Although North American settler governments face scrutiny over the ecological, social, and ethical shortcomings of environmental policy, many Indigenous Nations are pursuing a resurgence self-governance according to ancestral principles practices. On west coast Vancouver Island, reintroduction prioritized conservation sea otters by Canada's Department Fisheries Oceans (DFO) actively impedes har...

Algebraic varieties that are locally isomorphic to open subsets of affine space will be called plain. Plain varieties are smooth and rational. The converse is true for curves and surfaces, and is unknown in general. It is shown that plain varieties are stable under blowup in smooth centers.

tertiary intrusive granitoids within the lut block in the khorasan razavi and south khorasan provinces are mainly sub-volcanic with porphyry texture and their composition varies from granite to diorite but monzonite is dominant. with the exception of hired, these are classified as belonging to the magnetite-series of i-type granitoids. chemically, these rocks are meta-aluminous. those with mine...

I define the plain Anabaptists by answering two essential questions: “Who are the plain Anabaptists” and “What are the plain Anabaptists?” In asking “Who are the plain Anabaptists?” I investigate several dimensions of identity. First, I trace the history of seven religious traditions within Anabaptism: the Swiss Brethren/Mennonites, the Low German/Russian Mennonites, the Hutterites, the Amish, ...

Human-carnivore conflicts present an array of conservation challenges, especially in complex and cross-cultural settings. Described here is a facilitated, multi-method, collaborative process the Nuu-chah-nulth First Nations' Traditional Territory, British Columbia, Canada, aimed at building project to address human-wolf following species' natural re-colonization national park reserve. Participa...