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Module Description:  The NCSR Marine Fisheries Series is provided by the Northwest Center for Sustainable Resources and includes ten modules. This series is designed to cover issues related to “marine fisheries with an emphasis on those species that are commercially harvested in the United States....

This module uses a "town Meeting" teaching method and a case study to evaluate complex environmental issues. The case study used is the Klamath Basin, Oregon situation where endangered species management, dwindling water supplies, and drought have impacted the local agricultural community. "The town...

This 137-page report documents activities of the Northwest Center for Sustainable Resources and focuses on new directions NCSR partners are taking in creating educational programs to meet the needs of the twenty-first century natural resource technology workforce. The report includes a table of...

Module Description:  The NCSR Marine Fisheries Series is provided by the Northwest Center for Sustainable Resources and includes ten modules. This series is designed to cover issues related to “marine fisheries with an emphasis on those species that are commercially harvested in the United States....

Module Description: This module uses aerial photographs to evaluate land use change at the local level and illustrate changes of a landscape over a long period of time. This module expands on an existing laboratory in Environmental Science III, pp.115-126 - The Use of Aerial Photography to...

The NCSR Pictorial Series of presentations are designed to provide faculty, teachers and other natural resource professionals an informal PowerPoint presentation on selected environmental settings. The presentations consist of pictures of the natural environment and feature plants, animals and...

Module Description: The Fire Ecology and Management Series is provided by the Northwest Center for Sustainable Resources and includes six modules. This series “is designed to address both the general role of fire in ecosystems as well as specific wildfire management issues in forest ecosystems.” The...

Module Description: The Fire Ecology and Management Series is provided by the Northwest Center for Sustainable Resources and includes six modules. This series “is designed to address both the general role of fire in ecosystems as well as specific wildfire management issues in forest ecosystems.” The...

This lesson, created by Cindy Nestel of Summit Middle School, introduces basic information about rare earth elements to students. Rare earth elements, as explained within the lesson, are used in a variety of energy sources and are a key player in the workings of green energy such as hybrid cars and...

This chart is part of the Advanced Technology Environmental and Energy Center (ATEEC) Regional Water Conversations report and provides a snapshot of the fastest-growing jobs in the regions of the Midwest, Mountain West, Northeast, Northwest, Southeast, and Southwest. Some of the fastest-growing jobs...