By Hope Elena Sardella, 2019 The vast plains have evolved due in large because of fire, but most importantly the ecology of the plains cannot survive without the natural occurrence of fires and the practice of prescribed burnings. When invasive species “take over”, or takes succession over a particular ecosystem the invasive plant overpopulates the […]
By Hope Elena Sardella, April 2, 2019 In this weeks discussion, I explore the world of bees and other pollinating insects and their connection with a variation in attraction to certain species of plants than others. It’s essential to understand that Honeybees (Latin: Apis Melifera), travel to a vast array of plant species annually, thus […]
In this weeks discussion I reviewed the video “Mist Netting Kentucky’s Songbirds”, which gives the audience a first-hand experience through an educational documentary into the process of humanly catching and releasing birds in order to place a “band” on the bird’s leg as an identifier for researching tracking birds species, as well as migration patterns. […]
By Hope Elena Sardella , March, 18, 2019 The response to the increasing global temperatures across many diverse regions in the United States is currently seeing symptoms of global warming. An illuminating passage from Smith & Smith (2015), explains that the average size a species may have the tendency to increase in proportions if the […]
Ecosystems and Community Structure By Hope-Elena Sardella, March 25, 2019 If you are wondering what in the world a mangrove is, you may have seen the exotic tropical & subtropical species of trees existing on the coasts of the ocean, or even lakes and swamps. This historically misunderstood species of halophytes is more often […]
My personal journey through passing the GED, to teaching others to gather the strength to do so as well.
By Hope-Sardella, 5/13/2020 A few weeks ago, I noticed the ads on my Instagram feed for Nicole Richie’s new show on Quibi streaming app Nikki Fresh. I was curious and downloaded the app to see what her new rap music was all about, and to my surprise, when I listened to her music, I loved […]
By Hope-Elena Sardella, 2019 One of the initial starting points of the three thresholds pertains to more lesser environmentally impactful construction, or activity of some regard requires the implementation of Categorical Exclusion (CE). Further evidence to support this comes from the official website of the National Environmental Policy Act (n.d) which defines a CE as […]
By Hope-Elena Sardella, May, 2019 The National Agriculture Land study was enacted in 1980-81 in response to mitigate socioeconomic effects of federal government activity that promotes the conversion of dual farmland to industrious cities and suburbs (Farmland Protection Policy Act, n.d). The USDA reports Following these events led to the Agriculture and Food Act that […]
By Hope-Elena Sardella, May, 2019 The National Environmental Policy Act, or most commonly referred to as NEPA, has given the United States citizens a very important piece of leverage. This leverage was skillfully written into the framing of NEPA as the following: “ ( c ) The Congress recognizes that each person should enjoy a […]
