Historic funding limitations have resulted in a substantial deferred maintenance sum, emphasizing the need for SOD to balance cost and benefit of every dam rehabilitation project. The SOD program uses Value Engineering in an attempt to ensure all BIA dam rehabilitation projects maximize the benefits ...
Even after his death, Plecker still haunts the state's Native American community. In order to receive federal recognition and the benefits it confers, tribes must prove their continuous existence since 1900. Plecker's policies have made it impossible for Virginia tribes to do so. The federal gov...
Recognizing and balancing the benefits and risks of connectivity for freshwater fish populations is increasingly important for fisheries managers, as is prioritizing among conservation alternatives. To these ends, we developed a framework that addresses four questions to guide conservation practitioners. ...
Applying for tribal membership? Learn about DDC’s Native American DNA Test and how it provides proof of biological relationships.
The German naturalist Alexander von Humboldt conducted an expedition through the American continent, alongside Aimé Bonpland, from 1799 to 1804. Before finally returning to Europe, they decided to take a side trip to the USA between May 20 and July 7, 1804. Humboldt’s most detailed account of...
With a combination of sexual and asexual reproductive modes, such species may adapt to new environments via sexual recombination during range expansion, while at the same time having the benefits of asexuality such as the maintenance of fitness effects that depend upon heterozygosity. In the Western...
From the moment cattle producers become part of Alianza, they receive a package of benefits, which includes: a - A best management practices for grasslands training program to increase profitability while supporting a healthy habitat for birds and other wildlife; b - A“bird-friendly” beef ...
2.1. Native Plant Benefits The benefits of using native plants in urban and rural landscapes are plentiful, though perhaps less well documented than those of non-native species. Currently, literature on the use of native plants for landscaping can be categorized as benefits, production methods, and...
Background: Early sexual debut among American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) adolescents has been associated with an increased risk of teenage pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections, along with an increased risk of having multiple lifetime sexual partners, and engaging in greater frequency ...
We can breathe in to fill our lungs with the capacity to shout, to sing, to yell at those who have profited off this suffering, those who would rather send more people to their deaths than extend unemployment benefits or cancel rents. We must demand more from those who hold power, who...