summary) Apples: Both SOFT and CONV treatment regimes were able to maintain injury from codling moth (CM) at a very low level across the AWII project, even in the face of increasing CM pressure throughout most of the growing areas of Washington state. CM pressure varied in the AWII project from low-moderate in most blocks to high at two of the orchards (A3 and A5). On average, there was no real...

Virginia’s diverse environments support 84 amphibian species (anurans and caudates), making it the third highest state in terms of species richness. However, the Commonwealth matches the global trend in declining amphibian populations with over one-third of its amphibian species in conservation need. The Species of Greatest Conservation Need included in the most recent Virginia Wildlife Action ...

Animal protectionist groups lobby for the banning of wildlife trapping because of its perceived cruelty and harm to the environment. This paper evaluates those claims and suggests that Christians carefully consider all the data before adopting an anti-trapping stance. Historically, the Christianized West believed that humanity held a privileged position in the world. The world was, either by de...