Author: Lake Pontchartrain Basin FoundationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Coastal zone management
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
Summary, the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Draft Comprehensive Management Plan, Phase II
Author: Lake Pontchartrain Basin FoundationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Coastal zone management
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
Pontchartrain Basin Comprehensive Management Plan, Phase II
Author: University of New Orleans. College of Urban and Public AffairsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Coastal zone management
Languages : en
Pages : 49
Book Description
Pontchartrain Basin Comprehensive Management Plan, Phase II, Action Agenda Items
Author: Lake Pontchartrain Basin FoundationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Coastal zone management
Languages : en
Pages : 39
Book Description
The Lakes of Pontchartrain
Author: Robert W. HastingsPublisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 1626744351
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 517
Book Description
A vital and volatile part of the New Orleans landscape and lifestyle, the Lake Pontchartrain Basin actually contains three major bodies of water—Lakes Borgne, Pontchartrain, and Maurepas. These make up the Pontchartrain estuary. Robert W. Hastings provides a thorough examination of the historical and environmental research on the basin, with emphasis on its environmental degradation and the efforts to restore and protect this estuarine system. He also explores the current biological condition of the lakes. Hastings begins with the geological formation of the lakes and the relationship between Native Americans and the water they referred to as Okwa'ta, the “wide water.” From the historical period, he describes the forays of French explorer Pierre Le Moyne D'Iberville in 1699 and traces the environmental history of the basin through the development of the New Orleans metropolitan area. Using the lakes for transportation and then recreation, the surrounding population burgeoned, and this growth resulted in severe water pollution and other environmental problems. In the 1980s, the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation led a concerted drive to restore the lakes, an ongoing effort that has proved significant.
Federal Register
Author: EIS Cumulative
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Environmental impact statements
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1076
Book Description
The Federal Response to Hurricane Katrina
Author: Publisher: Government Printing Office
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
"The objective of this report is to identify and establish a roadmap on how to do that, and lay the groundwork for transforming how this Nation- from every level of government to the private sector to individual citizens and communities - pursues a real and lasting vision of preparedness. To get there will require significant change to the status quo, to include adjustments to policy, structure, and mindset"--P. 2.
Mississippi River and Tributaries
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Rivers and HarborsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Levees
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States
Author: U.S. Global Change Research ProgramPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521144078
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
Summarizes the science of climate change and impacts on the United States, for the public and policymakers.