The public discourse about land use and water quality: Themes in newspapers in the Upper Mississippi River Basin

Applied Environmental Education and Communication

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 187-196

  Schmid, Andrea N ^a   Thompson, Jan R ^a   Bengston, David N ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

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EID: 34748825607     PISSN: 1533015X     EISSN: 15330389     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15330150701598270     Document Type: Article

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