The author shares anecdotes from his fourteen years as a park ranger on forty-eight miles of Sierra Nevada river canyons.

The Rio Grande National Forest contains a rich resource of fen wetlands. This report and associated dataset provides the RGNF with a critical tool for conservation planning at both a local and Forest-wide scale. These data will be useful for the ongoing RGNF biological assessment required by the 2012 Forest Planning Rule, but can also be used for individual management actions, such as planning for timber sales, grazing allotments, and trail maintenance....

A photo-filled study of the elegant, elusive American mountain goat in its rugged natural habitat. Confined to the remote, rugged mountains of the western United States and Canada, the American mountain goat is one of the least familiar species of hoofed mammals in North America. These extraordinary mountaineers are seldom seen, and their lives and fortunes may be the least understood among the continent's large mammals. Life on the Rocks offers...

This memorandum provides an overview of state law and recent legislation concerning court proceedings filed against truant children. Data on the number of truancy filings in district courts from FY 2007-08 through FY 2011-12 is included. The memorandum also provides information concerning the percentage of truancy cases in which children were represented by an attorney, the percentage of truancy cases in which a guardian ad litem was assigned to a...

This memorandum provides an overview of federal law concerning inmates' rights and corresponding DOC administrative regulations pertaining to those rights. The memorandum summarizes the basic services provided to inmates by the DOC, the cost of providing those services and whether offenders are charged for access to such services.

This memorandum provides an overview of recent audit recommendations for selected executive departments. Staff reviewed audit reports from 2007 to the present for departments over which the Judiciary committees have oversight responsibilities. Those departments include the: Department of Corrections; Department of Law; Department of Public Safety; Judicial Department; and Governor's Office of Homeland Security. The memorandum provides a brief summary...

Greatly revised and expanded, this fourth edition of Deer Hunting is an indispensable reference for the serious deer hunter. Drawing on up-to-the-minute research and a lifetime of hunting experience, author Richard P. Smith covers the basics and beyond for hunting whitetails and mule deer.

This report summarizes the results of the past fourteen years of population monitoring of noxious weeds at the U.S. Air Force Academy and Farish Recreation Area ("Farish"). Base wide monitoring has been conducted at the Academy at five year intervals: 2002, 2007, 2012 and 2018. (2002, 2007, 2012 and 2017 at Farish). In between years, arial mapping at known sites was conducted at the Academy for species with low cover and permanent plots were used...