ABOUT US! THE GROUP MEMBERS!

Anne Schneider: 

1.     Identify the spatial scale (global, regional, local) of this ecosystem (or pick one to focus on if it spans more than one scale).

2.     A map of the study area (cite the source)

3.     An image of your ecosystems (if possible, historic and present) (cite the source)

4.     A paragraph describing the historical state of the ecosystem.

5.     What did the ecosystem historically look like?

Mary Isaac: 

6.     How have people impacted the ecosystem? (Good, Bad, Ugly?)

7.     A paragraph or two describing the current human impacts on the ecosystem.

8.     Table with data that support your assessment of the current impacts (cite the source). These data will likely be part of the basis for how you arrived at this assessment.

9.     What benefits do people get from the ecosystems?

10.  What can be done to maintain balance between people and the ecosystem?

11.  A paragraph on what you think can be done to improve (or maintain positive) human impacts on the ecosystem.

Sandy Jimenez: 

12.  A paragraph describing the likely future prospects for this ecosystem, as you understand them from your research on the current human impacts. 

13.  Are there any protected areas for that ecosystem? 

14.  What is the status of that protected area? 

15.  What is likely to happen in the future to that ecosystem? 

Blog editing by: Anne Schneider 

Presentation by: Mary Isaac, Sandy Jimenez, & Anne Schneider