Land Cover
The questions you will answer in this FACTivity are: Which land cover surface best protects water quality and why? Materials:…
FACTivity – Green Means Clean
The questions you will answer in this FACTivity are: Which land cover surface best protects water quality and why? Materials: 3 paint roller pans 1 shovel 3/4 cup liquid kitchen...
In this FACTivity, you will use your experience and imagination to explore whether you agree with the scientists’ conclusion that…
FACTivity – Speak-o-logical
In this FACTivity, you will use your experience and imagination to explore whether you agree with the scientists’ conclusion that wilderness has a greater ability than non-wilderness to support both...
In this FACTivity, you will do a project that is similar to what the scientists did in this study by…
FACTivity – Wild and Free!
In this FACTivity, you will do a project that is similar to what the scientists did in this study by assessing land cover and determining the levels of wildness in...
The questions you will answer in this FACTivity are: Which land cover best protects water quality and why? Materials: 3…
FACTivity – Protecting Water Quality
The questions you will answer in this FACTivity are: Which land cover best protects water quality and why? Materials: 3 paint roller pans Shovel 3/4 cup liquid kitchen oil (such...
With two-thirds of the U.S. population drinking water from surface sources such as streams, rivers, lakes, and reservoirs, it is…
Green Means Clean! Assessing the Condition of U.S. Drinking Water Watersheds
With two-thirds of the U.S. population drinking water from surface sources such as streams, rivers, lakes, and reservoirs, it is very important that these water sources are protected. Part of...
The Wilderness Act of 1964 created the National Wilderness Preservation System, leading to protection of 106,498,016 acres of land in…
Wilderness Benefits – Vol. 7 No. 1
The Wilderness Act of 1964 created the National Wilderness Preservation System, leading to protection of 106,498,016 acres of land in America. What are the benefits of this wilderness land? Scientists…
When a society decides to set aside areas of land as wilderness, it makes a choice about the value of…
Speak-o-logical: Defining and Measuring the Ecological Value of Wilderness
When a society decides to set aside areas of land as wilderness, it makes a choice about the value of those lands. In the United States, people have decided that...
According to the scientists in this study, wildness is one of the central qualities of wilderness. To say that an…
Wild and Free! The Quality of Wildness in Wilderness in the United States
According to the scientists in this study, wildness is one of the central qualities of wilderness. To say that an area is wild in this sense, the scientists believed that...