Department of Environmental Studies

Faculty Publications

Dudley J. Burton

Books and monographs:

1. The Governance of Energy: Problems, Prospects, and Underlying Issues. Praeger, 1980. (This book is a study of the historic, economic, technological and ideological backgrounds of energy problems with implications for the values and organizations necessary to deal with them.)
2. Editor, The Role of the University in Appropriate Technology Development, Environmental Studies Board, UC Santa Cruz, 1981. (Proceedings of a conference to assess theoretical and institutional issues in teaching and applying appropriate technology ideas.)
3. Treatment of Hazardous Petrochemical and Petroleum Wastes: Current, New, and Emerging Technologies, with K. Ravi Shankar. Noyes Data Corporation Publishing, Park Ridge, New Jersey, 1989.
4. Steeling the Residential Market: An Economic and Environmental Assessment of Steel Framing for Residential Construction, with Melinda Stillings Suchecki, Earthkind, Washington, D.C., 1996.

Articles and Reports:

1. "Third Order Phase-Locked Loops," U.S. Naval Ordnance Laboratory Technical Report, 1968.
2. "Deep Ocean Acoustic Propagation: Modeling and Simulation," U.S. Naval Ordnance Laboratory Technical Report, 1970.
3. "Signal Gain Studies for Acoustic Phased Array Sensor Systems," U.S. Naval Ordnance Laboratory Technical Report, 1971.
4. "A Constitutional Bibliography in Planning," Council of Planning Librarians, Monticello, Illinois, 1976.
5. American Values and Habitat: A Research Agenda (group presentation plus individual contribution). American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, D.C., 1976 (200 pp.).
6. "Model Course in Marine Planning," UC Sea Grant Program, 1976.
7. "Constitutional Preamble: Program in Environment and Society," UC Santa Cruz, College Eight, 1978.
8. "Planning and the Future of the State," in Harvey Goldstein and Sara A. Rosenberry (eds.), The Structural Crisis in the 1970's and Beyond: The Need for a New Planning Theory, Blacksburg, Virginia: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1978.
9. "Technology and a Theory of the Humanities," with Jan D. Dekema, Humanities Perspectives on Technology Newsletter, #8, Lehigh University, 1978.
10. "Democratic Planning in Austerity: Applications and Theories," with M. Brian Murphy, in P. Clavel, W. Goldsmith, & J. Forester (eds.), Urban Planning in Austerity, Pergamon Press, pp. 177-205, 1979.
11. "Energy and Urban Form," Urban Affairs Annual Review, Vol. 16, pp. 201-232, May 1979.
12. "Methodology and Epistemology for Second-Order Cybernetics," prepared as part of a Festschrift for Sir Geoffrey Vickers, October, 1980.
13. "Institutional Factors in Energy Conservation," part of the Final Report of the 1980 Santa Cruz Summer Energy Conservation Conference.
14. "Methodology for Second-Order Cybernetics, Nature and System #3, pp. 13-27, 1981.
15. Reviews of The Thin Edge: Coast and Man in Crisis: Protecting the Golden Shore: Lessons from the California Coastal Plan; and The California Coastal Plan: A Critique, in Environment, Vol. 22, #1, Jan./Feb. 1980.
16. "Austerity, Planning, and the Democratic Prospect," with M. Brian Murphy, Kapitalistate, #8, pp. 67-97, 1980.
17. "Environmental Planning as Liberal Education," in Proceedings of the Conference on Teaching Public Administration, and reprinted in the Public Administration Theory Newsletter, May, 1980.
18. "The Politics of Environmentalism," an extensive review and comment of A. Gorz's Ecology and Politics, Kapitalistate, #9, pp. 141-157, 1981.
19. "Parks vs. Timber: The Decline of the Redwood Forest Region," with Irvine Alpert, Policy Studies Journal, Vol. 10, #2, pp. 272-284, Dec. 1981.
20. "The Decline of California's North Coast Redwood Forest Region," in F. Stevens Redburn and Terry F. Buss (eds.), Public Policies for Distressed Communities, pp. 63-74. Lexington, MA: Lexington Books, 1982.
21. "Institutional Dimensions of Energy Conservation," in Improving Energy Efficiency in Buildings, Berkeley: American Committee for an Energy Efficient Economy, 1982.
22. Review of Water Shortage: Lessons in Conservation from the Great California Drought 1976-77 (Richard A. Berk, C. J. LaCirita, Katherine Svedl, Thomas F. Cooley, ABT Books), Contemporary Sociology, Fall, 1982.
23. Review of Interest Groups and the Bureaucracy: The Politics of Energy (John E. Chubb, Stanford U. Press), Political Science Quarterly, Fall, 1984.
24. Review of Critical Studies in Organization and Bureaucracy (Frank Fischer and Carmen Sirianni, Temple University Press) for Temple University Press, Spring, 1984.
25. "Contradictions and Changes in Labor Response to Distributional Implications of Environmental-Resource Policies," in Allan Schnaiberg, Nicholaus Watts, and Klaus Zimmermann, Distributional Conflicts in Environmental-Resource Policy, Berlin, West Germany: WZB Publications, 1985.
26. "The Politics of State-level Industrial Policy: Lessons from Rhode Island's Greenhouse Compact," with Hilary Silver, Journal of the American Planning Association, Summer, 1986, 277-289. (Received “Best Article Award” for this journal for 1986.)
27. "Modeling the Role of Recycling in Solid Waste Management," with Adam Marks and Harold Ward, Journal of Resource Management and Technology, Vol. 15, No. 1, March, 1986.
28. Review of Averting Catastrophe: Strategies for Regulating Risky Technologies (Joseph G. M. Morone and Edward J. Woodhouse, U.C. Press), Political Science Quarterly, Spring 1987.
29. “Cement Kiln Trial Burns for Hazardous Waste Incineration Permits,” Proceedings of the Pacific Basin Consortium for Hazardous Waste Management, East West Center, Singapore, 1989. Honolulu: East West Center, 1989.
30. "Earth Day 1990", Editorial for Waco Tribune-Herald, Waco, Texas, April 1990.
31. Report on "Long-Range Environmental Conditions, McLennan County, Texas" presented to Study Group, Long Range Extension Committee, McLennan County, Texas, April 1990.
32. "Statistical Summary of the Texas Environment", Texas Lyceum Association, Austin, Texas, 1990.
33. "Body and Soul: The Future of Texas Agriculture in the 21st Century," Future Issues Panel, Baylor University Regional Studies Program and Texas Institute for the Humanities, 1993.
34. “Texas--Natural Resources and the Environment” with Radhika Balasubrahmanya, in The Texas Economy: 21st Century Economic Challenges, ed. Yoshi Fukasawa, pp. 21-55. Midwestern State University Press, Wichita Falls, Texas, 1999.
35. “Issues of On-Site Aerobic Treatment Systems” with David Jumper, in Texas On-Site Wastewater Research Conference Proceedings, February 1995, pp. 120-143.
36. “Odor Control: Air Treatment Processes--A Literature Review, With Focus on Pork Production Issues,” for A Review of the Literature on the Nature and Control of Odors from Pork Production Facilities, research document #04184, National Pork Producers Council, Des Moines, Iowa, 1995.
37. “Reexamining Environmental Justice: A Statistical Analysis of Historical Hazardous Waste Landfill Siting Patterns in Metropolitan Texas” with Tracy Yandle, Social Science Quarterly, Vol. 77, No. 3, pp. 477-492, 1997.
38. “Aerobic and Anaerobic Sequencing for Waste Remediation” with Derk Maat, Proceedings of the Pacific Basin Conference on Hazardous Waste Management, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1998.
39. “Solid Waste Disposal and Landfill Assessment,” City of Quito, Ecuador, 1998.
40. “Economic and Social Values of Reservoirs,” a report to the Baylor University Working Group on Water Management, summer, 1999.
41. “Sustainability as a Spiritual Project for the 21st Century,” prepared for the Conference on Caring for Creation: Religion and the Environment, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, 1999.
42. “Green Science Facility Planning at Baylor University,” Third National University Green Building Conference, Ball State University, October, 1999.
43. “Design Guide for Drip Disposal of Highly Treated On-Site Effluent,” with Ron Suchecki, Jr., James Prohaska, and Bruce Lessikar for the 2001 American Society of Agricultural Engineers.
44. “Ethical Perspectives on the Genetic Manipulation of Foods,” with Daniel McGee, International Journal of Global Environmental Issues, in revision, Fall 2002

Carlos Davidson

Refereed

Davidson, C., H. B. Shaffer, and M. R. Jennings. Submitted. Spatial tests of alternative hypotheses for California amphibian declines. Conservation Biology.

Davidson, C., H. B. Shaffer, and M. R. Jennings. 2001. Declines of the California red-legged frog: climate, UV-B, habitat and pesticides hypotheses. Ecological Applications 11:464-479.

Davidson, C. 2000. Economic growth and the environment: Alternatives to the limits paradigm. BioScience 50:433-440.

Davidson, C. 1998. Issues in measuring landscape fragmentation. Wildlife Society Bulletin, 26:32-37.

Shaffer, H. B., R. N. Fisher, and C. Davidson. 1998. The role of natural history collections in documenting species declines. Trends and Reviews in Ecology and Evolution 13:27-30.

Book Chapters

Davidson, C. and G. M. Fellers. In press. Species account: Bufo canorus. In Status and Conservation of United States Amphibians. M. J. Lannoo editor. Book ms. in prep. Smithsonian Institution Press.

Vredenberg V., G. M. Fellers and C. Davidson. In press. Species account: Rana muscosa. In Status and Conservation of United States Amphibians. M. J. Lannoo editor. Book ms. in prep. Smithsonian Institution Press.

Audio Publications

Davidson, C. 1996. Audio field guide to the frog and toad calls of the Rocky Mountains and Southwest. CD/Cassette and booklet. Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY.

Davidson, C. 1995. Audio field guide to frog and toad calls of the Pacific Coast. CD/Cassette and booklet. Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY.

Selected agency reports

Davidson, C. 1995. An evaluation of six types of wildlife habitat models. Unpublished manuscript. U.S.D.A. Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station and Region 5, San Francisco Ca.

Welsh, H., C. Davidson, A. Lind, and P. Manley. 1995. A comparison of wildlife habitat modeling approaches using the tailed frog. A report to the California Interagency Wildlife Task Group and the California Department of Fish and Game. U.S.D.A. Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station and Region 5, San Francisco Ca.

Manley, P. and C. Davidson. 1993. Assessing risks and setting priorities for neotropical migrant birds in California. In Sharply Evans, Susan, ed. 1994. The Neotropical migrant bird reference book, Vol. II. U.S.D.A. Forest Service, San Francisco Ca. 1993.

Davidson, C. and P. Manley. 1992. An evaluation of a risk analysis for neotropical migrant birds in the western U.S. Submitted to the research committee of Partners in Flight - The Neotropical Migrant Bird Conservation Program.

Selected economics publications

Davidson, C. and M. Reich. 1988. Income Inequality: An Inter-Industry Analysis. Industrial Relations, 27:263-286.

Davidson, C. and E. Coyle. 1994. The cost of living in Contra Costa County, California. Report prepared for the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors.

Davidson, C. 1992. Minnie's Budget: An Update of the Industrial Welfare Commission's Budget for a Self Supporting Working Woman," A report for the California Labor Federation AFL-CIO.

Davidson, C. 1990. The Future Job Market for Lawyers in California: 1990-2000. Prepared for the University of California, Office of the President, Academic Affairs, along with similar studies for engineers and holders of MBA degrees.

Davidson, C. 1989. The Impact of Out-Of-Area Workers in Non-Residential Construction on Contra Costa County: A Case Study of the USS-POSCO Modernization. Prepared for the Out-Of-Area Worker Task Force of the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors.

Davidson, C. 1988. The Closure of Karkar Electronics San Francisco California: Preliminary Economic Impact Analysis. Labor Research Group, Inc.

Edward A. Martinez

Refereed Publications
Martinez, E.A., B. Moore, J. Schaumloffel, and N. Dasgupta. 2002. Morphological abnormalities in Chironomus tentans exposed to cadmium and copper spiked sediments. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. (In press).

Martinez, E.A., B. Moore, J. Schaumloffel, and N. Dasgupta. 2002. Teratogenic vs. mutagenic abnormalities in chironomid larvae exposed to Zn and Pb. Aquatic Toxicology. (In 2nd Review).

Martinez, E.A., B. Moore, J. Schaumloffel, and N. Dasgupta. 2001. The potential association between menta deformities and trace elements in Chironomidae (Diptera) taken from a heavy metal contaminated river. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 42 (3):286-291.

Martinez, E.A., B. Moore, and J. Schaumloffel, and N. Dasgupta. 2001. Induction of morphological deformities in Chironomus tentans exposed to zinc and lead spiked sediments. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 20(11):2475-2481.

Dasgupta, N., J.D. Spurrier, E. Martinez, and B. Moore. 2000. Comparison to control in logistic regression. Communications in Statistics: Simulation and Computation. 29(4):1039-1057.

Publications/Presentations
Martinez, E.A., B. Moore, and J. Schaumloffel. 2000. Potential impacts of mining waste on the chironomid larvae from the Coeur d’Alene River. In Chicana/o Latina/o Studies for the 21st Century: New Prespectives on Mentorship and Research. Ed. Marcos Pizarro. Pub. Washington State University, Pullman, WA.

Martinez, E.A., B. Moore, J. Schaumloffel, and N. Dasgupta. 2000. Induction of Morphological Deformities in Chironomus tentans Exposed to Zinc and Lead Spiked Sediments. Northwest Scientific Association 73rd Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings, Moscow Idaho.

Martinez, E.A. 1999. Evaluation of Mouthpart Deformities and Heavy Metals in Chironomids from the Heavy Metal Contaminated Coeur d’Alene River. American Society of Limnology and Oceanography Conference Proceedings, Santa Fe, NM p. 117

Martinez, E.A. 1998. Evaluation of Mouthpart Deformities and Heavy Metals in Chironomids from the Heavy Metal Contaminated Coeur d’Alene River. American Chemical Society Conference Proceedings, Boston, Mass.

Martinez, E.A. 1996. Fact or Fiction: Popular Beliefs about Global Warming. The Boeing Environmental Symposium. Pullman, WA.

Martinez, E.A. 1994. Evaluation of Approaches for Determining Background Levels of Metals in Soil. Conference Proceedings, Second Annual Historically Black Colleges and Universities/Private Sector Energy Research and Development Technology Transfer Symposium. Birmingham, Alabama, p. 52

Martinez, E.A. 1993. Dinosaur Extinction as a Global Climate Change Indicator. Conference Proceedings, National Congress for the Advancement of Minorities in the Environmental Profession. Washington, DC, p. 18

Lessard, R.; A. Archibeque; E.A. Martinez. 1992. Socioeconomic Benefits of a Global Warming Event. In: L. Rosen and R. Glasser (eds) Climate Change and Energy Policy. American Institute of Physics. New York, p. 500

Martinez, E.A. 1992. Detrimental Effects Of A Global Cooling Event. Poster presentation: Waste Management and Environmental Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Helen Elizabeth Roland

Roland, H. E. The Role of Science in Building and Destroying Policy Monopolies. The Political Science Association Annual Meetings, Hilton San Fransiso and Towers, August 31. 2002.

Roland, H. E. New Institutional Liberalism: The Role of Consensus Building Groups in Developing Environmental Policy. The Political Science Association Annual Meetings, The Palmer House, Chicago, Illinois, August 31, 1995.

Roland, H. E. The Politics and Economics of Efficiency Reform. The Political Science Association Annual Meetings, Washington Hilton, Washington DC September 3, 1989.

Regan, M., & Roland, H. Rearranging family and career priorities: Professional women and men of the ‘80s. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1985, 47 (November), 985-992.

Regan, M. & Roland, H. Changes in life-style choices and occupational values of university students over a decade. The Society for the Study of Social Problems Annual Meetings, San Francisco, September 4, 1982.

Regan, M. & Roland, H. University students’ changing expectations and aspirations over the decade. Sociology of Education, 1982, 55, (October), 223-228.

Dowling, N., & Roland, H. Institutional and faculty life cycle changes. Community College Review, 1982, 10 (Fall), 36-40.

Joseph E. Merz

Merz, J.E. In Press. Comparison of prickly sculpin and juvenile fall-run chinook salmon diets in the lower Mokelumne River, California. South Western Naturalist.
________ 2001. Association of fall-run chinook salmon redds and woody debris in the lower Mokelumne River, California. California Fish and Game 87(2).
________ 2001. Diet of juvenile fall-run chinook salmon in the lower Mokelumne River, California. California Fish and Game 87(3).

Merz, J. E. and C. D. Vanicek. 1996. Comparative feeding habits of juvenile chinook salmon, steelhead, and Sacramento squawfish in the lower American River, California. California Fish and Game 82(4):149-159.

Mary Brentwood

“Farmers Lose the War”, FORUM For Applied Research and Public Policy, (University of
Tennessee: Knoxville, TN: Summer 2001).

“Consensus Rule-Making: A New Paradigm for Regulatory Policy?” Paper Presented at the
Western Social Science Association 43rd Annual Conference, Reno, NV, (April, 2001).
(Panel Chair: Environmental Decision-Making)

“Salmon and People: Can They Be Neighbors?” in Robert Watson, ed., Environmental Policy:
Cases in Managerial Role-Playing, (Longman Publishers: forthcoming January 2003).

Mary Brentwood and Stephen Robar, eds., Managing Common Pool Groundwater Resources,
(Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, forthcoming summer 2002).

“Consensus Rule-Making in the Federal Bureaucracy,” journal article in progress.

Mary Brentwood and Michael Black, co-executive producers, Salmon Film Documentary, 4-part
film series on historical decline of salmon from the Atlantic to California, the Pacific
Northwest, Alaska and Canada: forthcoming on PBS or Discovery Channel and Canadian
Broadcasting, summer 2003.

Book Review: Ecologies of the Heart: emotion, belief, and the environment, E.N.
Anderson, (NY: Oxford University Press, 1996), in Electronic Green Journal, Issue 7,
(November 1997).

Dissertation Topic: "The Politics of the Disaffected: The Environmental Initiative and Public Policy." (August 1994).

" Arizona and Sonoran Relations: The Maquila Industry and the Environment," in Zachary A. Smith, ed., Politics and Public Policy in Arizona, (NY: Praeger, 1993), Chapter 17.

Instructors Manual: The Environmental Policy Paradox, in Zachary A.
Smith, The Environmental Policy Paradox (NY: Prentice-Hall, 1991).

"Transcultural Perceptions of Environmental Quality of Life: A Post-Materialist Critique."Paper
presented at Western Social Science Assoc. 34th Annual Conference, Denver, CO,
(March 1992).

"Environmental Policy: The Borderlands and Mexico." Paper presented at Western Social Science Assoc. 33rd Annual Conference, Reno, Nevada, (April 1991).

Michelle Louise Stevens

Publications

Stevens, M.L. 2001. Traditional Resource Management of White Root (Carex barbarae) by California Indians: Implications for Restoration. Proceedings of the Riparian Workshop.

Stevens, M.L. 2001. The Ethnobotany and Restoration of White Root (Carex barbarae) in California. Submitted to Journal of Ecological Restoration in January, 2002.

Stevens, M.L. 2001. Traditional Resource Management of White Root (Carex barbarae) by California Indians: Implications for Restoration. In Prep. Journal of Ethnobiology.

Stevens, M.L. and E. Rejmankova. 2001. The Effects of Nitrate Fertilization on White Root (Carex barbarae) Autecology and Nitrogen Use Efficiency. In Prep. Wetlands

Stevens, M.L. 1998. Book Review: Kashaya Pomo Plants by J. Goodrich, C. Lawson and V Parrish Lawson. Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology

Stevens, M.L. 1996. A Step Toward Integration of Indigenous Knowledge Systems into Restoration Efforts. Restoration and Management Notes. Summer 1996.

Books

Stevens, M.L. In Process. Fire in the Water. Ethnobotany of Wetland Plants in California. California Native Plant Society – Phyllis Faber editor

Stevens, M. L. and A. Ryan. 1997. Healing the Land, Healing the People: Ethnobotany of the Putah-Cache Creeks Bioregion. Public Service Research Program, U.C. Davis, July 1997.

Vanbianchi, R., M.L. Stevens, T. Sullivan and S. Hashisaki. 1994. A Citizen=s Guide to Wetland Restoration. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Region 10. 71 pp.

Stevens, M.L. and R. Vanbianchi. 1993. Restoring Wetlands in Washington. A Guidebook for Wetland Restoration, Planning and Implementation. Washington State Department of Ecology. Publication #93-17.

Bursik, R. and M.L. Stevens. 1990. Hydric Soils of Washington. Washington Department of Ecology.

Stevens, M.L. 1990. Wetlands of Idaho. Idaho Fish and Game.

Reports

Jones & Stokes. 2001. Napa river Flood Protection Project Mitigation and Monitoring Plan. Draft. January. (J&S 00-117.) Sacramento, CA. Prepared for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Sacramento, CA.

Stevens, M.L. 2000. Wind Valley Watershed Native Grassland Restoration Plan. July. (J&S 99-221.) Sacramento, CA. Prepared for Contra Costa Water District, Brentwood, CA.

Jones & Stokes. 2000. Guadalupe creek restoration project. Draft. April (J&S 99-350.) Sacramento, CA. Prepared for the Santa Clara Valley Water District, San Jose, CA.

Stevens, M.L. and Darris, D.C. June 16, 2000. Plant Guide for Common Camas: Ethnobotany, Culture, Management, and Use. Plant Materials Technical Note No. 25. U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service, Portland, Oregon

Stevens, M.L. and Darris, D.C. September 1999. Ethnobotany, Culture and Use of Great Camas (Camassia quamash ssp. quamash). Plant Materials Technical Note No. 23. U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service, Portland, Oregon

Stevens, M.L. 1998-1999. Produced 64 Culturally Significant Plant Guides. White root (Carex barbarae); slough sedge (Carex obnupta); sweetgrass (Hierochloe odorata); eastern purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea); black samson echinacea (Echinacea angustifolia); eastern red cedar (Juniperus virginiana); Rocky Mountain juniper (Juniperus scopulorum); prairie willow (Salix humulis); peachleaf willow (Salix amygdaloides); shining willow (Salix lucida); Louisiana sage (Artemisia ludoviciana); sage (Artimisa campestris); sage (Artimisia frigida); groundnut (Apios americana); sunflower(Helianthus annuus); wild plum (Prunus americana); Hazelnut (Corylus americana); basket grass (Shoenoplectus pungens); Indian hemp (Apocynum cannabinum); small camas (Camassia quamash ssp. brevifolia); camas (Camassia quamash ssp. quamash); clover (Trifolium wormskioldii); marsh silverweed (Potentilla anserina ssp. pacifica); riceroot (Fritillaria lanceolata); riceroot (Fritillaria camchatensis); Cascade bilberry (Vaccinium deliciosum); black huckleberry (Vaccinium membranaceum); evergreen huckleberry (Vaccinium ovatum); huckleberry (Vaccinium parvifolium); red huckleberry (Vaccinium scoparium); salmonberry (Rubus spectabilis); Fremont=s cottonwood (Populus fremontii); coyote willow (Salix exigua); blue elderberry (Sambucus mexicana); southern cattail (Typha domingensis); broad-leaved cattail (Typha latifolia); narrow-leaved cattail (Typha angustifilia); wapato (Sagittaria cuneata); broadleaf arrowhead (Sagittaria latifolia); hardstem bulrush (Schoenoplectus acutus); California bulrush (Schoenoplectus californicus); baltic rush (Juncus balticus); soft rush (Juncus effusus); salt rush (Juncus leseurii); basket rush (Juncus textilis); red osier dogwood (Cornus sericea ssp. sericea); Douglas iris (Iris douglasiana ); Fernald=s iris (Iris fernaldii); purple milkweed (Asclepias cordifolia); narrow-leaved milkweed (Asclepias fasicularis); butterfly milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa); white sage (Salvia apiana); common madia (Madia elegans); coast tarweed (Madia sativa); tarweed (Hemizonia ramoisissima. National Plant Data Center. United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service. Http://plants.usda.gov/

Stevens, M., C. McBee, E. Rejmankova. 1996. Cache Slough/Yolo Bypass 1995 Ecosystem Monitoring Study to Determine Mitigation Success. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District.

Stevens, M. and E. Rejmankova. 1995. Cache Slough/Yolo Bypass 1994 Ecosystem Monitoring Study to determine Mitigation Success. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District

Stevens, M. and E. Rejmankova. 1994. Cache Slough/Yolo Bypass. 1993. Ecosystem Monitoring Study to Determine Mitigation Success. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District

Stevens, M. and E. Rejmankova. 1993. Cache Slough/Yolo Bypass. 1992. Ecosystem Monitoring Study to Determine Mitigation Success. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District

Canning, D. and M.L. Stevens. 1989. Wetlands of Washington: A Resource Characterization. Environment 2010 Project. Washington Department of Ecology, Olympia, WA

Stevens, M.L. 1988. Restoration, Creation, and Management of Wetland and Riparian Ecosystems in the American West. Symposium of the Rocky Mountain Chapter of the Society of Wetland Scientists pp 175-176

To Inherit the Earth: The Landless Movement and the Struggle for a New Brazil
(Food First Books, 2003, $15.95)
Angus Wright, professor of environmental studies, with co-author Wendy Wolford

One key to saving the Amazon rainforest may lie in a 20-year-old drive to increase land ownership among Brazil's rural poor, says Angus Wright.

Although it has the 10th-largest economy in the world, Brazil has some of its poorest people, in part because of the way land is distributed. A few groups own huge areas of land, creating a society with enormous economic inequalities.

The rural poor have to do whatever they can to survive, Wright says. In the Amazon they are eating away at the forest land in areas not suitable for agriculture, encouraging the wasteful use of land.

Brazil's Landless Workers' Movement is a largely non-violent effort to narrow the gap between the richest and the poorest. Since the late 1970s the group has used Brazil's legal tradition of “use it or lose it” by occupying lightly used land en masse—up to a thousand in each occupation—until the government agrees to turn it over.

“They're trying to change what is happening to society as a whole,” Wright says. “Land is the first step.” Brazil is more than 70 percent urban so there is no way the land movement can in and of itself transform Brazil, Wright notes. But it does address the needs of the poorest of the poor who are mostly rural.

“It's a way to get land and preserve rural life,” Wright says. “And to the extent that it can reduce the pressure on the Amazon, the movement is enormously important environmentally.”