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		Environmental Science Case Studies Library

These case studies have been submitted by professors from all over the world. They deal with environmental issues pertaining to certain geographical areas in North America, as well as international and universal applications.
International Case Studies Biodiversity—Threat or Opportunity? The Conservation of Seabirds along the North Shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence Environment Protection in China: The Burden Is Heavy and the Road is Long Living in Bosnia-Herzegovina Living in Italy Living in Japan Living in Pakistan Living in Russia Living in Rwanda Living in Taiwan The Marine Resources in the Arabian Gulf Protection of Wildlife in Arabia Rio Condor Forestry Project Ts'eq Typical Model on Big Watershed Sustainable Development Arsenic in Drinking Water Ecotourism on the Roof of the World Living Jewels in a Coral Reef Poisoning Bhopal Run for the Hills Saving a Gray Whale Nursery Saving an African Eden Sea Power South Africa’s “National Flower”? Regional Case Studies Atlantic East Atlantic, Eastern United States: New England Fishery Industry: Fishing for Answers Atlantic/East: The Warming of the Catskills: Global Climate Change in New York State Gulf Coast Gulf Coast, USA: Endocrine Disrupters on the Gulf Coast Gulf Coast, Texas: Oilrigs as Artificial Reefs Midwest Midwest United States: Genetic Pollution: Horizontal Gene Transmission in Agriculture Middleton, Iowa: Phytoremediation/Wetlands Treatment at the Iowa Army Ammunition Plant Hutchinson, Kansas: Prairie Dunes Country Club: A Golf Course for Birdies Forestry for the Seventh Generation Regenerative Agriculture in Iowa Wolves and Moose on Isle Royale North Platteville, Wisconsin: Analysis of Rountree Branch North: Discrimination Against Non-Green Companies? North: Earth Government: Is Canada a Model of a New Global Environmental Policy? Upper Peninsula of Michigan: Food Web Control of Primary Production in Lakes Green Bay, Wisconsin: PCB Contamination in the Fox River North: Precarious Toilets: Rising Estrogen in Human Sewage Southeastern Wisconsin: Reformulated Gasoline and the Fight Against Ozone North: The Battle to Save Alaska‚Äôs Wolves North: The Dangers of Fish Stocking in Saskatchewan Murray County, Minnesota: The Prairie Wetlands of Southwest Minnesota North: Wind Energy in North Dakota: A Feasible Energy Source? Northeast Northeast: Regulating Car Idling to Control Air Pollution Naugatuck, Connecticut: Rumble at Gunntown! Science, Politics, and Open Space Northeast: The Perchlorate Issue: Unfounded Fear or Pending Disaster Northwest Northwest: Halibut Quotas: Anti Jobs and Anti Tourism? Washington State: Invasive Marine Species Northern California and Oregon: Matsutake Mushroom Mania Northwest: Smart Growth versus Dumb Growth? Pacific Pacific: Cloning to Restore Biodiversity Pacific: Water Wars in Hawaii South North-Central Texas, Wichita County: A Case for Habitat Disturbance in Conservation South: Dolphins in Danger: Mass Stranding in Florida Southeast Decatur, Georgia, DeKalb County: A Suburban Creek Resists Channelization Southeastern: Biosolids In Georgia: An Environmentally Friendly Fertilizer? Memphis and Shelby Counties, Tennessee: Drinking Water from Wells, Not from the River Southeastern: Emotions versus the Environment: Genetically Modified Crops Florida--Palm Beach County, Boynton Beach, Arthur R. Marshall: Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge (ARM-LNWR): Everglades Restoration, Cypress Tree Planting Southeastern: Harvesting Kudzu: A Controversial Business Southeastern United States: Invasive Plants Southeastern: Paying for Polluting: An Incentive or a Slap on the Wrist Southwest Southwest United States, Gulf Coast: Alien Invaders: When Weeds Do Good Things Southwestern: Carbon Black: Native Americans Protecting Their Land in Oklahoma Southwest: Poisonous Power: The Toxic Fish of Galveston Ventura County, California: Protecting Groundwater Resources West West: Colorado Brownfield Incentives: Too Much Government Intervention on Development? West: Fate of Wild Horses West: The Deformed Frogs of California Protecting Forests to Preserve Rain Reintroducing Wolves to Yellowstone Sharing the Klamath Water Wars on the Klamath	Topic-Based Case Studies A Blue Revolution A Civil Action: Fighting for Environmental Justice in Woburn Tanzania Reverses Child Malnutrition Trends: A Community-based Nutrition Program A Flood of Pigs: NC Aquatic Dead zone from floods after Hurricane Floyd Aldo Leopold: Maintaining the Integrity, Stability, and Beauty of the Land A Plague Of Smoke: Fires in Indonesia Are Shrimp Safe to Eat? Arsenic in Drinking Water: Cost vs. Health A Skeptical Environmentalist? Battle in Seattle Bermuda Cahow: Case Study: Restoration of the Bermuda Cahow Biosphere 2: Creating Another Earth Black Gold from the Caspian Black Sea: Black Sea in Crisis Buffalo Ridge Chattanooga: A Model Sustainable City Chernobyl: Could It Happen Here? Cleaning the Rhine River Coal-Bed Methane Coal Gasification Collapse of the Larsen B Columbia River Salmon Community Group Cleans Up Chicago Industrial District: People for Community Recovery Conflict Diamonds DDT and Fragile Eggshells Death in a Mine Pit Disappearing Butterfly Forests Don't Believe Everything You See on the Internet Don't Believe Everything You See or Hear on the News Dredging the Hudson River Dust Bowl Days Earthquake in India Earthquake in Turkey Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever: Outbreak: Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever Ecotourism on the Roof of the World Environmental Chemistry of Phosphorus Environmental Estrogens Exploiting Oil in ANWR Family Planning In Thailand Fighting the Fiery Serpent: Guinea Worm Eradication Program Fires in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness: Major Fires Expected in Popular Wilderness Area Floods in Mozambique: Floods Devastate Coastal Mozambique Forestry for the Seventh Generation GIS in Conservation Golden Rice How Economists Can Control Climate Change How to Study Hybrid Automobile Engines India's Population Passes 1 Billion Indonesian Tsunami Is NEPA an Impediment? James Bay: Hydropower Killer Smog Lake Victoria Perch: Killing Lake Victoria Love Canal: The Forgotten Wastes of Love Canal Measuring Energy Flows in Cedar Bog Lake Melting Glaciers in Antarctica: More Large Icebergs Calve from Antarctica's Ice Shelves Mining A Tropical Paradise Nashua River: Cleaning up the Nashua River New Madrid Earthquake Off-Shore Wind Power Ogalalla Aquifer Oil and the War in Chechnya: Black Gold from the Caspian Organic Farming in Cuba Ozone Hole Continues to Grow Playing God in the Laboratory Prescribed fires in Mexico: Cerro Grande Fire Forces Evacuation Radioactive Waste Disposal at Yucca Mountain Regenerative Farming in Iowa: Regenerative Agriculture in Iowa Remote Sensing Restoring the Chesapeake River Watch Salmon in Seattle: What's Good for Salmon is Good for People (we hope) Saving Seahorses Sharkless Seas? Should We Revise the 1872 Mining Law? Snow Geese Threaten Arctic Tundra: Snow Goose Population Threatens Arctic Tundra Habitat Soft Vinyl Toys and Medical Supplies South Africa's "National Flower"? Sukanatani: A Photovoltaic Village in Java Terminator Genes The Chemical War on Colombian Coca: Colombia to Spray Coca Crops with Stronger Herbicide The Cough Heard Round the World The Engineered Landscape of Bali The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill, Ten Years Later The Quincy Library Group The Saga of Easter Island: A History of Overpopulation The Snail Darter versus Tellico Dam The Three Gorges Dam The World's Biggest Restoration Project The Wreck of the Exxon Valdez Too Many Geese Understanding the Earth's Energy Balance Urban Geese Voyage of the Khian Sea, Wandering Garbage Barge: What a Long, Strange Trip It Has Been Water Conflicts in Israel: Drought Focuses Attention on Long-Standing Disputes in the Middle East Watershed Protection in the Catskills What a Tangled Web We Weave What Is Earth's Carrying Capacity for Humans? What Is Sound Science? What's Happening to Frogs? Where Have All The Songbirds Gone? Why Trees Need Salmon Why You Should Buy Organic Coffee: It Helps Migratory Birds and Other Forest Species Worldviews and Values Yanesha Forestry in Peru Zimbabwe’s "CAMPFIRE" Program Bar-coding Life Citizen Science and the Christmas Bird Count Columbia River Salmon GIS and Landscape Ecology How Economists Can Control Climate Change Hybrid Automobile Engines Measuring Sustainability and Ecological Footprints Should we save the sharks? The Next Pandemic?

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