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Perceived Impacts of Community Gardens: Analysis by Structure and Funding Sources
Kitchen, Dustin ( 2017-05 )Community gardening programs are present in many communities throughout Ohio. Little research has looked into the relationship of structural factors of a garden and the perceived impacts garden leaders see from their work. ... -
Playing the Game: Trout Unlimited’s engagement with the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in advocating dam removal on the Clyde River, VT and the Kennebec River, ME
Meyer, Kurtis ( 2011-03 )This paper examines interactions between the non-profit interest group Trout Unlimited (TU) and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) during debates over dam removal. It uses one case study on the Clyde River in ... -
Poor Pawpaw Production in Woodland Patches- What's the Explanation?
Brigner, Liberty ( 2016-05 )The pawpaw (Asimina triloba) is a small fruit-bearing tree in the Annonaceae family, known for being the only tree native to the United States that bears large edible fruit (Callaway, 1990). These trees are of high cultural ... -
Predicting Sustainable Lifestyle Behaviors: A Comparison Against Environmental Behaviors
Perzynski, David ( 2013-08 )Owing to empirical data from Environmental Psychology and Environmental Policymaking, measures such as political ideology, worldview, age, gender and income are commonly used to predict environmental behavior. The purpose ... -
Prediction of Stage, Bathymetry, and Riparian Vegetation of the Lower Olentangy River After Removal of the Fifth Avenue Dam
Naegele, Alexandra ( 2010-06 )The Olentangy River is a third order stream as it passes through urban Columbus, Ohio with an average flow of 191 ± 13 cfs and an annual peak flow of 2372 cfs (67.2 m3/sec). As it passes through the city, it is impounded ... -
Promoting Cover Crop Adoption to Improve Water Quality in Agricultural Landscapes
Carros, Olivia ( 2018-05 )Nutrient loading and associated algal blooms resulting from agricultural runoff are a pressing environmental concern for the Great Lakes. Cover crops are an important Best Management Practice (BMP) useful for reducing ... -
Quantifying Differences in Water Quality Metrics in the South Fork and East Branch Tributaries of the Sugar Creek Watershed, Ohio
Anderson, Roxanne ( 2014-08 )One of the most influential factors of water quality is nutrient pollution, notably agricultural inputs of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) compounds, which have been a growing problem for the last few decades, contributing ... -
Quantifying the Ecological Footprint of the Ohio State University
Janis, Jaclyn ( 2007-06 )Ecological Footprint Analysis (EFA) was introduced in the 1990s to measure the environmental impact of individual nations by calculating their resource use and converting it into a measure of ecologically-productive land ... -
Quantifying the Water Footprint: Growing Crops Sustainably in Northwest India
Holcomb, Megan ( 2011-06 )When the Green Revolution was ushered in India in the 1960s, the historically-diverse and rain-fed agricultural practices followed for millennia changed dramatically. The decline in groundwater resources across Northern ... -
The relationship between turbidity and carotenoid-based coloration of centrarchid fishes in urban streams
Atkinson, Tiffany ( 2016-05 )Agricultural and urbanization practices cause runoff of nutrients and sediments into aquatic systems, leading to elevated turbidity levels (i.e., amount of suspended particles in the water) and loss of aquatic biodiversity. ... -
Relationships between Status Perception and Pro-Environmental Behaviors
De Nardo, Matheus ( 2014-08 )This study explores the perceived social status associated with a variety of environmentally-friendly behaviors among individuals in groups who differ in their environmental orientation. Individuals in both the environmental ... -
Religious and Environmental Values: Discovering the Landscape
Richards, Jamie ( 2019-05 )Religion has had a contested identity within the environmental movement. Some have argued that religion has had an historically problematic environmental influence, and may still be of limited utility to the solution of ... -
Researching the Effectiveness of Agricultural Programs: An Analysis of Conservation Engagement in Four Great Lakes Watersheds
Tellez, Callia ( 2020-05 )Agricultural producers in the Great Lakes Basin have received over $100 million from the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative for agricultural conservation practices intended to influence on-farm decision making and improve ... -
Risk Behavior of Peromyscus spp. in Clear-cut, Saw Timber, and Mature Forest Stands
Saintignon, Diana ( 2013-12 )Organisms that are observed to alter their behaviors in the presence of predators are said to be practicing risk behaviors. These behaviors are enacted to reduce the perceivable risk of being attacked when exposed to ... -
The Role of Public Health Agencies in Addressing Climate Change as a Human Health Concern
Syal, Sana ( 2010-06 )With global average temperatures and average sea levels rising, an increased occurrence of extreme weather events, and losses in biodiversity, climate change has become increasingly evident in the scientific community. A ... -
The Role of State Environmental Justice Actions on Reducing Air Pollution Inequality from 1995-2004
Saalman, Grace ( 2018-05 )In 1994 President Bill Clinton signed Executive Order 12898 requiring state environmental protection agencies to consider how decisions differentially impact poor and minority communities. Since this time, states have ... -
The Role of Taxonomic and Functional Macroinvertebrate Diversity as Indicators of Nutrient Pollution in Ohio Streams
Pocock, Krystal L. ( 2018-05 )Nutrient pollution of United States surface waters, primarily due to agricultural and urban runoff, is currently one of the biggest contributors to the impairment of aquatic ecosystems. Sensitivity of aquatic macroinvertebrates ... -
Ruffed Grouse Drumming Counts: An Examination of Observer and Roadside Effects
Dougherty, Eric M. ( 2008-12 )Ruffed grouse (Bonasa umbellus) are the most widely distributed avian game species in North America. The long-term trends, however, have shown a significant decrease in Ohio’s populations. Ruffed grouse indices established ... -
Screening of Soil Amendment as a Potential Urban Garden Soil Lead Remediation Treatment
Guider, Morgan ( 2013-05 )Lead contamination in urban soils is a widespread problem caused by industry, leaded paint, and lead additives in gasoline up until the 1970’s. Methods are now being developed to treat the lead on site so that it no longer ... -
Social Sustainability in the Food System: Examining Innovative Local Government Plans
Metzler, Rachel ( 2016-05 )Over fourteen percent of households in the United States (US) are food insecure (USDA, 2013). At the same time, small and midsize farmers have been under pressure for the past 40 years from an economic and political system ...