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Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute Report of Current Research: 2012 (open access)

Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute Report of Current Research: 2012

Annual report of the Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute discussing the institute's personnel and finances as well as compiled papers summarizing in-progress and completed research, with biographical information about authors and in-press publications.
Date: December 2012
Creator: Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gulf Coast Waste Disposal Authority Annual Report: 2011 (open access)

Gulf Coast Waste Disposal Authority Annual Report: 2011

Annual report of the Gulf Coast Waste Disposal Authority describing goals, activities, and accomplishments during fiscal year 2011. This issue focuses on reports from six wastewater treatment facility, a receiving station, and a central laboratory.
Date: 2012
Creator: Gulf Coast Waste Disposal Authority
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Permanent School Fund Annual Report: 2012 (open access)

Texas Permanent School Fund Annual Report: 2012

Annual report of the Texas Permanent School Fund describing goals, activities, and accomplishments during fiscal year 2012.
Date: December 2012
Creator: Permanent School Fund (Texas)
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gulf Coast Waste Disposal Authority Annual Report: 2012 (open access)

Gulf Coast Waste Disposal Authority Annual Report: 2012

Annual report of the Gulf Coast Waste Disposal Authority, documenting activities of the agency and a summary of operations at east of the wastewater plants and other projects.
Date: 2012
Creator: Gulf Coast Waste Disposal Authority
System: The Portal to Texas History
Study of Early Assessment and Early Intervention Models Authorized by House Bill 3468, 82nd Texas Legislature, 2011 (open access)

Study of Early Assessment and Early Intervention Models Authorized by House Bill 3468, 82nd Texas Legislature, 2011

The report describes details a summary of research on early assessment and intervention programs. A profile of early assessment and intervention policies and practices in four states, obtained through a review of online documents and telephone interviews with key informants, including state department of education staff, institutions of higher education staff, and high school administrators; A sample of early assessment and intervention practices at Texas higher education institutions, obtained through telephone interviews; and The results of an online survey of Texas higher education institutions about the extent to which campuses are working with high schools to offer early assessments and interventions.
Date: November 30, 2012
Creator: Texas Education Agency
System: The Portal to Texas History
Biennial Report to the 83rd Legislature of Texas: State Office of Risk Management (open access)

Biennial Report to the 83rd Legislature of Texas: State Office of Risk Management

This is the the State Office of Risk Management Biennial Report, as the guidelines for oversight in developing and maintaining effective risk management programs; specialized assistance and training; comprehensive data collection, monitoring, and analysis; and the workers’ compensation program.
Date: December 28, 2012
Creator: Texas. State Office of Risk Management.
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Texas Rural Transportation Plan (open access)

The Texas Rural Transportation Plan

The Texas Rural Transportation Plan (TRTP) is the rural component of the Statewide Long Range Transportation Plan (SLRTP) 2035. As part of the SLRTP, the TRTP is a blueprint for the planning process in the rural areas that will guide the collaborative efforts between the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), local and regional decision-makers, and all transportation stakeholders to reach a consensus on needed transportation projects and services through 2035.The report describes current condition, needs and planned improvements, economic impact, stakeholders and public outreach and conclusion.
Date: June 28, 2012
Creator: Texas. Department of Transportation.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gapps Bayou Existing Conditions Watershed Study (open access)

Gapps Bayou Existing Conditions Watershed Study

Report on the Gapps Bayou Existing Conditions Watershed Study which assessed the flooding risks in Fort Bend County, Texas. The report lists several areas at higher risks of flood damage and recommends that the study continues to explore ways of reduce losses to flooding in the area.
Date: August 2012
Creator: R.G. Miller Engineers
System: The Portal to Texas History
The impact of dairy industry  in the southern Ogallala  region (open access)

The impact of dairy industry in the southern Ogallala region

This report describes the impact of the dairy industry in the southern Ogallala region.
Date: October 2012
Creator: Guerrero, Bridget; Amosson, Steve & Jordan, Ellen
System: The Portal to Texas History
Flood Protection Planing Study Hurricane Flood Protection System (open access)

Flood Protection Planing Study Hurricane Flood Protection System

Report about a survey regarding a project to reduce the risk of harm to residents, damage to property and infrastructure, and economic loss in Orange County due to floods and hurricanes.
Date: December 2012
Creator: Carroll & Blackman, Inc.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Status of Coral Reef Fish Assemblages and Benthic Condition Around Guam: A Report Based on Underwater Visual Surveys in Guam and the Mariana Archipelago, April-June 2011 (open access)

Status of Coral Reef Fish Assemblages and Benthic Condition Around Guam: A Report Based on Underwater Visual Surveys in Guam and the Mariana Archipelago, April-June 2011

The following report presents comprehensive data set on the coral reefs around Guam. The data is based on the reefs' fish and marine life and compare them to marine life and assemblages in areas around Guam open to fishing.
Date: August 2012
Creator: Williams, Ivor; Zamzow, Jill; Lino, Kevin; Ferguson, Marie & Donham, Emily
System: The UNT Digital Library
Report of the Sea Turtle Longline Fishery Post-release Mortality Workshop, November 15-16, 2011 (open access)

Report of the Sea Turtle Longline Fishery Post-release Mortality Workshop, November 15-16, 2011

This report produces the results of a workshop held by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). This workshop was meant to review information to determine if the current NMFS' criteria should be modified, objectives including the review of the current NMFS' criteria for sea turtle post-release mortality estimates; to identify, review, and assess relevant research conducted after the 2004 expert workshop; and to discuss the potential effects of hook design and size on injury and mortality.
Date: August 2012
Creator: Swimmer, Yonat & Gilman, Eric
System: The UNT Digital Library
Report of the National Marine Fisheries Service Automated Image Processing Workshop (open access)

Report of the National Marine Fisheries Service Automated Image Processing Workshop

From introduction: This report is a summary of presentations and discussions from a workshop on automated image processing conducted in Seattle, Washington, from 4-7 September, 2010. The objective of the workshop was to examine current and future applications of automated image processing for fisheries and marine ecology research.
Date: March 2012
Creator: Williams, Kresimir; Rooper, Chris & Harms, John
System: The UNT Digital Library
Institutional Analysis of Community-based Marine Resource Management Initiatives in Hawai'i and American Samoa (open access)

Institutional Analysis of Community-based Marine Resource Management Initiatives in Hawai'i and American Samoa

From executive summary: This document provides and analysis of two fisheries policies designed to develop community-based marine research management insitutions in the Western Pacific Region of the United States as delineated in the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act.
Date: November 2012
Creator: Richmond, Laurie & Levine, Arielle
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Workshop on Methods to Estimate Total and Natural Mortality Rates Using Mean Lenght Observations and Life History Parameters (open access)

A Workshop on Methods to Estimate Total and Natural Mortality Rates Using Mean Lenght Observations and Life History Parameters

The following report presents the results of a workshop on the topic of estimating total and natural mortality rates in data-limited stock assessment situations. The workshop was held by the Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC) and the Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC).
Date: June 2012
Creator: Brodziak, Jon; Gedamke, Todd; Porch, Clay; Walter, John; Courtney, Dean; O'Malley, Joseph et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Prediction of Mesophotic Coral Distributions in the Au'au Channel, Hawaii (open access)

Prediction of Mesophotic Coral Distributions in the Au'au Channel, Hawaii

From about this document: This report describes the development and assessment of four spatially explicit predictive models describing mesophotic coral presence in the Au'au Channel Region in the Main Hawaiian Islands.
Date: June 2012
Creator: Costa, Bryan M.; Kendall, Matthew S.; Rooney, John; Chow, Malia; Lecky, Joey; Parrish, Frank A. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Spillover Effects of Environmental Regulation for Sea Turtle Protection: The Case of the Hawaii Shallow-set Longline Fishery (open access)

Spillover Effects of Environmental Regulation for Sea Turtle Protection: The Case of the Hawaii Shallow-set Longline Fishery

From introduction: This report presents a study on the spillover effects, also termed "transfer effects", resulting from proposed regulatory changes for the Hawaii longline fishery specifically for swordfish...This study evaluates whether, and to what extent, spillover effects may occur when regulatory changes decrease the allowable fishing activities in the Hawaii shallow-set longline fishery for swordfish.
Date: January 2012
Creator: Chan, Hing Ling & Pan, Minling
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Socioculture Importance of Spearfishing in Hawai'i (open access)

The Socioculture Importance of Spearfishing in Hawai'i

The following document examines the importance of spearfishing as a traditional fishing method in Hawaii. The purposes of the research behind this report were to develop a better understanding of the spearfish fishery and community; identify key players and organizations associated with the fishery; provide information to assist the State of Hawaii and the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council in making decisions based on increased understanding of the ways people are socioeconomically affected by fishery policies; document the perspectives/concerns of local spearfishermen and resources users; and contribute to the development and refinement of the fishing community profiles for Hawaii in response to The Magnuson-Stevens Act, National Standard 8.
Date: March 2012
Creator: Stoffle, Brent W. & Allen, Stewart D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands as a Fishing Community (open access)

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands as a Fishing Community

From introduction and purpose: This report describes the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) as a fishing community. We have tried to strike a balance between the report being concise enough to be useful while covering the full range of topics and issues necessary to describe CNMI as a fishing community...This report will be updated periodically as social, economic, and environmental conditions change and fishermen and fisheries management adapt to those changes.
Date: November 2012
Creator: Allen, Stewart D. & Amesbury, Judith R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
City-wide Flood Protection Planning Study for the City of Texarkana, Texas - Final Report (open access)

City-wide Flood Protection Planning Study for the City of Texarkana, Texas - Final Report

Final report on the city-wide Flood Protection Planning study for the city of Texarkana, Texas.
Date: January 2012
Creator: Halff Associates
System: The Portal to Texas History
National Register of Historic Places Eligibility Testing of Site 41SM404 Within TXDOT's Tyler Distrct, Smith County, Texas (open access)

National Register of Historic Places Eligibility Testing of Site 41SM404 Within TXDOT's Tyler Distrct, Smith County, Texas

Report of the findings of an archaeological survey of a site in Smith County, Texas to determine whether it was eligible for the National Register of Historic Places.
Date: July 2012
Creator: Atkins North America, Inc.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultural Resources Survey for the Proposed Oncor Electric Delivery Company Central Bluff to Bluff Creek 345-kV Transmission Line, Taylor and Nolan Counties, Texas (open access)

Cultural Resources Survey for the Proposed Oncor Electric Delivery Company Central Bluff to Bluff Creek 345-kV Transmission Line, Taylor and Nolan Counties, Texas

Report on the findings of an archaeological survey along the proposed route of the Oncor Electric Deliver Company's new transmission line in Taylor and Nolan Counties, Texas.
Date: January 2012
Creator: Atkins North America, Inc.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Field Evaluation of Automated Rutting Equipment (open access)

Field Evaluation of Automated Rutting Equipment

Report on the accuracy and repeatability of the newly developed automated rutting measurement system.
Date: July 2012
Creator: Serigos, Pedro A.; Prozzi, Jorge A.; Nam, Boo H. & Murphy, Mike R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cottonwood Creek and Fish Creek Watersheds Flood Protection Plan (open access)

Cottonwood Creek and Fish Creek Watersheds Flood Protection Plan

Report on a flood protection plan for the Cottonwood Creek and Fish Creek Watersheds in the City of Arlington, Texas.
Date: May 31, 2012
Creator: Espey Consultants, Inc.
System: The Portal to Texas History