Joy R. Drohan
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Writing Samples

(Note: In cases where I do not retain the copyright, I have provided just a few paragraphs from the article. Where there is still a live link available, I have provided it. If you would like to see a specific writing sample in its entirety, please contact me.)

Environmental Science

• What lies beneath. UNLV Magazine.
• Protecting a local treasure: Best management practices on a watershed scale: Spring Creek watershed. Penn State Institutes of Energy & the Environment e-newsletter.
• The Woods in Your Backyard: Learning to Create and Enhance Natural Areas Around Your Home. NRAES, Cornell University.
• Case study of Pima County, Arizona's habitat protection and smart growth programs, for The Conservation Fund
• Rachel Carson conference coverage. Published in NCTC Notes, National Conservation Training Center, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
• Sustainably developing the DMZ. Published in Technology Review.
• Renowned panel presents environmental ethics broadcast. Fish & Wildlife News. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.
• Focus on Research, Penn State Department of Agronomy, research newsletter.
• Evan Pugh Review. Town and Gown.
  
• Birds of the Central Pacific flyway. Written for Shorebird Sister Schools Internet program, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Target audience: 8th grade students (.doc)

Life Science and Health

• Walking on tiles: Virtual reality device helps Parkinson's patients walk better. Press release for American Technion Society, New York.
• Researchers identify protein that controls animal cell fusion process critical to proper organ formation. Press release for American Technion Society, New York.
• Holiday season advice for Alzheimer’s caregivers. Frederick Senior magazine.