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Category : Country homes
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Man, Leisure, and Wildlands
Author: Wildland Recreation
Author: William E. HammittPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 9780471194613
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
An authoritative guide to managing the ecological impacts of recreational activities on natural resources. The challenges facing today's recreation resource managers are both complex and daunting. Accommodating rapidly growing numbers of recreational visitors without sacrificing the ecological integrity of wildlands is a major challenge. Determining and planning for the limits of acceptable change and expanding services with little or no growth in natural resources or funding are major issues. Wildland Recreation, Second Edition provides solutions to these and other crucial recreational resource problems. Based upon its authors' extensive firsthand experience as well as their exhaustive review of the world literature on the subject, it provides up-to-date, detailed coverage of today's wildland recreation management issues, including: Ecological impacts of recreational activities on wildland resources Spatial and temporal patterns of recreational impacts Environmental durability, visitor use, and other key factors The limits of acceptable change, long-term monitoring, and impacts on wildlife Social and economic factors associated with managing impacts Alternative approaches to wildland recreation resource management Recent trends in satisfying increased demand for outdoor recreational opportunities International perspectives on recreational wildland management and ecotourism Like its best-selling predecessor, Wildland Recreation, Second Edition is a valuable working resource for wildland recreation management professionals and a comprehensive course text for students of forest and natural resources recreation, park management, environmental conservation, and related disciplines.
Mountains & Man
Author: Larry W. PricePublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520058866
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description
"This book explores the complex processes and features of mountain environments: glaciers, snow and avalanches, landforms, weather and climate, vegetation, soils, and wildlife. A major section analyzes the effects of latitudinal position on these processes and features. There is also an investigation of the origin of mountains, our attitudes towards them, and their manifold implications for us."--Inside front jacket.
The Effect of Lake-based Recreation and Second Home Use on Surface Water Quality in the Manitou Experimental Forest
Author: Stanley L. PoncePublisher:
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Category : Camp sites, facilities, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 14
Book Description
General Technical Report RM.
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Category : Forests and forestry
Languages : en
Pages : 710
Book Description
Wetland and Riparian Areas of the Intermountain West
Author: Mark C. McKinstryPublisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292778406
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 327
Book Description
Wetlands and riparian areas between the Rocky Mountains and the Sierra Nevada are incredibly diverse and valuable habitats. More than 80 percent of the wildlife species in this intermountain region depend on these wetlands—which account for less than 2 percent of the land area—for their survival. At the same time, the wetlands also serve the water needs of ranchers and farmers, recreationists, vacation communities, and cities. It is no exaggeration to call water the "liquid gold" of the West, and the burgeoning human demands on this scarce resource make it imperative to understand and properly manage the wetlands and riverine areas of the Intermountain West. This book offers land managers, biologists, and research scientists a state-of-the-art survey of the ecology and management practices of wetland and riparian areas in the Intermountain West. Twelve articles examine such diverse issues as laws and regulations affecting these habitats, the unique physiographic features of the region, the importance of wetlands and riparian areas to fish, wildlife, and livestock, the ecological function of these areas, their value to humans, and the methods to evaluate these habitats. The authors also address the human impacts on the land from urban and suburban development, mining, grazing, energy extraction, recreation, water diversions, and timber harvesting and suggest ways to mitigate such impacts.
Effects of Mountain Home Developments on Surface Water Quality
Author: Howard L. GaryPublisher:
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Category : Land use, Rural
Languages : en
Pages : 6
Book Description
Trends in Outdoor Recreation, Leisure, and Tourism
Author: William C. GartnerPublisher: CABI
ISBN: 9780851997131
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
This book focuses on the issues and trends in outdoor, 'nature-based' recreation, leisure and tourism and explores the implications for public policy, planning, management and marketing. It is intended as supplementary reading for advanced students and is a useful reference tool.
Non-point Source Pollution of Water by Recreation
Author: James R. GoszPublisher:
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Category : Nonpoint source pollution
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
The Southwest Under Stress
Author: Allen V. KneesePublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135432740
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
Southwest Under Stress examines the development-environment conflict in the four contiguous states of Arizona, Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico. It emphasizes three issues with implications that extend far beyond the Southwest: water---its quantity, quality, and allocation; environment---how and to what extent it should be preserved; and the future of Native American and other poverty-stricken peoples. Energy comes in for special attention because the Southwest is a principal repository of fossil and nuclear fuels. This book serves as a guide for public policy in the region, and many of the policy alternatives set out are aimed at state and local governments. Alleviating poverty, improving the lot of Native Americans, and formulating workable water, environmental, and natural resources development policies are all of special concern to the region, but the federal government has asserted a dominant role in may of these areas. The book discusses ways in which the federal role may change to improve both federal policy itself and cooperation with other levels of government.