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Quit Your Horsin'Around! The Effects of Trampling on Vegetation in Montana

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• Dr. David Cole

• Earth Science
• Life Science
• People and Science

• Forest and Grassland Use (Educators)
• Growing and Using Trees and Other Plants (Students)
• Importance of Forest to People (Students)
• Protecting Trees and Other Plants (Students)
• The Value of Forests and Grasslands (Educators)
• Using Forests (Students)
• Vegetation Management (Educators)

• Rocky Mountain

"Thinking About the Environment Themes" covered in this article:

Specific 'Thinking About the Environment'Themes:
  »  Human impact on natural resources

Specific "Thinking About Science" Themes:

• The Scientific Process

Specific "Thinking About the Environment" Themes:

• Human impact on natural resources

• Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry (A)
• Nature of science (G)
• Populations and ecosystems (C)
• Populations, resources and environments (F)
• Regulation and behavior (C)
• Risks and benefits (F)
• Science as a human endeavor (G)
• Understandings about scientific inquiry (A)

• Habits of Mind: Communication Skils
• Habits of Mind: Critical-Response Skills
• Human Society: Social Trade-Offs
• The Nature of Science: Scientific Inquiry
• The Nature of Science: The Scientific Enterprise
• The Nature of Technology: Issues in Technology
• The Nature of Technology: Technology and Science
• The Physical Setting: Processes that Shape the Earth