James F. Casey's Blog

Tuesday - I will answer any questions you have in preparation for the midterm.  Then we will begin our conversation on Environmental Justice. Let's start with this interview -  http://e360.yale.edu/features/a-troubling-look-at-the-human-toll-of-mountaintop-removal-mining Thursday - We will discuss this Janet Currie paper -  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4847437/pdf/nihms764460.pdf I will send out the midterm as a take-home exam after class on Tuesday and it will be due at the beginning of class on Thursday.

Tuesday we will discuss material from chapters 11 and 15.  The only model we will use is the fisheries biology one.  Do not worry about all the other graphs. For Thursday, please read these papers to inform our discussion: http://e360.yale.edu/features/can-the-world-find-solutions-to-the-nitrogen-pollution-crisis https://www.nature.com/articles/nature21708.pdf https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Susana_Perera-Valderrama/publication/320190902_Marine_protected_areas_in_Cuba/links/59d54e2da6fdcc87469564ce/Marine-protected-areas-in-Cuba.pdf For your blog post - pick something from one or more of these articles that you would like to discuss in class.

Tuesday we will talk about chapter 4. Please read this paper for Thursday: https://ac.els-cdn.com/S0964569116302150/1-s2.0-S0964569116302150-main.pdf?_tid=112d842c-082e-11e8-aadd-00000aab0f6c&acdnat=1517585638_360ec915717ed14d266008c97ef24d32