Erosion
The question you will answer in this FACTivity is: What are other ecosystem services provided by the Nation’s natural resources?…
FACTivity – Fill Those Potholes
The question you will answer in this FACTivity is: What are other ecosystem services provided by the Nation’s natural resources? To complete this FACTivity, you will use what you’ve learned...
Ecosystem services are the benefits that nature provides through natural processes. For example, plants provide clean air, natural fire helps…
Ecosystem Services – Vol. 12 No. 1
Ecosystem services are the benefits that nature provides through natural processes. For example, plants provide clean air, natural fire helps cycle nutrients, and bats act as insect control. Ecosystem services…
Test your knowledge on ecosystems, vegetation, and erosion.
Crossword – Ecosystem Services
Test your knowledge on ecosystems, vegetation, and erosion.
In this article, scientists explore the different ecosystem services provided by prairie potholes such as soil nutrients, absorbing carbon, and…
Fill Those Potholes! Identifying Ecosystem Services of Small Wetlands on the American Prairie
In this article, scientists explore the different ecosystem services provided by prairie potholes such as soil nutrients, absorbing carbon, and reducing soil erosion.
In the past, scientists had estimated how much rainfall is intercepted by trees growing in rural areas. The scientists in this study…
Good to the Last Drip: How Trees Help to Reduce Pollution
In the past, scientists had estimated how much rainfall is intercepted by trees growing in rural areas. The scientists in this study wanted to know how much rainfall is intercepted by the trees that...
In this FACTivity, you will build an insloping road to test your own model of erosion. Materials: Two large cardboard…
FACTivity – Should Ditches Be Graded? (Spanish)
In this FACTivity, you will build an insloping road to test your own model of erosion. Materials: Two large cardboard boxes with lid flaps removed (around 30 inches square and...
Soil erosion and sedimentation reduce the diversity of the natural environment. When soil is eroded and sedimentation occurs, important nutrients…
Should Ditches be Graded? Testing Unpaved Roads with a Computer Program (Spanish)
Soil erosion and sedimentation reduce the diversity of the natural environment. When soil is eroded and sedimentation occurs, important nutrients are carried away from the soil. The scientists in this...
In this FACTivity, you will build an insloping road to test your own model of erosion. Materials: Two large cardboard…
FACTivity – Should Ditches Be Graded?
In this FACTivity, you will build an insloping road to test your own model of erosion. Materials: Two large cardboard boxes with lid flaps removed (around 30 inches square and...
Until the early 1950s, people mined copper, gold, and silver in the Beartooth Mountains in Montana. During mining operations, the…
Let Nature Take Its Course: Helping the Environment Take Care of Itself (Spanish)
Until the early 1950s, people mined copper, gold, and silver in the Beartooth Mountains in Montana. During mining operations, the soil near the surface was removed before the minerals were...
Until the early 1950s, people mined copper, gold, and silver in the Beartooth Mountains in Montana. During mining operations, the…
Let Nature Take Its Course: Helping the Environment Take Care of Itself
Until the early 1950s, people mined copper, gold, and silver in the Beartooth Mountains in Montana. During mining operations, the soil near the surface was removed before the minerals were...
