Ending Exploitation: Natural Resource Extraction and 1970s Legislature – Tom Towe & Harrison Fagg “In the Crucible of Change”

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The Problem of the Tensleep Sandstone

Sandstone is probably one of the most important groups of rocks in existence today. The economic importance of so insignifi­cant a thing as a mass of sand grains grows with the true reality of the situation. By increasing our knowledge of grains of sand, or particles of sandstone in all their ram­ifications, it would undoubtedly reflect upon our everyday life by increasing commercial possibilities of an undevel­oped natural resource of Montana.

Social and economic dimensions of the bushmeat trade in Southeast Nigeria

This presentation provides an overview of Dr. Vath's dissertation research which investigated the relationship between conservation behaviors and natural resource management. Specifically, how different stakeholders (hunters, men, women, and children) perceive natural resource conservation and how their behavior aligns with their conservation ethic.