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Grass crops in conservation farming.

Description: Describes the success of grassland improvement methods as demonstrated by experiment stations, agricultural technicians, farmers, and ranchers.
Date: May 1955
Creator: Dale, Tom, 1899- & Brown, Grover F., 1905-
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Law of the People's Republic of China on Water and Soil Conservation

Description: This Law was established for the purpose of the prevention and control of soil erosion; the protection and rational utilization of water and soil resources; the mitigation of flooding, drought, and sandstorm; the improvement of ecological environment and the development of production.
Date: June 29, 1991
Creator: National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China
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The Role of Knowledge and Attitude in Residential Irrigation Efficiency

Description: Residential irrigation efficiency is a long-term concern for any community that faces water supply stress. When ability to raise water prices is constrained, public education and conservation programs can produce reduced water usage. Understanding the factors behind residential irrigation efficiency allows the design of more effective conservation campaigns. Combining site-specific water budgets with usage data for four hundred homes in North Texas enables quantifying efficient irrigation behav… more
Date: August 2012
Creator: Nickerson, Joel
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Environmental Imagination River as Bridge

Description: This presentation is part of the faculty lecture series UNT Speaks Out on Water Conservation. In this presentation, the author discusses sustainable resource management and water conservation, including discussions on the Trinity River and water conservation in North Texas.
Date: April 22, 2013
Creator: Klaver, Irene
Partner: UNT College of Arts and Sciences

Underwater with a Hand Lens in the Rivers of Cape Horn, Chile; Ecology, Biocultural Conservation and Education at the Top of the World (55°S) or Zen and communicating aquatic ecology at the Top of the World (55°S)

Description: This presentation is part of the faculty lecture series UNT Speaks Out on Water Conservation. In this presentation, the author discusses the rivers of Cape Horn, Chile and biocultural conservation and education.
Date: April 22, 2013
Creator: Kennedy, James H.
Partner: UNT College of Arts and Sciences
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[News Clip: Water Conserve]

Description: Video footage from the NBC 5/KXAS station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about water conservation in North Central Texas.
Date: June 20, 1981, 6:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 36 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Assessment of Two Sulfur Lamp Retrofit Lighting Systems at the USPS Processing and Distribution Center, Portland, Oregon

Description: This report provides the results of a field evaluation that PNNL conducted for FEMP and the U.S. Postal Service, The report examines the performance of a sulfur lamp technology using two different light distribution systems.
Date: June 1, 1999
Creator: Richman, E.E. & Bruun, M.L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Implementing Municipal Water Conservation Policy: Goals, Practices and the Case of Texas

Description: This study examines whether water conservation is actually being incorporated into municipal water management practices. The development of a conservation policy from a general goal declaration to specific programmatic practices is reviewed for a Texas state water agency, the Texas Water Development Board. From January 1986 through September 1989, 102 political units in Texas applied to the Board for water-related loan funds and thus were required to implement municipal water conservation plans… more
Date: May 1992
Creator: Sokulsky, Kariann Elizabeth
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TCEQ_Groundwater Conservation Districts

Description: A paper that serves as a management and planning tool to support the statewide groundwater programs conducted by Texas state agencies.
Date: December 4, 2015
Creator: United States. Texas Commission on Environmental Policy.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Clean Water Rule Comment Compendium

Description: A report by the Environmental Protection Agency in which the organization answers questions pertaining to the Clean Water Rule with a specific focus on implementation issues.
Date: unknown
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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2012 Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan

Description: This is the 2012 strategic sustainability performance plan in order to reduce the reliance on nonrenewable energy, promote water conservation, waste management strategies, and other issues as well.
Date: 2012
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Clean Water Rule Comment Compendium

Description: A report by the Environmental Protection Agency in which the organization answers questions pertaining to the Clean Water Rule with a specific focus on adjacent waters.
Date: unknown
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 2015 Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan

Description: A report updating the progress made by The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in the implementation of established health-related climate sustainability goals and strategies. Each objective and strategy is thoroughly discussed and the report also includes appendices that highlight successful examples of sustainability by individual HHS employees..
Date: August 4, 2015
Creator: Kozak, Ted
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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