GEOLOGY OF THE WAR EAGLE QUADRANGLE, BENTON COUNTY, NORTHWEST ARKANSAS

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angela Chandler ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Northwest Arkansas ◽  
Benton County

scholarly journals First Record of the Asian Longhorned Tick Haemaphysalis longicornis in Missouri

2021 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 296-297
Author(s):  
Lauren Roberts ◽  
Bethany Brauer ◽  
William L. Nicholson ◽  
Bryan N. Ayres ◽  
Kip R. Thompson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Invasive Species ◽  
Tick Species ◽  
First Record ◽  
Haemaphysalis Longicornis ◽  
Eastern Asia ◽  
Northwest Arkansas ◽  
Current Survey ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Benton County ◽  
Greene County

ABSTRACT The Asian longhorned tick, Haemaphysalis longicornis, is an invasive species, originally from eastern Asia, and was first reported in the USA in New Jersey. It is now reported in several eastern states. In 2018, researchers reported H. longicornis in northwest Arkansas (Benton County). This tick species is a proven vector of livestock and human diseases, which prompted the current survey of ticks in southwest Missouri. A tick drag in Greene County, Missouri, produced 2 H. longicornis nymphs on June 9, 2021. This is the first report of this species for both the state and county.

scholarly journals Citizen Science Contributions to Address Biodiversity Loss and Conservation Planning in a Rapidly Developing Region

Diversity ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 255
Author(s):  
Diana L. Soteropoulos ◽  
Caitlin R. De Bellis ◽  
Theo Witsell
Keyword(s):  
Citizen Science ◽  
Biodiversity Loss ◽  
Wicked Problem ◽  
Herbarium Specimens ◽  
Rare Plant ◽  
Conservation Action ◽  
Plant Populations ◽  
Management Planning ◽  
Natural Heritage ◽  
Northwest Arkansas

Biodiversity data support conservation research and inform conservation decisions addressing the wicked problem of biodiversity loss. However, these data often need processing and compilation before use, which exceed the time availability of professional scientists. Nevertheless, scientists can recruit, train, and support a network of citizen scientists to prepare these data using online platforms. Here, we describe three citizen science projects sponsored by the Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission to transcribe and georeference historic herbarium specimens and document current biodiversity through iNaturalist for two highly biodiverse and rapidly developing counties in Northwest Arkansas, USA. Citizen science-generated data will be used in a county natural heritage inventory (CNHI) report, including a comprehensive list of taxa tied to voucher specimens and records for rare plant populations. Since the CNHI project started in 2018, citizen scientists have transcribed 8,855 and georeferenced 2,636 specimen records. From iNaturalist observations, 125 rare plant populations of 39 taxa have been documented. This CNHI report will determine the most critical taxa, habitats, and sites for conservation action in the region and will inform conservation stakeholders at the local, state, and federal levels as they engage in land acquisition, ecological restoration, natural resource management, planning of growth and development, and environmental review/regulation.

“La Polimigra”

2018 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 344-366 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan José Bustamante ◽  
Eric Gamino
Keyword(s):  
Police Officers ◽  
Legal Status ◽  
Migration Policy ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Legal Violence ◽  
Local Police ◽  
Northwest Arkansas ◽  
Police Practices ◽  
The Way

This article examines the use of a presumption of illegality by local police officers to enforce a deportation regime in the Northwest Arkansas region. We employed an integrated racialized legal violence model to understand the way officers and immigration authorities collaborate to screen immigrants’ legal status for deportation purposes. Rather than focusing on how collaborations operate from an institutional point of view, the article provided a detailed and rich experiential description of participants’ realities shaped by the interplay of migration policy and local police practices. We concluded that the screening tactics used by local police in the cases considered in this article reflect a form of racialized legal violence intended to enforce a deportation regime against unauthorized people of Latino origin from this Arkansas area.

Long-Eared and Short-Eared Owls in Northwest Arkansas

The Auk ◽  
1933 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 436-436
Author(s):  
J. D. Black
Keyword(s):  
Northwest Arkansas

scholarly journals Field evaluation of a visual barrier to discourage gull nesting

2001 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 143 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. A. Pochop ◽  
J. L. Cummings ◽  
R. M. Engeman
Keyword(s):  
Columbia River ◽  
Field Evaluation ◽  
Management Technique ◽  
Nesting Habitat ◽  
Control Zone ◽  
Larus Delawarensis ◽  
Polypropylene Fabric ◽  
Benton County ◽  
Bird Management ◽  
Salmon Smolt

Expanding gull populations along the Columbia River have been implicated in depredations to threatened and endangered migrating salmon smolt. We tested a visual barrier made of woven black polypropylene fabric to discourage gull nesting. The barrier was installed on Upper Nelson Island, Benton County, Washington, in parallel rows spaced 5 m apart. Gulls used 87% of the 7.9 ha island as nesting habitat and we estimated >21 000 gull nests, 80% Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis and 20% California Gull L. califomicus nests. The zone with fencing had 84% fewer nests than the control zone. Silt fencing showed potential as a nonlethal bird management technique.

scholarly journals Pivoting in the Time of COVID-19: An in-Depth Case Study at the Nexus of Food Insecurity, Resilience, System Re-Organizing, and Caring for the Community

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebekah Fox ◽  
Joshua Frye
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Food Insecurity ◽  
Unmet Need ◽  
School Nutrition ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
School Lunches ◽  
The Public ◽  
Northwest Arkansas ◽  
Meaningful Engagement

According to the School Nutrition Association, nearly 100,000 schools serve free or reduced school lunches and breakfasts daily to approximately 34. 34 million students nationwide. However, as COVID-19 forced many schools to close, students who depended on the public schools to meet the majority of their nutritional needs faced an even larger battle with food insecurity. Recognizing this unmet need, and that food insecurity was intertwined with other needs within the community, the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and its satellite contemporary art space the Momentary, partnered with the Northwest Arkansas Food Bank and over 30 additional partner organizations to pivot their existing outreach services. In this case study, we identify lessons learned by Crystal Bridges that might be useful for other organizations who seek to foster meaningful engagement with the public, especially in times of crisis. Specifically, we focus on three main lessons: 1) how the museum created a plan to learn through the pivot in order to capture their own lessons, 2) how the members of the organization experienced a sense of coming together (congregation) during the pivot, and 3) how the organization planned to improve both internal and external communication.

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