Lars W. Boe, Educator and Legislator

Daniel W. Mead, pioneer educator, ethicist, and consultant.

Introduction An early textbook in hydrology (Mead 1919) contains a remarkable chapter on ground water as well as two chapters on geology. The author, Daniel W. Mead, a professor of hydraulic and sanitary engineering at the University of Wisconsin (now the University of WisconsinMadison), based the text on lecture notes (published earlier, Mead [1904]) for his course in general hydrology. In fac...

Lars Chittka

set up to see who can catch the most. The Environment Education Foundation hosted its third ‘lionfish derby’ last month off Florida, outside the reserve, with more than $3,000 in prize money for the team catching the most fish — 109 were killed. In the waters around the Bahamas, which don’t have the same protection as Florida Keys, more than 2,000 lionfish have been killed over the past two yea...

Legislator Behavior and Executive-legislative Relations in Latin America

Assessment of public health educator practice: health educator responsibilities.

This study presents a method for better understanding how practicing health educators in local health departments spend their time. The purpose of this study was to document the daily practice of health educators in the 10 areas of responsibility as defined by a competency-based framework for graduate-level health educators. The results of the current study present the average percentage of tim...

HOW to write to your legislator.

• The first paragraph of your message should clearly state the issue or concern about which you are writing. • The second and third paragraphs should provide some specific examples of how the issue affects you or other people in their districts. As you explain why this issue is important to you, be sure to use simple words and avoid abbreviations and acronyms that may make it difficult for the ...