Critical Reflection in a Digital Media Artwork Playas: Homeland Mirage. (August 2007) Jack Eric Stenner, B.E.D.; M.S., Texas A&M University Co-chairs of Advisory Committee: Prof. Carol LaFayette, MFA Dr. Andruid Kerne The introduction of digital media into the working practice of artists has produced challenges previously unknown to the field of art. This inquiry follows an atypical model of ar...

Oregon is one of the most diverse states in the U.S., containing between six and ten nationally recognized ecoregions, depending on various ecoregion classifications. The state includes habitats which range from the moist and mild coast redwood forests of Curry County to the extremely dry playas of the Alvord Desert. Elevations range from coastal salt marshes at sea level, to alpine peaks over ...

Concern over historic wetlands loss led to a national goal of no net loss (NNL) of wetlands acres and their environmental services. In support of the NNL goal, the US Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), under authority granted by Section 404 of the Clean Water Act, reviews permits to discharge fill material into wetlands. A permit review process called sequencing requires a permit applicant (permi...

Natural wetlands, occupying 3.8% of China's land and providing 54.9% of ecosystem services, are unevenly distributed among eight wetland regions. Natural wetlands in China suffered great loss and degradation (e.g., 23.0% freshwater swamps, 51.2% costal wetlands) because of the wetland reclamation during China's long history of civilization, and the population pressure and the misguided policies...

[1] During the Ice in Clouds Experiment‐Layer Clouds (ICE‐L), dry lakebed, or playa, salts from the Great Basin region of the United States were observed as cloud nuclei in orographic wave clouds over Wyoming. Using a counterflow virtual impactor in series with a single‐particle mass spectrometer, sodium‐potassium‐magnesium‐calcium‐chloride salts were identified as residues of cloud droplets. I...

Dust Emission from Wet and Dry Playas in the Mojave Desert, USAt Richard L. Reynolds,'* James c. Yount, I Marith Reheis, ' Harland Goldstein,1 Pat Chavez, Jr.? Robert Fulton,3 John Whitney, I Christopher Fuller and Richard M. Forester' , US. Geologicol Survey. Denver, Co. USA 2 US Geological Survey. Flagstaff. AZ, USA liB R A R Y 3 California Desert Studies Consortium. California State Universi...

Ž . A wide range of local, state, federal, and private programs are available to support the national USA policy of wetland ‘No Net Loss’. Implementation of programs, however, has resulted in the continued loss of natural wetlands on the premise that restored or created wetlands will replace the functions and values lost by destruction of natural wetlands. What are the ecological implications a...

Conservation and wise use of wetlands has been given priority world over. India harbours diverse types of wetlands. This study highlights the findings of the national-level inventory and assessment of wetlands carried out using RESOURCESAT-1 LISS-III data of 2006–07 at 1 : 50,000 scale. A hierarchical system comprising 19 classes based on Ramsar definition has been used to classify the wetlands...