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  • Cover of "Fill Those Potholes" featuring a blue and green graphic of plants and birds
    In this article, scientists explore the different ecosystem services provided by prairie potholes such as soil nutrients, absorbing carbon, and…
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    Fill Those Potholes! Identifying Ecosystem Services of Small Wetlands on the American Prairie

  • PDF preview of Fire and Water article cover. The background photo is the tops of a small group of trees.
    Successfully predicting where and when wildfires might occur is important. This prediction is important because of possible environmental and economic…
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    Fire and Water: Predicting Future Wildfires in a Changing Climate

  • PDF preview of Flow Down article cover. The background is a photo of a green mountain range.
    The scientists in this study wanted to figure out how forest management, climate change, and streamflow interact. First, the scientists…
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    Flow Down! Can Managing Forests Help Maintain Water Supplies in the Face of Climate Change?

  • PDF preview of "Full Throttle Model" article
    Read about efforts to model changes to land use within watersheds to help identify and prioritize watersheds with low water…
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    Full Throttle Model: Using Scientific Models to Quickly Assess Water Quality

  • PDF Preview of Inquiry 5 from World's Forests 2
    Forests provide many benefits to people and to the environment. For forests to provide these benefits into the future, however,…
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    Inquiry 5: How Well Are We Managing our Forests Worldwide?

  • Drawing of two children and a frog.
    The scientists were interested in discovering whether the Pacific tree frog population might also be affected by the presence of…
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    Knocked Out By Trout: The Relationship Between Nonnative Trout and Pacific Tree Frogs

  • Knocked Out by Trout cover in Spanish
    The scientists were interested in discovering whether the Pacific tree frog population might also be affected by the presence of…
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    Knocked Out By Trout: The Relationship Between Nonnative Trout and Pacific Tree Frogs (Spanish)

  • PDF cover preview of Mangrove Mania article featuring a photo of a mangrove forest at the shoreline. Half of the photo is taken below water and half is above.
    Mangrove forests include trees and shrubs found in the tropics that have large root structures and create barriers that help…
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    Mangrove Mania: How Elevation Change and Sea-Level Rise Affect Mangrove Forests

  • The cover for the 'My Sediments Exactly' article. The main image is a photo of a mangrove forest.
    The scientists in this study wanted to identify which mangrove forests, growing in various conditions, were keeping up with sea…
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    My Sediments Exactly! – Can Mangrove Forest Sediments Keep up With Rising Sea Level?

  • PDF preview of 'Where There's Smoke' my word challenge.
    Try this vocabulary word challenge. Fill out the provided graphic organizer answering questions about a glossary term.
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    My Word! Challenge – Where There’s Smoke, There’s Fire

  • Black and white illustration of a desktop computer on a canoe and holding an umbrella against the rain. There's a road sign in the background with an "S" giving the impression that the river the computer is on has many twists and bends. The computer has a cartoon face with a shocked expression.
    Soil erosion and sedimentation reduce the diversity of the natural environment. When soil is eroded and sedimentation occurs, important nutrients…
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    Should Ditches be Graded? Testing Unpaved Roads with a Computer Program

  • PDF preview of the Spanish version of "Should Ditches Be Graded?"
    Soil erosion and sedimentation reduce the diversity of the natural environment. When soil is eroded and sedimentation occurs, important nutrients…
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    Should Ditches be Graded? Testing Unpaved Roads with a Computer Program (Spanish)