Colorado Parks & Wildlife Research Library

"[A]n epic novel of love and heroism and hope, set against the backdrop of one of America's most defining eras--the Great Depression. Texas, 1934. Millions are out of work and a drought has broken the Great Plains. Farmers are fighting to keep their land and their livelihoods as the crops are failing, the water is drying up, and dust threatens to bury them all. One of the darkest periods of the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl era, has arrived with...

A dust and deposition module has been added to the CSU Regional Atmospheric Modeling System (RAMS). The new scheme utilizes a global map of potential sources and parameterizes emissions based on model wind speed and soil moisture. This study focuses on the testing of the new scheme, with emphasis on its ability to accurately model the spatial extent of dust as well as the column optical thickness and surface visibility.

Solid waste landfills release air pollutants that are regulated by the Air Pollution Control Division. As the waste in a landfill decomposes, it breaks down to form landfill gases (LFGs), such as Methane (CH4 ), Carbon Dioxide (CO2), and non-methane organic compounds (NMOC). Landfills also can produce smog causing volatile organic compounds (VOCs), and air toxics, pollutants known or suspected of causing cancer and other serious health effects. Particulate...

Surface mining operations in Colorado, including sand and gravel pits, borrow pits, and quarries, as well as concrete batching operations and hot mix asphalt plants, release air pollutants that are regulated by the Air Pollution Control Division (Division) at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. This document provides an overview of the air pollution reporting and permitting requirements that apply to these operations.

Ivan is an easygoing gorilla. Living at the Exit 8 Big Top Mall and Video Arcade, he has grown accustomed to humans watching him through the glass walls of his domain. He rarely misses his life in the jungle. In fact, he hardly ever thinks about it at all. Instead, Ivan thinks about TV shows he's seen and about his friends Stella, an elderly elephant, and Bob, a stray dog. But mostly Ivan thinks about art and how to capture the taste of a mango or...