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Great Animal Migrations discusses different types of animal migration such as seasonal, latitudinal, and reproductive migrations. It provides examples of seasonal migrations including monarch butterflies traveling between Canada/US and Mexico, and gray whales migrating between Arctic waters and Mexico. The document also addresses how human impacts like habitat loss and climate change threaten animal migrations, and suggests actions people can take to help migrations like tracking migrations, creating wildlife habitats, and reducing waste.
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Sources of information in presentation:
PEC’s Interactive Transmission Line Map: https://www.pecva.org/transmissionmap
PJM: https://www.pjm.com/
Slide 20: https://www.vedp.org/industry/data-centers
Slide 29: https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/hidden-costs-ai-impending-energy-and-resource-strain
Slide 30: https://rga.lis.virginia.gov/Published/2021/SD17
Slide 37: https://www.virginiamercury.com/2023/05/03/dominion-projects-new-gas-plants-advanced-nuclear-will-be-needed-to-meet-soaring-demand/
Slide 38: https://cdn-dominionenergy-prd-001.azureedge.net/-/media/pdfs/global/company/2023-va-integrated-resource-plan.pdf
Slide 41: https://www.virginiamercury.com/2023/02/02/are-virginia-ratepayers-and-residents-subsidizing-the-data-center-industry/
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View the slidedeck from The Piedmont Environmental Council and Local Energy Alliance Program's Solarize Webinar on August 18, 2020. Find out more about rooftop and ground mount solar options for your home, farm or business.
On August 11, Piedmont Environmental Council President, Chris Miller, and field staff held an online conversation about the current challenges and opportunities facing communities in Fauquier County.
June 26, 2020 -- PEC seeks to secure contracted professional engineering services to complete (1) a Geotechnical Report and (2) a Final Design for fish-friendly and flood-resilient structures to replace culverts at ONLY the Piney River (VA Rt. 653) pilot project site in Rappahannock County, VA.
On June 25, Piedmont Environmental Council President, Chris Miller, and field staff held an online conversation about the current challenges and opportunities facing communities in Madison and Orange counties.
While the Covid-19 pandemic continues to cause a great deal of uncertainty in our lives, a great deal of conservation work is still being done at the local level.
On June 23, Piedmont Environmental Council President, Chris Miller, and field staff held an online conversation about the current challenges and opportunities facing communities in the Albemarle and Charlottesville area.
While the Covid-19 pandemic continues to cause a great deal of uncertainty in our lives, a great deal of conservation work is still being done at the local level.
This document provides an overview of wound healing, its functions, stages, mechanisms, factors affecting it, and complications.
A wound is a break in the integrity of the skin or tissues, which may be associated with disruption of the structure and function.
Healing is the body’s response to injury in an attempt to restore normal structure and functions.
Healing can occur in two ways: Regeneration and Repair
There are 4 phases of wound healing: hemostasis, inflammation, proliferation, and remodeling. This document also describes the mechanism of wound healing. Factors that affect healing include infection, uncontrolled diabetes, poor nutrition, age, anemia, the presence of foreign bodies, etc.
Complications of wound healing like infection, hyperpigmentation of scar, contractures, and keloid formation.
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Leveraging Generative AI to Drive Nonprofit InnovationTechSoup
In this webinar, participants learned how to utilize Generative AI to streamline operations and elevate member engagement. Amazon Web Service experts provided a customer specific use cases and dived into low/no-code tools that are quick and easy to deploy through Amazon Web Service (AWS.)
LAND USE LAND COVER AND NDVI OF MIRZAPUR DISTRICT, UPRAHUL
This Dissertation explores the particular circumstances of Mirzapur, a region located in the
core of India. Mirzapur, with its varied terrains and abundant biodiversity, offers an optimal
environment for investigating the changes in vegetation cover dynamics. Our study utilizes
advanced technologies such as GIS (Geographic Information Systems) and Remote sensing to
analyze the transformations that have taken place over the course of a decade.
The complex relationship between human activities and the environment has been the focus
of extensive research and worry. As the global community grapples with swift urbanization,
population expansion, and economic progress, the effects on natural ecosystems are becoming
more evident. A crucial element of this impact is the alteration of vegetation cover, which plays a
significant role in maintaining the ecological equilibrium of our planet.Land serves as the foundation for all human activities and provides the necessary materials for
these activities. As the most crucial natural resource, its utilization by humans results in different
'Land uses,' which are determined by both human activities and the physical characteristics of the
land.
The utilization of land is impacted by human needs and environmental factors. In countries
like India, rapid population growth and the emphasis on extensive resource exploitation can lead
to significant land degradation, adversely affecting the region's land cover.
Therefore, human intervention has significantly influenced land use patterns over many
centuries, evolving its structure over time and space. In the present era, these changes have
accelerated due to factors such as agriculture and urbanization. Information regarding land use and
cover is essential for various planning and management tasks related to the Earth's surface,
providing crucial environmental data for scientific, resource management, policy purposes, and
diverse human activities.
Accurate understanding of land use and cover is imperative for the development planning
of any area. Consequently, a wide range of professionals, including earth system scientists, land
and water managers, and urban planners, are interested in obtaining data on land use and cover
changes, conversion trends, and other related patterns. The spatial dimensions of land use and
cover support policymakers and scientists in making well-informed decisions, as alterations in
these patterns indicate shifts in economic and social conditions. Monitoring such changes with the
help of Advanced technologies like Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems is
crucial for coordinated efforts across different administrative levels. Advanced technologies like
Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems
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Changes in vegetation cover refer to variations in the distribution, composition, and overall
structure of plant communities across different temporal and spatial scales. These changes can
occur natural.
Reimagining Your Library Space: How to Increase the Vibes in Your Library No ...Diana Rendina
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2. Share My Own Experience
Provide an Overview of the Problem
Raise Larger Questions about Invasive plants
Suggest Framework for managing invasives
3.
4. Provide a voice for habitat & wildlife in region
Habitat Outreach: website, tours, workshops
Provide consultation to landowners,
especially groups of landowners
Coordinate Regional Partnerships
Trout Unlimited
Virginia Working Landscapes
Manage Ovoka property
10. As per Executive Order 13112 an "invasive
species" is defined as a species that is:
1) non-native (or alien) to the ecosystem under
consideration and
2) whose introduction causes or is likely to cause
economic or environmental harm or harm to
human health.
Invasive species can be plants, animals, and other
organisms (e.g., microbes)
11.
12. 2nd threat to biodiversity claim, but open it up
for discussion later
Wilcove et al (1998)
21. Invasive plants wouldn't do
nearly as well in nature
without human activity &
disturbance.
In other words:
We're already managing
for them – but not how we
want to.
35. 1. Early Detection / Rapid Response
2. Give Nature a Hand: Manage for stable
states using natural processes (forest
succession, fire, etc.)
36. 1. Early Detection / Rapid Response
2. Give Nature a Hand: Manage for stable
states using natural processes (forest
succession, fire, etc.)
3. Methods: All of the Above Strategy
37. Manual
Mechanical
Chemical/herbicide
Prescribed Grazing
Prescribed Fire
Biological
Cultural
Natural
Do Nothing
38. 1. Early Detection/ Rapid Response
2. Manage for stable states using natural
processes: forest succession, fire, etc.
3. Methods: All of the Above Strategy
4. Invest in Native Plants
41. 1. Early Detection / Rapid Response
2. Give Nature a Hand: Manage for stable
states using natural processes (forest
succession, fire, etc.)
3. Methods: All of the Above Strategy
4. Invest in Native Plants
5. Pick your Battles
42.
43. 1. Early Detection / Rapid Response
2. Give Nature a Hand: Manage for stable
states using natural processes (forest
succession, fire, etc.)
3. Methods: All of the Above Strategy
4. Invest in native plants
5. Pick your Battles
6. Manage for the whole ecosystem