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After the eruption of the Yellowstone supervolcano destroys his city and its surroundings, fifteen-year-old Alex must journey from Cedar Falls, Iowa, to Illinois to find his parents and sister, trying to survive in a transformed landscape and a new society in which all the old rules of living have vanished.

The need to permit discharges associated with pesticide applications evolved from national litigation. The courts decided that an exemption EPA had adopted in 2006 was invalid in that only Congress has the authority to exempt pesticides from Federal Clean Water Act (CWA) permitting. The court decision required discharges associated with pesticide applications to have CWA permit coverage beginning October 31, 2011.

An eye-opening and witty account of the global ecological transformations wrought by roads, from an award-winning author. Some 40 million miles of roadways encircle the earth, but we tend to regard them only as infrastructure for human convenience. In Crossings, Ben Goldfarb delves into the new science of road ecology to explore how roads have transformed our world. Millions of animals are killed by cars each day in the US alone, and roads fragment...

This document is in response to House Bill 1294 enacted by the General Assembly during the 2012 legislative session. By December 31, 2012, the Department of Public Health and Environment, the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing, and the Department of Human Services shall develop an implementation plan, in consultation with industry representatives, to resolve differing requirements and to eliminate obsolete, redundant rules and reporting,...

This report contains the results of an informational performance audit of the State's approach to school safety. The report presents summarized information about the cost and funding sources of the State's key programs related to school safety, the school districts served by the Programs, and audit observations. The Departments of Education, Law, Public Health and Environment, and Public Safety have provided letters outlining their views and perspectives...

Roy, who is new to his small Florida community, becomes involved in another boy's attempt to save a colony of burrowing owls from a proposed construction site.

A loving ode to the natural world follows Little Owl as he glides along on a quiet night looking for things that make him happy, like shimmering stars, winking fireflies and, most of all, spending time with his good friends.

A young girl is upset and doesn't know how to manage her anger but takes the time to cool off and regain her composure.

-- -- —fast-paced   “(A) nail-biting   “Breathless, cinematic action.   “Heart pounding   “Exclamation-worthy.   “James Dashner’s illuminating prequel (The Kill Order “Take a deep breath before you start any James Dashner book.” —Deseret News