Jessica+B.

toc = About me =  I love to hang out with my friends. I'm obsessed with movies (mostly 80's movies). I play the game runescape a lot. I also love to read books. My favorite are the Maximum Ride series. I like anime shows, my favorite is called Death Note. My favorite bands are Metallica, Blink-182, Hawthorne Heights and A Day to Remember. And i love to meet new people :) so look me up sometime.

= Uses of the Allegheny Forest =
 * Coal, charcoal, wood alcohol, and wood pulp are four resources found here.
 * Tornadoes, ice storms, and burned areas of the forest are environmental issues.
 * The low deer population is a economic issue.
 * ANF is a group that would care about the environmental and economic issues.
 * Campgrounds, biking, backpacking, hunting, and horseback riding are some things to do.

Recreation Activities
**__Total population__-** day hiking, visiting a wilderness or primitive area or visiting a farm or agricultural setting
 * __Hispanic males__-** walking for pleasure, picnicing and family gathering
 * __H____ispanic females__-** view/photograph natural scenery, visiting nature centers and sightseeing
 * __White males__-** Snow/ice activities (any type), downhill skiing and snowmobiling
 * __White females__-** swimming in an outdoor pool, swimming in lakes, visiting a beach
 * __Black males__-** snow/ice activities (any type), downhill skiing, and snowboarding
 * __Black females__-** Sightseeing, visiting nature centers and view/photograph natural scenery
 * __Native American males__-** primitive camping, visiting a wilderness or primitive area, and day hiking
 * __Native American females__-** family gathering, picnicking, and walking for pleasure
 * __Asian and Pacific Islander males__-** swimming in an outdoor pool, visiting a beach and boating
 * __Asian and Pacific Islander females__-** snowboarding, downhill skiing and snow/ice activities (any type)

= Water Shortages = A few ways to help with water shortages are: http://www.scientificamerican.com/slideshow.cfm?id=facing-the-freshwater-crisis
 * Fixing leaks in irrigation water-delivery systems
 * Raising the price on water, making people want to conserve it more
 * creating water infrastructures
 * using low-water-use toilets
 * making salt water into freshwater

= Types of Pollution =

Activity A
1 . What places did you look at and what were the pollution problems there?
 * The woods in my backyard.

2. Discuss in your group the various places you chose. What common pollutants/industries/problems exist among the area? You may need to discuss them as rural vs. city issues. 3. Are these pollutants or problems point source or non-point source pollution problems?
 * Andrea Farms Inc. (Ohio)- Dairy farm, pollution from milking machines
 * Houtzdale Regional WPCF (Pennsylvania)- pollution with people's thrown trash and car exhaust
 * D.C. Wasa (Blue Plains) (DIstrict of Columbia)- pollution with the sewage system
 * Sand Hills Golf Club (Nebraska)- Pollution of the soil
 * Pcs Phosphate White Springs Suwannee River Chem Complex (Florida)- harmful chemicals dumped in the river or chemical leaks into the ground.
 * There are more pollution problems in city areas.
 * Most of them are point source but the pollution can travel thus, causing more pollution in other places.

Activity B
1. Why is this a problem? How did it happen? • Its a problem because it is harmful to the wild life. It's caused by people not taking care of their trash properly.

2. How is human health, aquatic organisms, and other organisms affected? Give an example of organisms affected and the problems it is causing. • It hurts them because the gases are harmful to their lungs as well as ours. The birds are dying from eating the trash.

3. What steps do you think need to happen in order to stop this from becoming a larger problem? • Burn trash and have police on patrol for litterbug violators.

4. Our households are a major problem of pollution. What should people do to reduce water pollution that affects all of our water? •We could conserve water, properly throw away hazardous cleaning chemicals, and use natural fertilizers on our lawns.

= Climate Change =

I learned that if the global temperature goes up it will cause sea levels to rise and will change the amount and pattern of precipitation. The glaciers will keep melting. Other things that will happen are the intensity of extreme weather events, species extinctions, and changes in agricultural yields. There is still debate about climate change, and if or what actions to take. The options at hand are mitigation, adaptation, geoengineering. A lot of national governments have signed the Kyoto Protocol, which will try to reduce greenhouse gas em issions.

Because of what i learned i believe that global warming is real. If it was not then the government would not spend there time and money on something made-up or imaginary. []

=Individual Project=

2009 Mercedes-Benz E-Class-22mpg It is like this because it needs more gas to make it run since it’s a bigger car. Also it has a V8 engine which requires more energy. Thus, causing the fuel economy to go bad because more people will need to buy gas.

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BMW 3x-18mpg This one has a lower mpg because it is a smaller car and requires less energy to work. Thus, stabalizing the fuel economy more because less people will need to buy gas.

http://www.truedelta.com/fuel_economy.php?stage=powertrains&brand=BMW&modelCode=28&email=Guest

= Oil is more than energy =

· In 2008 the United States imported oil from 10 countries currently on the State Department’s Travel Warning List. · Venezuela is one of the top five oil exporters to the United States, and we imported 435 million barrels of oil from them in 2008. · Our demand drives up oil prices on the global market, which oftentimes benefits oil-producing nations that don’t sell to us · The State Department cites oil-related violence in particular as a danger in Nigeria, where more than 54 national oil workers or businesspeople have been kidnapped at oil-related facilities and other infrastructure since January 2008. · Attacks by insurgents on the U.S. military and civilians continue to be a danger in Iraq

I think that we should do more to stop these attacks and become more friendly with these countries so that we can get more oil.

=Comic Life on Tires=



=Essay Topics=
 * 1) Turning off the lights in classrooms when not in use.
 * 2) Taking out the pop machines
 * 3) Make sure your not running the heater or air conditioner if the windows are open
 * have some kind of monitor on the heater.
 * Put a heat resistant seal on the windows
 * not using the heater/air conditioner during long vacations

=**Essay**= How could we save energy? It proves to be difficult without putting some money in the cause. Which is the best way to go about this? Well we could make sure the windows are tightly sealed of course. Usually the windows are open a lot and are not tightly sealed. So, I propose that we put a monitor system on the heating and cooling units. That way we will know when it is on or off and we won’t have warm or cold air going out the windows. This could save alot of energy and money. We currently do have a monitoring system. Though at the moment it is not always reliable. All we have to do is update the version we already have. Also alot of private residences also seal their windows and have a heating monitoring system. In conclusion, the best way to save energy and money is to keep your eye on the windows. Seal them more tightly and update the monitoring system. In the end it would save money. Plus it would help save our environment.

=**Regional Questions**= · Appalachia
 * Define commodity:** A raw agricultural product that can be sold
 * Regional questions:**
 * 1) What is the name of your region?

· Cattle, cotton, dairy products and soybeans
 * 1) What are the top commodities of the state you are researching?

· The Blue Ridge, the Appalachian Ridge and Valley, the Cumperland Plateau, the Highland Rim, the Nashville Basin and the Gulf Coastal Plain
 * 1) What landforms are part of the state?

· The population is 6,214,888 · The largest city is Memphis · The climate is humid continental climate
 * 1) Describe the climate, population, largest cities, and any other factors that affect those that live or visit there.

· Cattle, cotton, dairy products, soybeans and Broilers. No
 * 1) What are the top 5 commodities in your region? Are any of these the top 5 commodities nationally? If so, which ones?

· Greenhouse/nursery · It is unique because they are not food items but are still considered agricultural
 * 1) What unique commodities are found in your region? Why are they unique?

=**Land Stand Survey**= I think that landowners should be able to sell their land if they want to. It will help them feel more “in control” of what happens. This way they could buy a house closer to the city or farther away. It could help increase the area for farming purposes.

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