The major issue threatening Arizona forests and wildlife today is managing forests to reduce fire risk. Arizona faces another "critical" fire season this summer, much the same as those the state saw last year and in 2002. This past month alone two large wildfires have sparked: the 4,311-acre "Webb...

To Be Legal Marijuana smokers are generally mildly intoxicated, giggle, laugh, bother no one, and have a good time. They do not stagger or fall, and wouldn't ordinarily attempt to harm anyone. It has not been proven that smoking marijuana leads to crimes of a violent nature or to crimes of...

The Northern Spotted Owl Controversy "Save a Logger- "Save an Owl- Eat an Owl" VS. Ban Logging" -Timber Industry - Environmentalists On April 2, 1993, President Clinton fulfilled a campaign promise by convening a forest conference in Portland, OR, ...

The Northern Spotted Owl Controversy – Jobs Vs Environmental Protection Introduction The mere mention of the creature's name brings shudders to loggers and some local inhabitants, fear over its existence has incited rallies, garnered the attention of three government agencies...

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The marijuana plant and the hemp plant are both from the cannabis family but they serve completely different purposes. The marijuana plant is grown for the buds they produce which carry the psychoactive ingredient, delta-9-tetrahydrocannibinol, aka, THC, which is what causes people to catch a buzz. ...

Stress is an increasing concern since it is more prevalent in our lives today than it has been in the past due to many of our traditional avenues of dealing with stress being no longer readily available to us as well as the many new stresses caused by modern life. These include the increa...

Colonial Williamsburg St. Augustine, Roanoke, Plymouth, and Jamestown all set the pace for the colony known as Williamsburg. The settlers came to America to create a new life for themselves. These people were not opposed to using a little elbow grease, to ensure their new found ...

Sydney Tar Ponds Upstream from the Sydney tar ponds, and the root of all it's problems over the past eighty years, is a 51 acre coke oven plant, steel plant and an industrial dump, The coke oven was home to a coal refinery which turned coal in to useful substances such as benzene, toluene, k...

Throughout Richard Wright's Black Boy, Wright paints himself in several different shades. As a young boy, Richard is simply unable to believe the publicly accepted notions that his blackness, lack of religion, and intellectual curiosity make him inherently flawed. Instead, I found in Richard a ...

Chapter #8 Notes Doctors without Borders - Offers assistance to populations in distress, victims of natural or human made disasters, and victims of armed conflict. - Without discrimination and irrespective of race, religion, creed or political affiliation. - It is a non-profit organization. - Th...

Advancements in all fields of technology are inevitable in the information age, like the invention of the New Leafs in biotechnology. These technological advances have brought society to a new improved level. It is because of this biotechnology that we have so many advantages such as improved crops ...

Advancements in all technology fields are inevitable in the information age, like the invention of the New Leafs in biotechnology. These technological advances have brought society to a new, improved level. Because of this biotechnology, we have so many advantages, such as improved crops and efficie...

Hawaii's environment began as a pure and pristine paradise, untouched by foreign creatures. When the English first invaded this paradise, they brought diseases, wild pigs, dogs and other unwanted species that upset the agricultural and environmental cycle of life. The more outsiders come to the isl...

"Hemp for Victory" The U.S. Department of Agriculture persuading farmers to grow hemp for the war effort in the 1940's coined the slogan "Hemp for Victory." Webster's Dictionary defines hemp as "a genus of widely cultivated annuals, this plant's fiber used ...

Large amounts of natural gas have recently been found in Appalachia, making the process of drilling for fuel more profitable at a time when gas prices are competitive and worth the price of manpower. The Marcellus Shale Play stretches across an area of 95,000 square miles from southern New York ac...

Hemp: Hawaiifs Future Industry Hawaiifs economy is based primarily on the tourist industry. But, there is another industry that can do even better, the hemp industry. Hemp is a tall, fast-growing plant, or scientifically, the Cannabis sativa L. Many people confuse hemp with the drug-type...

Cannabis sativa Nearly every part of the plant Cannabis sativa aka marijuana is used in different forms. This plant grows quickly up to about twenty feet and in many different environments. Its leaves consists of about five jagged edged leaflets, each attached from a slender stem to a thick, hal...