Making up a mere .2% of the world’s freshwater supply, streams hold an important role in our ecosystems. All 3.5 million miles of rivers and streams that stretch across the U.S. vary in temperature, turbidity, biodiversity and overall quality of the water. These variables not only affect the specific body...

Given the range and impacts of American values, multiple theories apply regarding why these concepts are not consistently, or even often, evident in American behavior. Symbolic interactionism, for example, may explain how varying interpretations of justice create circumstances in which the concept itself is altered; even as all people within...

When disasters occur, they claim many lives and property. In this view, it is important for governments to plan for recovery operations. The department of emergency management is concerned with helping the communities that have been affected to return to a sound economy, habitable dwellings, as well as restored employment...

IntroductionInclement weather is a rough, harsh, or severe weather. In other areas, the weather is very stormy. People who are in such areas are sometimes severely affected by the weather, hence requiring help. A wilderness is also referred to as wild land. This is a natural environment that has not...

Snake River is the longest river in North American, and among the 10th longest rivers in the U.S.A (Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, 1989). It flows out of Wyoming and Yellowstone National Park. The river bends across the entire southern part of the State of Idaho. Human impact on...