act's protections. These attacks jeopardize drinking water for 117 million Americans and accelerate wetland losses that damage hunting, fishing and wildlife watching. According to a recently released U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service survey, millions of Americans spend $145 billion annually on hunting, angling, and wildlife watching. This represents direct spending only, and each dollar spent in local restaurants, on guides and outfitters, and on equipment generates even more for our economy.
Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program Celebrates Anniversary
The Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program has celebrated its 75th anniversary. The program helps fund fish and wildlife management across the country. Hunters and anglers provide most of the funds for management of fish and wildlife and this federal funding provides additional money.
The Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program was started in 1937. Congress worked with sportsmen and sporting goods manufactures to begin a hunting equipment excise tax that would be paid by the manufacturers. A similar tax on fishing equipment was added in 1950. Since the program began more than $13 billion has been distributed to state game and fish agencies across the nation to help fund management programs. It's very important that programs like this remain true to their cause. Don't allow politicians to "rob" this fund for anything else. The money raised through this program should only be spent for fish and wildlife management.
According to the Outdoor Industry Association outdoor recreation is big business. A recent study shows it is worth $646 billion annually in direct sales and employs 6.1 million people. When that money is spent through the economy, it creates $1.6 trillion in impact and contributes to 12 million jobs. Despite the recession, outdoor recreation has continued to grow in popularity. More than 140 million Americans participate in recreational opportunities that our country offers. The continued growth and success of the important American recreation industry depends on recreational opportunities for everyone.
Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease (EHD) Update
SD Game, Fish and Parks is encouraging people to send in their East River deer tags so deer numbers can come back. Many areas have been hit hard with EHD or bluetongue disease. Hunters can submit their licenses for refund up until the start of the gun season. This year's SD East River deer season runs from November 17th to December 2nd. Hunters are urged to check with landowners or scout the areas they plan to hunt on the status of the deer herd going into the gun season. If you want a refund send your license, including all associated tags, to: GF&P Licensing Office; 20641 SD Highway 1806; Fort Pierre, SD 57532.
The Nebraska Game and Parks Commissioners also have approved staff recommendations to reduce 2012 antlerless deer hunting permits at their October 26th meeting in North Platte. The action was taken to reduce harvest in areas with substantial losses from EHD. Permit reductions of 20 to 50 percent were approved for 18 antlerless-only units. The River Antlerless permit quota also changed from "unlimited" to 4,500 permits. EHD is a viral disease spread by biting midges. The total effect of the disease on the deer population will be better known following the deer season.
Keystone XL Pipeline Update
Nebraska environmental regulators have released a preliminary 600-page report on an oil pipeline that TransCanada, a Canadian company, wants to build. The report doesn't include a recommendation about whether the pipeline should be built across Nebraska. The Keystone XL pipeline would carry crude oil from Alberta and the Bakken Development in North Dakota and Montana to the Gulf Coast running through South Dakota and Nebraska. The report says the new revised route avoids the environmental sensitive Sandhills region and addresses a number of other concerns that have been raised. A public hearing on the project will be held in Albion on December 4th.
Hunters Can Prevent the Spread of Invasive Species – From: NGPC
Invasive species jeopardize vital fish and wildlife habitat and threaten the future of hunting and fishing. It's critical to protect the habitats that support wildlife and fisheries. Invasive Phragmites and purple loosestrife along shorelines have devastated waterfowl habitat. Waterfowl hunters need to thoroughly clean waders, boots, decoys, boats, dogs, clothing and anything else that came into contact with water. Remove all mud and vegetation and only use native plants when making blinds. Upland and big game hunters should avoid driving or walking through areas infested with invasive species and clean mud, seeds, and vegetation off your vehicle, dogs, boots and other equipment.
"Invasive species cost the Midwest millions of dollars in damages and management efforts each year," Nebraska Invasive Species Project Coordinator Karie Decker said. "Sportsmen, more than any other group, are uniquely positioned to expand and promote the fight against invasive species. If you come across invasive species, let us know. Reporting problem areas will help us maintain healthy habitats." For more information, or to report an invasive species, visit the Nebraska Invasive Species Project at http://snr.unl.edu/invasives.
Voters will Decide if Right to Hunt Should be Guaranteed in the Nebraska Constitution
Nebraska voters will decide on Election Day whether a right "to hunt, to fish and to harvest wildlife'' should be part of the Nebraska Constitution. Amendment 2 also would make public hunting, fishing and harvesting of wildlife a "preferred means'' of managing and controlling wildlife. Hunting and fishing are part of the state's legacy of conservation and they are big business. Hunters and anglers spent $709.1 million on trips, equipment and other related expenditures in Nebraska last year.
Nebraska is one of four states that will consider protecting hunting and fishing rights in their constitutions in the election, the others are Idaho, Kentucky and Wyoming. No organized efforts have emerged either for or against the Nebraska amendment. It has the support of the Nebraska Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, the Izaak Walton League, Ducks Unlimited, the Nebraska Council of Sportsmen's Club, the Nebraska Farm Bureau Federation, the Nebraska Firearms Owners Association, the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, the Nebraska League of Conservation Voters, the Nebraska Sportsmen's Foundation and the Nebraska Wildlife Federation.
IA River Group Asks for $2 Million in River Programs
Iowa Rivers Revival, a river-advocacy organization, citing a new Iowa State University study that shows river recreation pumps hundreds of millions of dollars into Iowa communities and supports thousands of jobs, is asking the Governor and Iowa lawmakers to invest $2 million next year for river programs. The programs would create safer, cleaner rivers and streams, and more recreational activities and access.
The new ISU economic study shows outdoor recreation is a big contributor to Iowa's economy with over $500 million per year in recreational spending on Iowa's rivers and streams. That spending supports almost 5,000 jobs in Iowa and $143 million of personal income. IRR sent letters and emails to the Governor and legislative candidates providing the ISU study and asking them to appropriate $2 million next year to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources specifically for the state's rivers.
The 2012 ISU study is called "The Economic Value of Outdoor Recreation Activities in Iowa". It updates a 2007 study and examines the economic impact of recreational spending generated by activities including fishing, hunting, wildlife viewing, visiting state and local parks and Iowa's lakes and rivers. For river recreation alone, the study estimates there was total direct recreational spending of $520 million in 2010 related to 73 different segments of rivers and streams in the state.
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Security Guard Gets Unwanted Visitor
A guard at a Utah copper mine experienced an unprovoked and unusual attack from a seemingly healthy coyote in early October. The woman was at the entrance of a facility near Salt Lake City when a coyote entered through the door of a security booth. The coyote lunged at the woman and bit her several times on her forearm. The woman was able to get the coyote out of the booth and called for help. A police officer responded and shot the animal. Officials thought the coyote may be rabid so the animal's head was sent to a Utah Department of Health lab for testing which were negative. The lady had to get stitches at a nearby medical center. Officials say this was a rare and strange incident. With rabies ruled out they remain puzzled as to what led the coyote to attack.
Eagles Released at Sand Lake Refuge
The FWS recently released two rehabilitated golden eagles back into the wild in northeastern South Dakota. The eagles had been sickened by parasites, infections and malnutrition. The birds were brought to the Oahe Wildlife Center in Pierre in July where they were nursed back to health. About 400 people watched the release of the eagles at the Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuge.


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I don't have pics of the lower clamshell portion, because glue is drying.
I plan on using wallboard joint compound to make the corners more rounded like the screen used version. I am not planning on spending any money building or painting these, so I will have to scrounge for hoses and other greeblies...I think nobody will notice if I snag the one from the refrigerator.


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Alright, im on the fence about the ban, i dont know if i support it or not, part of me sees a child on tv torn to shreds and dead because of a so called Pitbull attack and i think "holy crap thats disgusting..eww Pitbulls" then the rest of the story shines thru and its always the same "un neutured male pitbull wearing a 4 inch spike collar blah blah blah" and i think well jeeze look at the type of owner that is. Then i see pitbulls in tutu's sleeping beside baby ducks and i think "aweeee what a cutie!!", i cant find a reason to support the antiban or be on board with it, i dont dislike them infact my bestie has a 13 year old pitbull he has been thru 5 children and never has had one incident Trippy is amazing, smart calm and loving, then again jen got him thru her friends that had the parents and also had the grandparents, they were all good natured dogs that were taken care of.
Frankly its not as if the ban has worked, we took tyson to his last ob class months ago and afterwards the trainer has a dog social thing she does and on our way out we met a young pittbull, angry growling the owner had it muzzled and was screaming stand back at everyone, not to mention the countless pittbulls that make it thru rescues all the time here.
So, as of right now i dont have a solid opinion on the ban..i know i dont dislike any breed but im not on board with the whole "always the owners " default statement (and that is for every breed) ..
What does everyone else think?
Are you talking about the BSL ( breed specific legislation ) at a nationwide level or the recent pit bull attacks in MS. which has generated some discussions to ban the breed in certain counties?
If I have to vote one way or the other...I'd vote to make the penalties on the owner of the dog much more severe....especially if if there is a track record of attacks on humans or neglect by the owner to maintain/contain the dog in a secured area. However, if individuals are getting attacked by going over a fence or on private property etc...that's an entirely different situation.
BSL should have been more specific. Im in ontario, not sure how many states also utilize the BSL.
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My state just passed a law banning all BSL. So I'm really happy with that. Lots of breeds have issues and problems. Including our GSD breed. Legislation won't fix the problems IMO.
This debate always angers people but like you I'm not sure where I stand on banning breeds. Pit bulls have been banned in the UK for a number of years now but there are still dog attacks in the news all the time. I think one of the most recent child deaths was from a malamute. There are breeds who have been bred to kill and breeders and owners who specifically look for that trait. I think in the majority of cases the owner is at fault. Having said that I don't want to be more wary of pit bull types or staffies (they replaced the pit bull in popularity when pits were banned) but I am. I think it's knowing the damage they could do.
In Scotland there was a recent campaign which said they wanted all large breed dogs to be muzzled when outside. That's just ludicrous and thankfully is very unlikely to happen.
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When I read some of the numbers of fatal attacks by pitbulls, and the grievous injuries, there is a part of me that sympathizes with those who want to ban them.
Owners need to be more responsible when they own breeds that are capable of doing serious damage. And it just seems like over and over and over again, the owners fail.
Shepherd owners have to get on their people too. We shouldn't be so understanding when dogs get out of the yard, or when they threaten the mailman, when they chew on kids. We need to start pounding on people to keep their dogs contained, to manage their dogs properly, to train their dogs, etc.
Because there are pit bulls out there, GSDs look almost tame. But if they get rid of the pits. Then it will be Rotties and GSDs and Mals that appear to have lots more serious bites, injuries, deaths than other breeds. Because those graphs can be perfectly true and correct, but can be manipulated to look terrible.
Owners have to get smart. If owners can't be smart, then someone has to protect the public. EVERY bite, every loose dog, every attack on livestock, every attack on another dog is really, really bad for all of us.
If they ban a dog breed or dogs over a certain weight, or whatever, I would hope that they would grandfather in existing dogs, given they are altered or become altered within so many days, and they are properly registered and licensed.
Unfortunately, too many pit bulls end up in the hands of idiots. A dog with the potential to cause severe injuries/death needs an owner who takes this seriously and sadly few do. I've never owned one, but those owned by friends are well behaved, good ambassadors of the breed, but they are in the minority, at least in my area.
I'm against any kind of bans. I don't have a problem with any breed, my problem lays with the people who get certain breeds and use that breed for not so good things. It's very rare that we will hear good things about pit bulls, so of course they come off as a vicious breed. The reality of it is that there are so many pit bulls or "mixes" that even though the number for attacks by them seem high, it's not because if how many there are. For example a local animal shelter has 1500 dogs, 95% of those are pit bulls, all tested and ready for a home. I was just talking to a vet tech that had a beautiful pit bull puppy, the pup is 10 weeks old. She was dropped off at the clinic at two weeks old because the owner didn't know that pit bulls could have female puppies and they didn't want any females, those are the kind of people that shouldn't own any dog.
I am anti BSL. In my city, the pound is full of pitbulls and more are euthanized every day. It is horrible. CL is also full of people trying to sell puppies and rehome them. I had one abandoned in my backyard at my old residence. He was a friendly boy. The neigbor's three pitbulls attacked him and he was all cut up. I had to call the pound, I couldn't keep him as I had five kitties living in my house and an anti pitbull roommate. He still haunts me. He was the sweetest boy. I wish I would have called some friends to see if they could foster, but I was panicked from the dogfight. The boy wasn't aggressive at all to the other dogs. I had to spray my neigbor's dog with a hose to get him off the poor, skinny pup. He was probably euthanized.
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That's what happens when you try to cheat the house.
More like the MOUSE always...erm...
Oh dear, I lost the joke.
Looks like a full house to me
Simply said, the mice lost the game.
How'd they get the cards and chips down there? Is this a legitimate gambling establishment?
That's a pretty roomy snake-- they could get some roulette going in there, some baccarat, maybe some craps. Think big, little mice, think big.
So I guess getting eaten by a snake isn't as bad as I always thought it would be.
I wonder what the stakes are once they've been eaten...
"If I win, you get to be digested first!"
It's a good thing the mice thought to grab cards and poker chips before their untimely demise. Or does the snake just have a taste for cardboard and plastic as a nice mice garnish? Furthermore, where does one GET playing cards and poker chips that small? This shirt is chock full of logical fallacies and I reject it as absurd.
I think the real question is where the snake found packages of tiny playing cards and poker chips and what motivated the snake to eat them. Seems like an odd thing to do.
It's another Walmazan shirt! I can now add this to my collection. Mucho amor, Luchador!
What happens in the snake STAYS in the snake (well, until it's digested, anyway)
Is that the snake's tongue or is this snake smoking a pipe (and thus super classy)?
It's like Christmas! Two great shirts in a row, one from one of my very favorite artists! And..IT'S A RODENT SHIRT...-dies- I just P & D'd. (pooped & died)
Excellent, looks like another order! Congrats Walz!!!
SO weird.
Are the mice playing poker...or Uno? Perhaps gin rummy?
Ah yes, the deadly Translucent Viper. It has an insatiable appetite for cardshark rodents.
Oh thank god that is a snake. For a second there I thought it was intestines, if ya catch my drift.
The mice look remarkably well for being almost entirely digested!
There is no way that mice are smart enough to play poker.
Looks like they've both gone "all in" and are "pot belly" committed. Congrats Walmazan, awesome design!
insert pokerface joke here
you got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em, know when to walk away and know when to run.
The mice are experimenting on the snake.
It would have been cool if the mice had been playing craps instead of poker, because of the "snake eyes" pun. And totally not because of what the mice (at least their undigestible bits) are going to become.
It always makes me happy when Walmazan prints. Congrats!
Awesome! I bought your other shirt!
This is the guy who did Campfire Tales! (http://shirt.woot.com/Blog/ViewEntry.aspx?Id=9495)
Way to go Walmazman!
Am I the only one who thought the snake was an intestine and the mice were... uh, gerbils?... jesus my inner monologue is deranged today. Worst part is I contemplated buying it as that... But rats in a snake, no thanks. That makes no sense to me.
Walmazan daily! (it should be the law)
Going to be picking one up in a bit. ^__^
congrats walmazan! love the simplicity of this, makes a great shirt!
Am I the only one who was reminded of Canada Bill?
"Can't you see this game is crooked?"
"Sure I know it, George, but it's the only game in town."
rlorenz89 wrote:Awesome! I bought your other shirt!
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Seconded! I knew I liked the look - just wore Campfire Tales the other day
I can think of a more obvious pun than "snake eyes" if those mice were playing craps...
Muh-muh-muh-mY shirt!
Congrats on another print, Walz!
SkaMan8348 wrote:Oh thank god that is a snake. For a second there I thought it was intestines, if ya catch my drift.
Technically, it IS intestines. Just not human intestines.
I'm so glad Lemmiwinks found a friend...
I initially thought the exact same thing. Oh, dirty, dirty mind...
This seems like an excellent metaphor for life - the length of the snake being the time dimension of the universe - and we the mice, blissfully unaware of our inevitable fate at its hands...
It would have been great if they both had laptops and were playing internet poker to pass the time!
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|Fact Sheet: Lessons Learned from the Wallow Fire - Final * Vosick, D.J. 2013
|Fact Sheet: Long-term Herbivore Exclusion for Recovery of Buckbrush Populations During Restoration of Ponderosa Pine Forests in Northern Arizona * Huffman, D.W. 2015
|Fact Sheet: Managing Naturally Ignited Wildland Fire to Meet Fuel Reduction and Restoration Goals in Frequent-Fire Forests. Sensibaugh, M.B.,* Huffman, D.W. 2014
|Fact Sheet: Managing Sources of Conflict in Collaborative Settings * Greer, W.J. 2012
|Fact Sheet: Meta-analysis of Treatment Effects on Fire Behavior * Crouse, J.E. ,* Kalies, E.L.,* Roccaforte, J.P. ,* Fule, P.Z. 2012
|Fact Sheet: Methods for Estimating Surface Live Fuel Loading Hunter, M.E. 2011
|Fact Sheet: Planting to restore ponderosa pine sites burned by high-severity fire. * Roccaforte, J.P. 2014
|Fact Sheet: Post-Wildfire Fuels and Regeneration Dynamics * Roccaforte, J.P. ,* Fule, P.Z.,* Chancellor, W.W.,* Laughlin, D.C. 2011
|Fact Sheet: Post-Wildfire Restoration of Structure, Composition, and Function in Southwestern Ponderosa Pine and Warm-Dry Mixed-Conifer Forests. ERI Fact Sheets. Springer, J.D. 2014
|Fact Sheet: Reference Conditions and Historical Changes in an Unharvested Ponderosa Pine Stand on Sedimentary Soil * Sanchez-Meador, A.J. 2016
|Fact Sheet: Reference Conditions and Historical Fine-Scale Spatial Dynamics in a Dry Mixed-Conifer Forest, Arizona, USA. Rodman, K.C. 2017
|Fact Sheet: Restoration Effects on Small Mammals and their Predators * Kalies, E.L. 2012
|Fact Sheet: Restoring Forests in a Complex Place through Collaboration: The Applegate Partnership and Watershed Council, The Ecological Restoration Institute, and The Nature Conservancy Fire Learning Network * Egan, D. 2010
|Fact Sheet: Restoring the Ecological and Social Integrity of Western Forests * Friederici, P.G. 2006
|Fact Sheet: Sediment Yield After Severe Wildfire Stempniewicz, V. 2014
|Fact Sheet: Socio-economic Barriers to Landscape-scale Restoration * Egan, D. 2011
|Fact Sheet: Southwestern Ecological Restoration Institutes (SWERI) * Egan, D. 2009
|Fact Sheet: Spatial Pattern Terms Comparison * Egan, D. 2010
|Fact Sheet: Stand Structure and Breeding Birds: Implications for Restoring Ponderosa Pine Forests. * Kalies, E.L. 2014
|Fact Sheet: Summer Habitat Use by Adult Female Mule Deer in a Restoration-Treated Ponderosa Pine Forest. ERI Fact Sheet. Yarborough, R.F. 2014
|Fact Sheet: Systematic Reviews and the Quality of Evidence * Kalies, E.L.,* Egan, D. 2011
|Fact Sheet: Tassel-eared Squirrel Habitat Use and Abundance in Managed Forests within the Wildland Urban Interface Yarborough, R.F.,Loberger, C.D. 2013
|Fact Sheet: The Ecological Restoration Institute and the Public Lands Institute Will Use Terrestrial Ecosystem Surveys to Assess Potential Landscape-Scale Treatments in Arizona and Nevada * Egan, D. 2010
|Fact Sheet: The Economics of Ecological Restoration and Hazardous Fuel Reduction Treatments in Ponderosa Pine Forest Ecosystem. Taylor, M.H.,* Sanchez-Meador, A.J. 2016
|Fact Sheet: The Economic Value of Selling Carbon Credits by Restoring the Navajo Nation's Tribal Forests Huang, C.H. 2011
|Fact Sheet: The Impacts of the Woody Biomass Utilization Program in Eastern Arizona Lucas, A.M.,Kim, Y.S.,Davis,E.J.,Moseley, C. 2014
|Fact Sheet: Understanding Fire and Fire Behavior * Friederici, P.G. 2006
|Fact Sheet: Understory Plant Community Responses to Hazardous Fuels Reduction Treatments in Pinyon-Juniper Woodlands of Arizona, USA * Huffman, D.W. 2013
|Fact Sheet: Unsupported inferences of high-severity fire in historical dry forests of the western United States: response to Williams and Baker. * Fule, P.Z. 2014
|Fact Sheet: Using a Terrestrial Ecosystem Survey to Estimate the Historical Density of Ponderosa Pine Trees in Northern Arizona * Abella, S.R.,* Denton, C.W.,* Brewer, D. ,Robbie, W.A.,Steinke, R.W.,* Covington, W.W. 2010
|Fact Sheet: What Are the Consequences of Cutting Old Ponderosa Pine Trees? A Systematic Review * Kalies, E.L. 2014
|Fall 2001 - Regaining Lost Ground: Ecological Restoration News * Stevens, B. 2001
|Fall 2002 - Regaining Lost Ground: Ecological Restoration Newsl * Stevens, B. 2002
|Fall 2003 - Regaining Lost Ground: Ecological Restoration News * Stevens, B. 2003
|Federal Forest-fire Policy in the United States Stephens, S.L. ,Ruth, L.W. 2005
|Feds to fund forest restoration: NAU prof seeks slice of (dollars)54 million emergency grant Feds to fund forest restoration: NAU prof seeks slice of (dollars)54 million emergency grant Ghioto, G. 2000
|Fifteen years of plant community dynamics during a northwest Ohio oak savanna restoration * Abella, S.R.,Jaeger, J.F.,Brewer, L.G. 2004
|Final Report on Cooperative Work Plan FY2014 Ecological Restoration Institute 2014
|Financial Results of Ponderosa Pine Forest Restoration in Southwestern Colorado Lynch, D.L. 2001
|Fire as an Ecological and Silvicultural Factor in the Ponderosa-pine Region of the Pacific Slope Weaver, H. 1943
|Fire Ecology of Mexican Pines and a Fire Management Proposal Rodriguez-Trejo, D.A.,* Fule, P.Z. 2003
|Fire Effects on Gambel Oak in Southwestern Ponderosa Pine-Oak Forests * Abella, S.R.,* Fule, P.Z. 2008
|Fire histories in ponderosa pine forests of Grand Canyon are well supported: reply to Baker * Fule, P.Z. ,* Heinlein, T.A. ,* Covington, W.W. 2006
|Fire history and stand structure of two ponderosa pine-mixed conifer sites: San Francisco Peaks, Arizona, USA * Heinlein, T.A. ,Moore, M.M. ,* Fule, P.Z. ,* Covington, W.W. 2005
|Fire History and Vegetation Pattern in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado, USA Floyd, M.L. ,Romme, W.H. ,Hanna, D.D. 2000
|Fire history of a mixed conifer forest on the Mogollon Rim, northern Arizona, USA * Huffman, D.W.,Zegler, T.J.,Fule, P.Z. 2015
|Fire History of a Mixed Conifer Forest on the Mogollon Rim, Northern Arizona, USA. * Huffman, D.W. 2015
|Fire history of pinyon-juniper woodlands at upper ecotones with ponderosa pine forests in Arizona and New Mexico * Huffman, D.W. ,* Fule, P.Z. ,* Pearson, K.M. ,* Crouse, J.E. 2008
|Fire history of southwestern mixed conifer: A case study Dieterich, J.H. 1983
|Fire in the Forest: Public Perceptions of Ecological Restoration in North-central Arizona Ostergren, D.M. ,* Abrams, J.B. ,* Lowe, K. 2008
|Fire Policy at the Wildland-Urban Interface Plevel, S.R. 1997
|Fire-Regime Disruption and Pine-Oak Forest Structure in the Sierra Madre Occidental, Durango, Mexico * Fule, P.Z.,* Covington, W.W. 1994
|Fire regime in a conservation reserve in Chihuahua, Mexico * Fule, P.Z. ,Villanueva-Diaz, J. ,Ramos-Gomez, M. 2005
|Fire regime in a Mexican forest under indigenous resource management. * Fule, P.Z. ,Ramos-Gomez, M. ,Cortes-Montano, C.,Miller, A.M. 2011
|Fire Regimes and Forest Structure in Pine Ecosystems of Arizona, U.S.A., and Durango, Mexico * Fule, P.Z. 1996
|FIRE REGIMES AND FOREST STRUCTURE IN THE SIERRA MADRE OCCIDENTAL, DURANGO, MEXICO * Fule, P.Z.,* Covington, W.W. 1997
|Five-year post-restoration conditions and simulated climate change trajectories in a warm/dry mixed-conifer forest, southwestern Colorado, USA. * Stoddard, M.T.,* Sanchez-Meador, A.J. ,* Fule, P.Z. ,* Korb, J.E. 2015
|The Flagstaff Fire Plan Kraker, D. 2006
|Flagstaff Watershed Protection Project: Creating Solutions through Community Partnerships Mottek-Lucas, A.L. 2015
|Forest change on a steep mountain gradient after extended fire exclusion: San Francisco Peaks, Arizona, USA * Cocke, A.E. ,* Fule, P.Z.,* Crouse, J.E. 2005
|Forest Conditions in the San Francisco Mountains Forest Reserve, Arizona Leiberg, J.B. ,Rixon, T.F. ,Dodwell, A. 1904
|Forest density preferences of homebuyers in the wildland-urban interface Hjerpe, E.,Kim, Y.S.,Dunn, L. 2016
|Forest Density Preferences of Homeowners in the Wildland-Urban Interface Hjerpe, E.,Kim, Yeon-Su 2016
|Forest ecosystems of an Arizona Pinus ponderosa landscape: multifactor classification and implications for ecological restoration * Abella, S.R.,* Covington, W.W. 2006
|Foresters take Payson Residents and Visitors on a Walk in the Woods * Stevens, B. 2010
|Forest fire devastation coup de grace of mismanagement Muller, S. 2003
|Forest fires and climate in northern Mexico * Fule, P.Z. ,Villanueva-Diaz, J. ,Cornejo-Oviedo, E. ,Brown, P.M. ,Falk, D.A. 2007
|Forest-floor Treatments in Arizona Ponderosa Pine Restoration Ecosystems: No Short-term Effects on Plant Communities * Abella, S.R.,* Covington, W.W. 2007
|Forest Health From Different Perspectives Kolb, T.E.,Wagner, M.R. ,* Covington, W.W. 1991
|Forestlands health and carbon sequestration - Strengthening the case for Western forest restoration * Viers, J.A. 2005
|Forest Management and the Dead Wood Resource in Ponderosa Pine Forests: Effects on Small Mammals Chambers, C.L. 2009
|Forest project leader quits Ghioto, G. 1999
|Forest restoration appeal reversed Ghioto, G. 1999
|Forest Restoration for Homeowners: A Guide for Residents of Southwestern Ponderosa Pine Forests Minard, A.E. ,* Friederici, P.G. ,* Edwards, E.R. 2002
|Forest restoration in a surface fire-dependent ecosystem: An example from a mixed conifer forest, southwestern Colorado, USA * Korb, J.E. ,* Fule, P.Z.,* Stoddard, M.T. 2012
|Forest restoration partners play hardball Ghioto, G. 1999
|Forest restoration treatment effects on the nesting success of Western Bluebirds (Sialia mexicana) Germaine, H.L. ,Germaine, S.S. 2002
|Forest Restoration Treatments: Their Effect on Wildland Fire Suppression Costs Fitch, A.,Kim, Yeon-Su,* Waltz, A.E.M. 2013
|Forest Road Revegetation: Effects of Seeding and Soil Amendments * Elseroad, A.C. ,* Fule, P.Z. ,* Covington, W.W. 2003
|Forestry research goes global Cole, C. 2005
|Forests deserve united front (letter to the editor) Biggers, J. 2004
|Forest Service Awards Ecological Restoration Institute (dollars)1 Million for Forest Restoration Work * Stevens, B. 2003
|Forest Service Contracting: A Basic Guide for Restoration Practitioners Daly, C. ,Moseley, C. ,* Moote, M.A. ,Enzer, M. 2006
|Forest Service offers new thinning plan Ghioto, G. 2000
|Forests Partnership gets new name, board Staff, AZ Daily Sun 2002
|Forest Stand Characteristics Altered by Restoration Affect Western Bluebird Habitat Quality Wightman, C.S. ,Germaine, S.S. 2006
|Forest structure and fire history in an old Pinus nigra forest, eastern Spain * Fule, P.Z. ,Ribas, M.,Gutierrez, E. ,Vallejo, R. ,Kaye, M.W. 2008
|Forest structure and fuels dynamics following ponderosa pine restoration treatments, White Mountains, Arizona, USA * Roccaforte, J.P. ,* Huffman, D.W.,* Fule, P.Z.,* Covington, W.W.,* Chancellor, W.W.,* Stoddard, M.T.,* Crouse, J.E. 2015
|Forest Structure and Fuels Dynamics Following Ponderosa Pine Treatments, White Mountains, Arizona, USA * Roccaforte, J.P. 2015
|Forest Structure and Tree Recruitment Changes on a Permanent Historical Cinder Hills Plot Over a 130-Year Period Dyer, J.H.,* Sanchez-Meador, A.J. ,Moore, M.M.,* Bakker, J.D. 2008
|Forest thinning appeals denied Muller, S. 2004
|Forest thinning foiled again Ghioto, G. 2000
|Forest thinning gets green light Ghioto, G. 1999
|Forest thinning proposed near Mountainaire Cole, C. 2005
|Forest thinning stalled again Tolan, M. 1999
|Forest thinning stalled again Ghioto, G. 1999
|Fort Valley's Early Scientists: A Legacy of Distinction * Sanchez-Meador, A.J. ,Olberding, S.D. 2008
|The Four Forest Restoration Initiative (4FRI): The Role of Collaboration in Achieving Outcomes. Esch, B.,* Vosick, D.J. 2016
|Frozen-stored Conifer Container Stock can be Outplanted Without Thawing Kooistra, C.M.,* Bakker, J.D. 2005
|Fuel-Reduction Treatment Effects on Avian Community Structure and Diversity Hurteau, S.R. ,Sisk, T.D. ,Block, W.M. ,Dickson, B.G. 2008
|Fuels and Fire Behavior Modeling Using Remotely Sensed Data on the San Francisco Peaks, Arizona * Crouse, J.E. 2005
|Fuel treatment effects on tree-based forest carbon storage and emissions under modeled wildfire scenarios Hurteau, M.D. ,North, M. 2009
|Full Cost Accounting of the 2010 Schultz Fire Combrink, T.,Cothran, C.,Fox, W.,Peterson, J.,Snider, G.B. 2013
|Future climate affects management strategies for maintaining forest restoration treatments * Diggins, C.,* Fule, P.Z.,Kaye, J.P. ,* Covington, W.W. 2010


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I've got a couple questions. Me and some of my hunting buddies are looking to get a lease somewhere in Mississippi or Arkansas. We would like to do the type of lease where we get to choose when we hunt and how we hunt it basiclly. Pits do not already need to be in place but that would be a definite plus. Our main concern is that we do not want to lease through an outfitter/ leasing service that will rotate us through different blinds and determine what we do. We just want a field with a hunting history that we can be sure will be flooded. I understand that we will likely not be able to find one for this season, which is why we are already trying to secure one for next season. My dad used to do this sort of lease up around claypools and is trying to get in contact with his guy, but is having trouble contacting him. If yall can help me figure out where we can start to look for these leases, any advice on what to look for and what to avoid that would be great. Feel free to PM with any advice/ help you can offer me.
My second question is this. My friends and I are students at Ole Miss this year and are trying to figure out the public land oppertunities in area since the chances of finding a lease for this season are slim. We are all expirienced duck hunters with all necessary gear and knowlage to get duck. The only problem is that we are new to this particular area and dont really know where to go or how the public land up here works. Im NOT asking for any of yalls spots and anything like that, because i have my own spots back home i wouldnt give up. But if anyone could just point me in the right direction so we can start to do some research and scouting that would be amazing. We are bring our boat up in a week or to and we would like to start some scouting. Once again, a PM with any information would be greatly appricated
Any way yall can help me and my buddies that would be amazing. We are missing our season back home and its killing us because we live for ducking hunting. Most of us were in the blind while we were still in dipers. If yall can give us some good enough info on public hunting or a good lead on a lease, id be willing to take you on a hunting or fishing trip if your ever passing through my neck of the woods back home. Thanks.


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Fitz wrote:I think that respect for Buddha images can be an important part of practice. Personally, reciting the refuges and the five precepts daily in front of a Buddha statue has always reminded me to act morally and keep up meditating. The fact that monotheist religious symbols are generally treated with more respect is worrying, but I'm more worried that all this activity opposing disrespect of the image of the Buddha is distracting energy from actually practicing.
What are you going to do to stop a person from disrespecting Buddha images that is in line with non-harm and metta and letting go? Protests seem like they would cause anger, or else be motivated by anger. Legislation and police force should clearly be off the table. Asking very nicely and educating is the only possible way, but I doubt that would deflect any profitable business venture or reach mainstream culture in any signifigant way.
In the end, putting all this energy into having others respect Buddha images would be trying to control circumstances out of our control, and will end up in dissatisfaction and (to definitively tie this back to the Dhamma) suffering.
gavesako wrote:I think this photo should repair some of the bad impression of Westerners being disrespectful towards Buddhist symbols:
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How is this confusing when I already explained it in such detail?? Mitt Romney seems smart but can't see a problem with making $10,000/hour then hiding this money off-shore to pay an effective 13% tax rate, so I guess I shouldn't be surprised.
|Whoo go get em! ^
Who brought up road taxes? Was not me. What even fueled the road tax idea?
" No kidding, that's nothing more than theft of public services." Theft is not illigal? Is there a legal theft I am not aware of?
2012 F250 4x4 LWB 4dr averages 6.8 mpg 12 months I had it.
2012 F350 4x4 LWB 4dr with 6000lbs plus wench and off road tires NON-E85 8mpg according to the EOD guys that drive it everyday.
I ran the truck on regular fuel one tank full and averaged 2.2mpg better. Same off/on road duties.
Why is it you assume I don't pay my fair share of taxes? Because I shop on base and at the commissary? I buy my fuel on base where it is cheaper? I'm sure I have been paying taxes longer than you have, and I have to pay taxes on my wife's income from another country here in the US. That means we get taxed on her income at 62%, your paying what percent on yours, 23%? You might want to go back and rethink your perspective on my personal finances. I have been paying taxes since 1985, how about you?
Diesel-electric has been powering factories and locomotives for more than 100 years. Still power locomotives today.
|I still say hybrids would be better as diesel electric instead of gas electric. Especially the Volt with it's series/parallel configuration. That was what the PNGV cars were- without the battery tech we have now. It's simple: TDI engine drives generator, generator powers electric motor. It would have to translate to about 120 mpge before it would be worth it though.
Please read my post closer though. I never said tax evasion through the use of cooking oil was illegal. It might be best described as legal theft or tax evasion. I never used the words illegal or steal. If you want to drive our public roads and have everyone else cover your share of the cost (tax burden), go ahead. But don't tell me that paying no tax is cheaper, duh, of course. The road usage tax burden to the consumer is over 50 cents per gallon in the form of Gasoline and Diesel taxes at the pump. If you're using the roads in a motorized vehicle you should be paying the road use taxes to cover them. Running cooking oil is theft of public services because road taxes are bypasses, but as of today, there's little law against this activity. It is always cheaper to avoid taxes, but that really isn't in the spirit of this thread comparing operating costs. Cooking oil is really no different than off-road fuel or heating oil from a tax evasion standpoint because taxes are bypassed in the same way. Mitt Romney is the master of tax evasion and makes no apologies, so why should you? Please feel free to laugh at folks who pay their fair share of taxes or pretend that using the public highway system without paying taxes to cover this work is fair or appropriate.
PS: The alcohol in E85 raises the effective motor and research octane of gasoline. It sure as heck does not lower it. If your work vehicles running E85 are detonating then their fuel delivery systems are defective causing an excessive lean condition. My Dodge minivan and Ford Taurus both love E85. The E85 program is a make-work program to benefit farmers. It does little or nothing to reduce our dependence on foreign oils.
60% of all cars sold in the EU were diesel, they make up a MAJORITY of sales. The EU does not use gasoline/Benzine engines in commercial vehicles. I can out tow a 3.7 gasser anyday and my MPG, City, Highway and Towing, is way better than the 3.7 gasser. I just did a GVW 10280lbs tow from DC to El Paso, 2300 miles and averages 18mpg. You might get 11mpg in the 3.7 IF it could tow that much. When I was in Germany and traveling at autobahn speeds, 100-110mph I averaged 19mpg, no other SUV at the time available in the US, got that kind of MPG. Mind you I was also paying $8-9 a gallon then as well, so yes it saved me money over a gasser. I have driven all kinds of small engine diesels and they amaze me how the MPG/L pkm are so much better than gas engines. They also allow for TOWING at normal to BETTER than the gas versions, to include HYBRIDS. You have to look at the WHOLE picture, not just numbers.
Bio-diesel in MY JEEP actually makes it run better and quieter and causes no damage to the engine, injection system or emmissions.
Diesel, every one in the fleet has been good so far, minus the buses.
E85 in all my work vehicles, sedans-trucks causes detonation issues, poor MPG and emmissions failures.
Hybrids, well they do not make anything for work trucks and the sedans spend more time in the shop than on the road, except for one.
Hydrogen, well it is hit an miss for a around the base vehicle.
Electric, the first fleet ones have showed up after they were all removed due to faults in the charging systems the first week they arrived.
This has been since 2005, in the US and Europe.
Small displacement, forced induction engines are the trend now and will continue until and more solid alternative can be found. But then again, diesel's have been doing this since 1897 thanks to Rudolf Diesel.
Hybrids have been around for more than 100 years, and look how far we have gotten with it.
Hybrid use is like using a garden hose on a house fire, it works but is not getting the job done.
This thread kinda makes my day.
|There is one thing that is obvious here: The tree huggers are making more problems than they fix. Get rid of this "eco" nonsense, I say, unless it's short for "economical" instead of "ecological".
Audi's recent success with racing diesel powerplants is the outcome of sanctioning body rules that served to aggressively encourage and promote alternative technologies. This is done by tipping scales to favor diesel power. The same rule books clip the wings of Ferrari, Corvette and Porsche to ensure parity. For example to keep things fair, the track-legal competition version of Viper typically produces 150 to 200HP LESS than a dealer showroom car. Race-legal GTS-R is limited to 450 to 500 hp while stock Viper produces 640HP. They are not penalizing Audi diesel race cars in this fashion or they would be too slow for pace car or parade lap duty lol. This is how Audi diesel magically passes a Porsche on a race track. Bizarre race rules allow a NASCAR Taurus (originally a $25K pedestrian sedan) to run quicker lap times on a speedway or road couse than a LeMans prepped Ferrari (originally a $250K sports car). This is why race results serve as useless testimony for the merits of diesel power in an econobox.
You really can't even quantify the benefit of owning a Jeep CRD or how long it takes to pay back because you would need to own a gas version and operate them under the exact same cycle and duty. You don't own a gas version, so your "pays for itself" conclusion is just a guess that does not hold water. I need to see calculations, not just declarations. Since it's a SUV with significant weight and frontal area, I imagine ithe diesel uses less fuel and offers a better torque curve. But hey, let's be honest because true cost of ownership must take into account the option cost. This is why hybrids offering double the city mileage struggle to break even with gas cars over the life of the vehicle. Again, the EPA does this sort of analysis for the consumer. I'll rely upon experts using scientifically-sound methods for objective comparisons, cost of ownership or payback.
To your last point, I'm not interested in hearing how driving your diesel car on cooking oils or off-road fuel (without paying your fair share of road taxes) is cheaper. No kidding, that's nothing more than theft of public services. Other taxpayers (both diesel and gas) who buy fuel at the pump are being forced to cover your share of road construction and repair. I own a gas car, but realize I can save money recycling cooking oil too. Cooking oil has value no matter what car you own. I can heat my house with it without stealing over 50 cents out of a fellow taxpayer's pocket for every gallon burned. I'd never consider a $3800 diesel option and $1000 cooking oil conversion kit for an econobox.
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Students identify flowers by their size. Great addition to spring, and flower learning centers.
A set of cards with cups of hot cocoa numbered 1-10. Students can color and add marshmallows to match the number, or color and laminate for a reusable counting card set. Includes center sign, directions, and cards.
Count snowflakes and put the number shown on each window pane. Laminate for a fun, reusable folder game.
Flashcards numbered 1-10 with a picture of snowman and snowflakes. Could be used as flashcards, matching, and/or number recognition.
A colorful folder game for 1-2 players. Count and place feathers on each turkey according to its number. Includes directions for game play and assembly, printable folder game boards, and feathers. Laminate for a fun, reusable classroom game.
A colorful board game where players make addition and subtraction equations with cards and count on or count back to solve equations. Includes game board, cards, and instructions for game play. Laminate for a fun, reusable classroom game.
Flashcards numbered 1-10 with picture of a squirrel and acorns. Can be used as matching game or number recognition practice.
14 page addition practice with candy corns! Solve the addition problem by looking at the first two candy corns, what was added to the first candy to get the second number? Use that to solve for the rest.
11 page booklet using ten frames to count. Students can use real candy corns to complete the ten frame. Includes addition problems.
Practice writing words and numbers 0-10. Dotted with three-ruled-lines. Cute pencil to color.
Handwriting practice in zb-style manuscript. Practice number words zero to ten. Includes cute pencil to color.
Interactive template to show a number four different ways. Write the number, draw the number, show the number using a ten frame, and create an equation. Numbers 5-10.
Printable flashcards with colorful dandelions to show each number 1-10.
Printable flashcards with dandelions in order from 1-10. Blank cards.
Dandelion ten frame set from 1-10, includes game board and markers. CC: Math: K.CC.B.4
This penguin theme unit is a great way to practice counting and adding to ten. This 16 page unit includes, tracing numbers 1-10, counting in order, finding patterns, ten frame activity, in and out boxes and much more! CC: Math: K.CC.B.4
Seven colorful math mats and cards for counting, sorting, and comparing numbers to 20, and counting to 100 by 1's and 10's. Printable manipulatives are included or you can use real items. CC: Math: K.CC.A.1-3, K.CC.B.4-5, K.CC.C.6-7
Seven colorful math mats and cards for counting, sorting, and comparing numbers to 20, and counting to 100 by 1's and 10's. Printable manipulatives are included or you can use real items. CC: Math: K.CC.a.1-3, K.CC.b.4-5, K.CC.6-7
Colorful counting page. Count the shapes and find the correct answers. Common Core:ccounting & Cardinality CC: Math: K.CC.4
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Count the shapes in the box and circle the correct number.
Interactive flipchart where students count the number of pumpkins on each page using ten frames.
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This worksheets shows how numbers can be reprsented visually as greater or least. Provides practice for placing numbers in correct order.
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