scholarly journals Using Partnerships and Community Science to Protect Wild and Scenic Rivers in the Eastern United States

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 2102
Author(s):  
Alison Field-Juma ◽  
Nancy Roberts-Lawler
Keyword(s):  
New Jersey ◽  
Dam Removal ◽  
Eastern United States ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
Wild And Scenic Rivers ◽  
Regulatory Frameworks ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
Community Science ◽  
Conservation Plans ◽  
River Conservation

The Musconetcong (New Jersey) and the Sudbury-Assabet-Concord (Massachusetts) are federally-designated Partnership Wild and Scenic Rivers, a model for river conservation under the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act. These two rivers are embedded in a patchwork of private and public land ownership. The Act has been used to facilitate partnerships among municipal, state, federal and local non-profit actors to implement river conservation plans. These partnerships have supported community science-based monitoring to make the case for dam removal and stricter water pollution controls. Two case studies examine using community science to provide actionable data to decision-makers. In New Jersey, a documented increase in macroinvertebrates post-dam removal supported additional dam removals, leading to the return of American shad to the river. Quality controls and training proved to be key components. In Massachusetts, stricter effluent discharge permits reduced instream Total Phosphorus from 0.8 mg/L in 1999 to the eutrophication threshold of 0.023–0.05 mg/L. Community engagement in river science and stewardship was an important co-benefit. As many US rivers evolve from generating hydropower and conveying waste into major recreational resources, local organizations are uniquely positioned to engage the public and generate quality-controlled data to use in advocating for major improvements in water and habitat quality. Useful policy and regulatory frameworks for broader applicability are suggested.

The Creation of a Regional Voice: The Care and Feeding of the Northwest Biosolids Management Association

2007 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Lono-Batura ◽  
D. Thompson
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
British Columbia ◽  
Information Network ◽  
Sludge Management ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
Mass Audience ◽  
Management Association ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
Environmentally Sound ◽  
Sound Management

The biosolids producers in southwest Canada and the northwest United States have banded together to form a biosolids information network with the purpose of advancing the environmentally sound management of biosolids through education and information, regulations development and research and demonstration. This organization currently known as the Northwest Biosolids Management Association (NBMA) has grown from a gritty band of 14 sludge management visionaries to a fully incorporated non-profit association of over 200 members in both the private and public sectors. What spark ignited this conflagration of creativity? What calamity could possibly convince 200 relatively sober agencies to pony up a collective $200,000 American every year? What great cosmic bellows continues to force the airs of inspiration into the dry and desiccated souls of Biosolids managers across beautiful British Columbia and beyond? The answers lie in the modern day alchemy that is biosolids management. It is the inspiration gained from spinning gold out of something less aesthetically pleasing. It is the satisfaction in communicating to a mass audience the technical and counter intuitive science of residuals treatment. Creation and maintenance of a Biosolids information network is an essential tool in fostering the environmentally sound use of this extremely useful product.

Private Education

1986 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Public Education ◽  
Division Of Labor ◽  
Private Education ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
The Other ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
Or Groups ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
The Relationship

This book focuses on the relationship between private and public education in a comparative context. The contributors emphasize the relationship between private choices and public policy as they affect the division of labor between public and private non-profit schools, colleges, and universities. Their essays examine the kinds of choices offered by each sector, as well as the effects of present and proposed public policies on the intersectoral division of labor. Written from neither a pro-private nor a pro-public point of view, the contributors point to the ways in which they believe one sector or the other may be preferable for certain goals or groups.

scholarly journals First Captive Breeding Program for the Endangered Pyrenean Sculpin (Cottus hispaniolensis Bacescu-Master, 1964)

Water ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. 2986
Author(s):  
Joan Manubens ◽  
Oriol Comas ◽  
Núria Valls ◽  
Lluís Benejam
Keyword(s):  
Captive Breeding ◽  
Ex Situ Conservation ◽  
Breeding Program ◽  
Ex Situ ◽  
Major Influence ◽  
Freshwater Species ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
Captive Breeding Program ◽  
Critical Phases ◽  
Conservation Plans

The strong decline of freshwater fish species in Europe implies that further ex-situ conservation plans should be implemented in the near future. The present study reflects our experience with the Pyrenean sculpin (Cottus hispaniolensis Bacescu-Mester, 1964)—a small cottid endemic to the Hispano-French Garona River basin. In recent years, the Spanish Pyrenean sculpin population has reached a limit situation. Because of that, the non-profit association ADEFFA—with support from the public administration—started the first captive breeding program for this species in 2006. Fourteen years later, this study presents the results and evaluates the different steps of the program, with the aim of discussing and improving the ex-situ conservation plans for this and other cold freshwater species. There is a description and a comparison between six consecutive phases during the captive breeding process: nesting behaviour, courtship, egg fixation, parental care (incubation), hatching and survival during juvenile development. The purposes of this project are to: (1) identify the most determining phases for a successful captive breeding; (2) identify the factors that had a major influence to the success of the critical phases; and (3) increase the number of the offspring. This study is based on thirty-three wild individuals collected from Garona River (Val d’Aran, Spanish Pyrenees). During the program, twelve couples spawned in captive conditions, with around 2300 eggs laid. Eight couples bred successfully, with 751 hatched individuals and 608 juveniles reared. The analysis of each step of the captive breeding does not reveal significant differences between phases, so it can be concluded that they are all critical at the same level. In the literature, similar study-cases of captive breeding programs identify incubation and survival phases as the most critical. Consequently, the management made for this project has probably allowed to overcome in part the main impediments described in other similar programs.

Modeling the Effect of Chlorine Emissions on Ozone Levels over the Eastern United States

2007 ◽  
Vol 46 (7) ◽  
pp. 1009-1019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Golam Sarwar ◽  
Prakash V. Bhave
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New Jersey ◽  
Gas Phase ◽  
Sea Salt ◽  
Daily Maximum ◽  
Eastern United States ◽  
Sea Salt Aerosols ◽  
Ozone Concentrations ◽  
Houston Area ◽  
Effect Of Chlorine

Abstract This paper presents model estimates of the effect of chlorine emissions on atmospheric ozone concentrations in the eastern United States. The model included anthropogenic molecular chlorine emissions, anthropogenic hypochlorous acid emissions from cooling towers and swimming pools, and chlorine released from sea-salt aerosols. The release of chlorine emissions from sea-salt aerosols was modeled using heterogeneous reactions involving chloride ions in aerosols and three gas-phase species. The gas-phase chlorine chemistry was combined with the Carbon Bond Mechanism and incorporated into the Community Multiscale Air Quality modeling system. Air quality model simulations were performed for July 2001 and the results obtained with and without chlorine emissions were analyzed. When chlorine emissions were included in the model, ozone concentrations increased in the Houston, Texas, and New York–New Jersey areas. The daily maximum 1-h ozone concentrations increased by up to 12 parts per billion by volume (ppbv) in the Houston area and 6 ppbv in the New York–New Jersey area. The daily maximum 8-h ozone concentrations increased by up to 8 ppbv in the Houston area and 4 ppbv in the New York–New Jersey area. The monthly average daily maximum 1-h ozone concentration increased by up to 3 ppbv in the Houston area, but the increases in the monthly average daily maximum 1-h ozone concentration in the New York–New Jersey area were small. Chlorine emissions and chemistry enhanced the volatile organic compound oxidation rates and, thereby, increased the ozone production rate.

scholarly journals Implementing Public Health Regulations in Developing Countries: Lessons from the OECD Countries

2010 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 508-519 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily A. Mok ◽  
Lawrence O. Gostin ◽  
Monica Das Gupta ◽  
Max Levin
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Developing World ◽  
Health Agency ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
Public Health Agencies ◽  
Effective Implementation ◽  
Health Agencies ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
Sanitary Conditions ◽  
Health Regulations

Public health agencies undertake a broad range of health promotion and injury and disease prevention activities in collaboration with an array of actors, such as the community, businesses, and non-profit organizations. These activities are “multisectoral” in nature and centered on public health agencies that oversee and engage with the other actors. Public health agencies can influence the hazardous activities in the private sector in a variety of ways, “ranging from prohibition and regulation to volunteerism, and from cooperation to cooption.” Hence, a public health agency that possesses the necessary administrative resources and authority is vital to the effective implementation of health policies and regulations.In the developing world, however, many state health agencies lack these basic capacities in dealing with critical health threats, including their ability to avert epidemics of communicable diseases arising from poor sanitary conditions. A serious constraint is the shortage of public health funding for health agencies in the developing world for typical agency functions (e.g., surveillance, monitoring, assessment, and intervention). This is often aggravated by the transaction-intensive demands entailed in enforcing regulations among an array of private and public sector actors including individuals, businesses, and local bodies responsible for providing civic services.

A new species of Polygordius (Polychaeta: Polygordiidae): from the inner continental shelf and in bays and harbours of the north-eastern United States

2006 ◽  
Vol 86 (5) ◽  
pp. 1025-1034 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia A. Ramey ◽  
Dieter Fiege ◽  
Brian S. Leander
Keyword(s):  
New Jersey ◽  
New Species ◽  
Continental Shelf ◽  
Rank Correlation ◽  
Fine Sand ◽  
Coarse Sand ◽  
Eastern United States ◽  
Sediment Grain Size ◽  
Inner Continental Shelf ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Polygordiidae, Polygordius jouinae sp. nov., along with its distribution, habitat, and reproduction is described. Polygordius jouinae sp. nov., the first North American Polygordius, is a dominant member of macrofaunal communities on the inner continental shelf, and in bays and harbours from Massachusetts to southern New Jersey. It is distinguished from most other Polygordius species by its non-inflated, heavily ciliated pygidium, absence of pygidial glands, and a conical (rather than rounded) prostomium. The 18S SSU rDNA from P. jouinae sp. nov. was sequenced and represents the first named Polygordius species with a DNA reference in GenBank. Spearman rank correlation of sediment grain size with density of P. jouinae sp. nov. at a New Jersey site showed that density was significantly (P<0.05; N=92) positively correlated with the proportion of medium to very coarse sand and negatively correlated with the fine sand fractions. Ecologically, P. jouinae sp. nov. is an important macrofaunal species given its widespread distribution and its fidelity for coarse sand habitats. Thus, its relative abundance may be useful as an indicator of changing sedimentary conditions.

scholarly journals Financing of a Non-governmental Non-profit Organization from the State Budget

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 53-63
Author(s):  
Nikol Nevečeřalová
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Income Tax ◽  
The State ◽  
Tax Law ◽  
State Budget ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
Public Benefit ◽  
National Budget ◽  
Private And Public

This contribution deals with the non-profit sector, where the author primarily mentions the differences between private and public non-profit organizations. The author will focus mainly on issues related with the funding of a non-governmental non-profit organization including their possible participation in the national budget of the Czech Republic. The author will also deal with the position of a non-governmental non-profit organization as a subject of law, which in the theory of financial law and specifically in the subsector of tax law “occupies” the position of a public benefit taxpayer [Law on income tax, Section 17a]. The main aim of the contribution is to use graphs and data to define which resources a non-governmental non-profit organization uses for its existence. In the last part of the article, the author using methods of comparison and deduction use states specific example of a non-governmental non-profit organization and its participation in the budget of the Czech Republic.

scholarly journals Voices from the Past Emerge at Parker Homestead- 1665

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 231
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Hanson
Keyword(s):  
New Jersey ◽  
19Th Century ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
The Past

The Parker Homestead – 1665 is a unique remnant of the past located in Little Silver, NJ. It is listed on both the New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places, and managed by an all-volunteer, non-profit corporation, Parker Homestead-1665, Inc. In this piece, Trustee Elizabeth Hanson introduces the site to NJ Studies readers and shares a recently transcribed 19th century letter from the archive.

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