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Status of Forest Structure and Fuel Loads at Mount Rushmore National Memorial: 2010-2011 Report
ISBN: 9781492807827 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 36 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Sixty forested plots at Mount Rushmore National Memorial (MORU) were surveyed by the Northern Great Plain Inventory and Monitoring Network (NGPN) and Northern Great Plains Fire Ecology Program (FEP) in 2010. This effort will be repeated in 2016 and every 5 years thereafter to better understand status and trends in forest composition, structure, and fuel loading. We measured tree stem density, basal area, live and dead tree condition, fire fuel loads, cover of exotic species, and disturbance in all plots. By using a randomized survey approach, we are able to use these data to estimate the...
Sixty forested plots at Mount Rushmore National Memorial (MORU) were surveyed by the Northern Great Plain Inventory and Monitoring Network (NGPN) and ...
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Path Distance Analysis to Determine Accessibility for Long-term Vegetation Monitoring Program, Lake Clark National Park and Preserve
ISBN: 9781492714934 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 48 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Alaskan national parks include some of the last remaining wilderness areas of the world. In order to protect and manage these parks, National Park Service (NPS) managers need to know how and why park ecosystems change over time, and what amount of change is within the historic range of variability. The Service's Inventory and Monitoring (I&M) Program addresses this need by providing park managers with information on status and trends for key elements of park ecosystems. The Southwest Alaska Network (SWAN), one of 32 monitoring networks in the I&M Program, has identified a suite of physical...
Alaskan national parks include some of the last remaining wilderness areas of the world. In order to protect and manage these parks, National Park Ser...
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Iraq: Politics, Governance, and Human Rights
ISBN: 9781507869970 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 50 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Since the 2011 U.S. military withdrawal from Iraq, sectarian and ethnic divisions have reemerged to fuel a major challenge to Iraq's stability and to Iraq's non-Muslim minority communities. Many of Iraq's Sunni Arabs appear willing to support even radical Sunni Islamist insurgents if doing so will reduce Shiite political domination. Iraq's Kurds have been separately embroiled in political and territorial disputes with Baghdad, although those differences have been muted as the Kurds and the central government jointly address the threat from the Sunni Islamist extremist group called the Islamic...
Since the 2011 U.S. military withdrawal from Iraq, sectarian and ethnic divisions have reemerged to fuel a major challenge to Iraq's stability and to ...
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U.S. and International Health Responses to the Ebola Outbreak in West Africa
ISBN: 9781503089792 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 30 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. In March 2014, an Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak was reported in Guinea, West Africa. The outbreak is the first in West Africa and has caused an unprecedented number of cases and deaths. The outbreak is continuing to spread in Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia (the "affected countries"); it has been contained in Nigeria and Senegal, and has been detected in Mali. As of October 22, 2014, more than 10,000 people have contracted EVD, more than half of whom have died. In the aggregate, between 1976, when Ebola was first identified, through 2012, there were 2,387 cases, including 1,590 deaths,...
In March 2014, an Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak was reported in Guinea, West Africa. The outbreak is the first in West Africa and has caused an u...
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Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site: Baseline Water Quality Data Inventory and Analysis
ISBN: 9781492154778 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 178 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The National Park Service's (NPS) Organic Act of 1916 states that the mission of the NPS is to promote and regulate the use of national parks, monuments, and other units ..". to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and wildlife therein and to provide for the enjoyment of the same in such a manner and by such means as will leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations." One task embodied by this mission is preserving and protecting water resources and water dependent environments in parks. Ensuring the integrity of park water quality, due to its importance...
The National Park Service's (NPS) Organic Act of 1916 states that the mission of the NPS is to promote and regulate the use of national parks, monumen...
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Rimrock Pine Communities at the New River Gorge National River
ISBN: 9781492917694 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 90 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. In 2003, the National Park Service (NPS) at New River Gorge National River (NERI) hosted a workshop to identify significant forest issues, resources, and processes occurring within the park (National Park Service 2003b). Several forest communities of concern were identified by the panel of scientists and resource managers. One such community, the rimrock pine forest lining the rim of the gorge, was chosen due to the importance of the community to wildlife and recreation. The rimrock pines also were thought to be a historically significant feature of the northern section of the gorge as...
In 2003, the National Park Service (NPS) at New River Gorge National River (NERI) hosted a workshop to identify significant forest issues, resources, ...
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Lincoln Cabin Historic Structure Report: Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site Boyhood Home Unit
ISBN: 9781514752210 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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Crime and Forfeiture
ISBN: 9781507734551 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 98 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Forfeiture has long been an effective law enforcement tool. Congress and state legislatures have authorized its use for over 200 years. Every year, it redirects property worth billions of dollars from criminal to lawful uses. Forfeiture law has always been somewhat unique. By the beginning of the 20th century, however, legislative bodies, commentators, and the courts had begun to examine its eccentricities in greater detail because under some circumstances it could be not only harsh but unfair. The Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act (CAFRA), P.L. 106-185, 114 Stat. 202 (2000), was a product of...
Forfeiture has long been an effective law enforcement tool. Congress and state legislatures have authorized its use for over 200 years. Every year, it...
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GAO Bid Protests: An Overview of Time Frames and Procedures
ISBN: 9781502840677 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 26 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The report is one of two providing Congress with background on the GAO bid-protest process. It provides an overview of the time frames and procedures in a GAO bid protest, including (1) what issues can be protested with GAO; (2) who can file or be a party to a GAO protest; (3) the procedures for bringing and resolving GAO protests; (4) the time frames involved in GAO protests; (5) the automatic stay of contract award or performance triggered by a GAO protest, as well as the basis for agency overrides of automatic stays and judicial review of agency override determinations; (6) the basis and...
The report is one of two providing Congress with background on the GAO bid-protest process. It provides an overview of the time frames and procedures ...
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Evaluation of the Sensitivity of Inventory and Monitoring National Parks to Nutrient Enrichment Effects from Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition Mojave De
ISBN: 9781492708568 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 28 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. iiThe National Park Service, Natural Resource Program Center publishes a range of reports that address natural resource topics of interest and applicability to a broad audience in the National Park Service and others in natural resource management, including scientists, conservation and environmental constituencies, and the public.
iiThe National Park Service, Natural Resource Program Center publishes a range of reports that address natural resource topics of interest and applica...
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Forest Vegetation Monitoring Protocol for the North Coast and Cascades Network
ISBN: 9781492835288 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This protocol narrative outlines the rationale, sampling design and methods for monitoring forest vegetation in the North Coast and Cascades Network (NCCN) as part of the Vital Signs Monitoring Program of the National Park Service (NPS). The NPS defines "vital signs" as "a relatively small set of information-rich attributes that are used to track the overall condition or "health" of park natural resources and to provide early warning of situations that require intervention" (Fancy et al. 2009).
This protocol narrative outlines the rationale, sampling design and methods for monitoring forest vegetation in the North Coast and Cascades Network (...
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The Medical Device Excise Tax: Economic Analysis
ISBN: 9781512273229 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 34 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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Navy Virginia (SSN-774) Class Attack Submarine Procurement: Background and Issues for Congress
ISBN: 9781505903829 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 38 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The Navy has been procuring Virginia (SSN-774) class nuclear-powered attack submarines since FY1998. The two Virginia-class boats requested for procurement in FY2015 are to be the 21st and 22nd boats in the class. The 10 Virginia-class boats programmed for procurement in FY2014-FY2018 (two per year for five years) are being procured under a multiyear-procurement (MYP) contract. The Navy estimates the combined procurement cost of the two Virginia-class boats requested for procurement in FY2015 at $5,288.7 million or an average of $2,644.3 million each. The boats have received a total of...
The Navy has been procuring Virginia (SSN-774) class nuclear-powered attack submarines since FY1998. The two Virginia-class boats requested for procur...
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Oriskany: A Place of Great Sadness A Mohawk Valley Battlefield Ethnography
ISBN: 9781499262223 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 190 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The Mohawk Valley Battlefield Ethnography Project was designed to document the relationships between contemporary Indian peoples and the events that occurred in central New York during the mid to late eighteenth century. The particular focus was Fort Stanwix, located near the Oneida Carry, which linked the Mohawk and St. Lawrence Rivers via Wood Creek, and the Oriskany Battlefield. Because of its strategic location, Fort Stanwix was the site of several critical treaties between the British and the Iroquois and, following the American Revolution, between the latter and the United States. This...
The Mohawk Valley Battlefield Ethnography Project was designed to document the relationships between contemporary Indian peoples and the events that o...
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De Soto National Memorial: Baseline Water Quality Data Inventory and Analysis
ISBN: 9781491202456 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 580 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This document presents the results of surface-water-quality data retrievals for De Soto National Memorial (DESO) from six of the United States Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) national databases: (1) Storage and Retrieval (STORET) water quality database management system; (2) River Reach File (RF3); (3) Industrial Facilities Discharge (IFD); (4) Drinking Water Supplies (DRINKS); (5) Water Gages (GAGES); and (6) Water Impoundments (DAMS). This document is one product resulting from a cooperative contractual endeavor between the National Park Service's Servicewide Inventory and...
This document presents the results of surface-water-quality data retrievals for De Soto National Memorial (DESO) from six of the United States Environ...
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Baseline Water Quality Data Inventory and Analysis: Tuzigoot National Monument
ISBN: 9781494446666 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 602 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This document presents the results of surface-water-quality data retrievals for Tuzigoot National Monument (TUZI) from six of the United States Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) national databases: (1) Storage and Retrieval (STORET) water quality database management system; (2) River Reach File (RF3); (3) Industrial Facilities Discharge (IFD); (4) Drinking Water Supplies (DRINKS); (5) Water Gages (GAGES); and (6) Water Impoundments (DAMS). This document is one product resulting from a cooperative contractual endeavor between the National Park Service's (NPS) Servicewide Inventory and...
This document presents the results of surface-water-quality data retrievals for Tuzigoot National Monument (TUZI) from six of the United States Enviro...
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EPA and the Army Corps' Proposed Rule to Define "Waters of the United States"
ISBN: 9781508602897 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 28 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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EPA Regulations: Too Much, Too Little, or On Track?
ISBN: 9781505554946 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 46 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Since Barack Obama was sworn in as President in 2009, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed and promulgated numerous regulations implementing the pollution control statutes enacted by Congress. Critics have reacted strongly. Many, both within Congress and outside of it, have accused the agency of reaching beyond the authority given it by Congress and ignoring or underestimating the costs and economic impacts of proposed and promulgated rules. The House has conducted vigorous oversight of the agency in the 112th and 113th Congresses, and has approved several bills that would...
Since Barack Obama was sworn in as President in 2009, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed and promulgated numerous regulations impl...
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Annotated Checklist of Vascular Flora: Curecanti National Recreation Area
ISBN: 9781492197959 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 148 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. In 2006, the National Park Service (NPS) estab-lished a cooperative agreement with the Univer-sity of Wyoming, through the Rocky Mountains Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, to produce a series of technical reports summarizing the vas-cular plant fl ora of each of the 16 national park units of the Northern Colorado Plateau Network (NCPN).
In 2006, the National Park Service (NPS) estab-lished a cooperative agreement with the Univer-sity of Wyoming, through the Rocky Mountains Cooperative...
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U.S.-China Military Contacts: Issues for Congress
ISBN: 9781505589146 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 88 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This CRS Report, updated through the 113th Congress, discusses policy issues regarding military-to-military (mil-to-mil) contacts with the People's Republic of China (PRC) and records major contacts and crises since 1993. The United States suspended military contacts with China and imposed sanctions on arms sales in response to the Tiananmen Crackdown in 1989. In 1993, President Clinton reengaged with the top PRC leadership, including China's military, the People's Liberation Army (PLA). Renewed military exchanges with the PLA have not regained the closeness reached in the 1980s, when...
This CRS Report, updated through the 113th Congress, discusses policy issues regarding military-to-military (mil-to-mil) contacts with the People's Re...
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