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Michael Batek

Climate Change Driving Tropical Birds to Higher Elevations - 1 views

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    Summary of a peer-reviewed article on the response of tropical birds to climate change. Contains link to full article.
Nancy Trautmann

In Kenya's Mountain Forests, A New Path to Conservation by Fred Pearce: Yale Environmen... - 0 views

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    Kenya's high-elevation forests are the source for most of the water on which the drought-plagued nation depends. Now, after decades of government-abetted abuse of these regions, a new conservation strategy of working with local communities is showing signs of success.
Courtney Wilson

Siting a Wind Farm in Colorado - 0 views

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    "In this 50-question activity, you will determine the best locations to site a wind energy farm in Colorado. You will use GIS as your primary investigative tool and use spatial analysis techniques to consider the best site. You will consider highways, wind speed, cities, size of polygon, contiguity, elevation, federal land, and will perform a number of geoprocessing functions including dissolve, intersect, erase, join, and more to arrive at your conclusion. "
Michael Batek

Effort begins to restore whitebark pine in Montana, neighboring states - 0 views

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    BILLINGS - The U.S. Forest Service is attempting to grow whitebark pine that are resistant to blister rust as part of an effort to prevent the high-elevation tree from dying out in Montana, Idaho and Wyoming.
Michael Batek

Topographic and Bathymetric Data Inventory - 0 views

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    The Topographic and Bathymetric Data Inventory displays the best-available topographic and bathymetric data for the United States.
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