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Michelle Rogat Reading Notes

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 * Types of data and how it was collected
 * "With Rain Falling on Texas..."
 * interviews with witnesses to find the animal carcass
 * interview transcripts from StateImpact Texas
 * interviews with
 * a local rancher
 * local legislation
 * State Climatologist
 * director of the Borderlands Research Institute
 * Furthering Research - Look into if there will be an economic or legal issue that could arise from water speculation buying of land and see if it could add just another problem to the issue. See how the buying of the land was done and look at stakeholders in the area that would be interested in buying land for water, see if they have plans for the future. There is only so much land containing water to go to so many people interested, what could this mean in the future in the US?
 * "In Bastrop's Ashes..."
 * interviews with:
 * Larry Doherty, an advocate for prescribed burning, President of the Prescribed Burn Alliance of Texas
 * Mike Fisher, head of  Bastrop County Emergency Management services
 * Greg Creacy, regional natural resource coordinator for Texas Parks and Wildlife
 * have an idea that once you get some knowledge of who to interview it ends up leading to someone else to interview from the people they mention and those that they have worked on an issue with. I would bet that most of the interviewees knew of one-another
 * Furthering Research - look into the public knowldge of prescribed burning and of wild fires themselves, try to get an understanding of where their knowledge comes from and what knowledge they ae lacking. Then go ahead and figure out public outreach options to inform the public and local governments of the situation and data surrounding it, see if this makes a difference, because to be a well working democracy the people need to be correctly informed to be able to came the correct decisions.
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 * "No, Vampire Bats are Not in Texas, Yet."
 * checking the facts of a local news story by trying to question the person who got bit by a bat
 * checking with a professor of zoology on whether there are vampire bats in Texas, then checking with a professor of biology just to make sure they are in agreement
 * Furthering Research - ...?
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 * "Oil and Gas Related..."
 * open records request of 911 calls
 * interviews with:
 * Willis, from Gas Drilling Committee and from Fort Worth League of Neighborhood Associations
 * a research scientist from the Institute for Geophysics
 * <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;">Dr. Ellsworth from the Earthquake Science Center
 * <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;">open record requests for emails and meeting transcripts with the Railroad Commission Chair
 * <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;">recent legislature/laws passed that have to do with drilling, earthquakes, natural gas, and hydrofracking
 * <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;">"A Plant Closes..."
 * <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;">interviews with:
 * <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;">a plant worker
 * <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;">Plainview Mayor
 * <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;">president of Friona Economic Development Board
 * <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;">Demogrpaher Stever Murdock and his research
 * <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;">data available on the Cargill Beef Processing Plant
 * Furthering Research
 * Furthering Research