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Effective Environmental Policy Requires Inclusion
Identifying and including stakeholders gives marginalized voices power over NEPA policy decisions. Originally published on Envirobites.org
Ashley Riane Booth
Mar 30, 20205 min read
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What's scarier than zombies, ghosts, and witches? A modern mass extinction
Originally published on Envirobites.org. Now, the things that scare me are all too real – things like climate change and mass extinction.
Ashley Riane Booth
Mar 30, 20204 min read
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Native milkweed supports healthy monarch communities
Monarch butterflies do well on the exotic milkweed species that’s being widely sold, but it may be detrimental to their longterm health.
Ashley Riane Booth
Oct 2, 20193 min read
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Trees, Tempests, and Time: What trees can tell us about weather in the past
By increasing our knowledge of the past, we can increase our confidence in future predictions. This is where tree rings come in....
Ashley Riane Booth
Oct 2, 20193 min read
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Preserving Culturally-Important Xochimilco Wetlands Requires Policy and Personal Change
Created by the Aztecs in 500 CE for agriculture, Xochimilco is an area of culturally important wetlands in southern Mexico City.
Ashley Riane Booth
May 10, 20194 min read
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Sea Level Rise and Coastal Wetlands: Predicting the Future
This post was originally published on Envirobites. What is happening to coastal wetlands around the world? Imagine being told that the...
Ashley Riane Booth
Dec 11, 20184 min read
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My Research in 280 Characters
In October, I had the opportunity to participate in the Society of Wetland Scientists' first Twitter Symposium, #SWSTwitterSymp2018. It...
Ashley Riane Booth
Nov 6, 20182 min read
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McGraw Sponsors Workshop to Save Coastal Wetlands
For me, the Workshop for Coastal Wetland Wildlife Managers started not with presentations or a field trip into the marsh, but a...
Ashley Riane Booth
Oct 22, 20184 min read
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For the Jurassic World, Pollen Shows What Plants Grew When Dinosaurs Roamed
For many of us, the pollen that comes with springtime is a nightmare. Sneezing, coughing, runny noses, and an inability to focus are the...
Ashley Riane Booth
Oct 22, 20184 min read
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Not All Wetlands Are Created Equal
“Are you sure the GPS is right? You set it for the right point?” I asked as we floated towards our destination. Not because I didn’t...
Ashley Riane Booth
Apr 3, 20185 min read
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Impact of molt-disrupting BDE-47 on epidermal ecdysteroid signaling in the blue crab
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) are environmentally pervasive flame retardants that have been linked with endocrine disruption in...
Ashley Riane Booth
Jan 18, 20182 min read
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Predicting Elk Migrations to Lessen the Spread of Brucellosis
Wind sweeps down off the mountaintops and ears twitch, legs tremble, tails shake. The air is cold and with the wind comes the smell of...
Ashley Riane Booth
Jan 17, 20184 min read
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Neonicotinoid Pesticide Affects Foraging and Social Interaction in Bumblebees
In a plastic, lasercut box blacked out with paint and lit with red light, worker bumblebees (Bombus impatiens) go about their daily...
Ashley Riane Booth
Jan 17, 20183 min read
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When a Bad Thing Becomes Good: Was Inflammation Modified to Become Implantation in Placental Mammals
In the darkness of its hidden burrow, a female rabbit shudders and shakes through the birth of her six new kits. They are tiny and...
Ashley Riane Booth
Jan 17, 20183 min read
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