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INDEX I-15<br />

Watts, 291, 292t<br />

Weather, 431–433<br />

Weathering, 524<br />

West Nile virus, 60<br />

West Virginia<br />

Appalachian Mountains, 317, 319f<br />

sulfur dioxide and, 478<br />

Wet cooling towers, 198–199, 198f<br />

Wetlands, 387–390<br />

constructed, 419, 419f<br />

natural service functions of, 388–389<br />

restoration of, 170–171, 170f, 176,<br />

389–390<br />

types of, 387, 388f<br />

w<strong>as</strong>tewater and, 418–419<br />

Whales<br />

conservation of, 277–279, 278f<br />

number estimates of, 278t<br />

oil from, 132–133<br />

Whaling, 132–133, 133f<br />

Wheat, 218f<br />

Whooping crane, 263, 264f<br />

Wild leopard frogs, 196–197, 197f<br />

Wilderness are<strong>as</strong><br />

conflicts in managing, 253–254<br />

conservation of, 252–253<br />

goals of, 249t<br />

growing importance of, 252<br />

locations of, 252<br />

natural vs. naturalistic, 252–253<br />

Wildfires, 172<br />

Wildlands Projects, 252, 561–562, 562f<br />

Wildlife<br />

age structure and, 264<br />

carrying capacity and, 260–262<br />

harvests and, 264–265<br />

historical ranges and, 263–264<br />

improved approaches to, 263–265<br />

logistic curves and, 262–263, 262f<br />

pollutants effects on, 201, 201t<br />

sustainable yields and, 260–262<br />

time series and, 263–264<br />

traditional single-species, 260–262<br />

urban environments and, 513–514<br />

Wilson, E.O., 164<br />

Wind power<br />

average wind speed, 336, 336f<br />

b<strong>as</strong>ics of, 336–337<br />

concentration of, 336, 337f<br />

environment and, 337<br />

future of, 338<br />

new uses of, 327, 327f<br />

wind farms, 337<br />

wind turbines, 341–342, 342f<br />

Wind velocity, air pollution and, 475, 475f<br />

Windmills, 336–337, 337f<br />

Wisconsin, Coon Creek, 222<br />

Wolves, 95, 175–176, 175f, 176f, 281–282<br />

Wood <strong>as</strong> energy source, 241<br />

Wood Buffalo National Park, Canada, 263<br />

Wood burning for heating, 131<br />

Wood stoves, 131<br />

Woodlands, Tex<strong>as</strong>, 510, 511<br />

Woodpecker finch, 28f<br />

Work, energy b<strong>as</strong>ics and, 289<br />

World coal reserves, 315f<br />

World energy consumption, 305f<br />

World flu virus, 60<br />

World food crisis, 212–213<br />

World Meteorological Organization, 438<br />

World population growth, pandemics and,<br />

60–61, 61f<br />

World Wildlife Fund, 263<br />

World Wind Energy Association, 338<br />

Worldwatch Institute, 76, 564<br />

Wrangell-St. Eli<strong>as</strong> Wilderness Area, Al<strong>as</strong>ka,<br />

253, 253f<br />

Wyoming<br />

North Platte River, 196–197, 197f<br />

Powder River B<strong>as</strong>in, 309<br />

strip mining in, 317f<br />

Y<br />

Yellow dragon dise<strong>as</strong>e, 144–145, 144f, 145f<br />

Yellowstone National Park, 50, 84–85, 84f,<br />

85f, 175–176, 175f, 176f, 340<br />

Yosemite National Park, California, 250, 250f<br />

Younger Diy<strong>as</strong>, 432<br />

Yucca Mountain, Nevada, 362–363<br />

Z<br />

Zero-emission coal-burning electric power<br />

plants, 320<br />

Zero population growth<br />

age of first childbearing and, 74–75<br />

birth control and, 74–75<br />

national programs and, 75<br />

Zero w<strong>as</strong>te production, 530<br />

Zimbawe, Matusadona National Park, 250<br />

Zooplankton, 85

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