Author: Charles Gardner ShawPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Environmental risk assessment
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Use of Risk Assessment Panels During Revision of the Tongass Land and Resource Management Plan
Author: Charles Gardner ShawPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Environmental risk assessment
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
General Technical Report PNW-GTR
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Forests and forestry
Languages : en
Pages : 1016
Book Description
Tongass National Forest : process used to modify the forest plan : report to the Chairman, Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, U.S. Senate
Author: Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 142897301X
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 69
Book Description
Tongass National Forest
Author: United States. General Accounting OfficePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Forest management
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
Science matters : information for managing the Tongass National Forest
Author: Kent R. JulinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Tongass National Forest (Alaska)
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Cottonwood Resource Management Plan
Author: Economic Growth and Change in Southeast Alaska
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Alaska, Southeast
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
This report focuses on economic trends since the 1970s in rural southeast Alaska. These trends are compared with those in the Nation and in nonmetropolitan areas of the country to determine the extent to which the economy in rural southeast Alaska is affected by regional activity and by larger market forces. Many of the economic changes occurring in rural southeast Alaska, such as the decline in the manufacturing sector, are reflections of broad-scale changes in the greater U.S. economy. Other changes, such as the increase in nonwage income as a percentage of total income, have been greater in rural southeast Alaska than at the larger scales of comparison. In chapter 1, Robertson describes these changes and their underlying causes and outlines some of their implications for the management of the Tongass National Forest. Providing forest-based recreational opportunities and aesthetic amenities is becoming increasingly important as tourism and residential activity compose a larger portion of the regions economy. In chapter 2, Crone provides a historical context for the economic changes in rural southeast Alaska. She also establishes the global context for these changes, concluding that forces at local, national, and international scales have shaped economic growth patterns in rural southeast Alaska.
Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 900
Book Description
Conservation of Rare or Little-Known Species
Author: Martin G. RaphaelPublisher: Island Press
ISBN: 159726749X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
Some ecosystem management plans established by state and federal agencies have begun to shift their focus away from single-species conservation to a broader goal of protecting a wide range of flora and fauna, including species whose numbers are scarce or about which there is little scientific understanding. To date, these efforts have proved extremely costly and complex to implement. Are there alternative approaches to protecting rare or little-known species that can be more effective and less burdensome than current efforts? Conservation of Rare or Little-Known Species represents the first comprehensive scientific evaluation of approaches and management options for protecting rare or little-known terrestrial species. The book brings together leading ecologists, biologists, botanists, economists, and sociologists to classify approaches, summarize their theoretical and conceptual foundations, evaluate their efficacy, and review how each has been used. Contributors consider combinations of species and systems approaches for overall effectiveness in meeting conservation and ecosystem sustainability goals. They discuss the biological, legal, sociological, political, administrative, and economic dimensions by which conservation strategies can be gauged, in an effort to help managers determine which strategy or combination of strategies is most likely to meet their needs. Contributors also discuss practical considerations of implementing various strategies. Conservation of Rare or Little-Known Species gives land managers access to a diverse literature and provides them with the basic information they need to select approaches that best suit their conservation objectives and ecological context. It is an important new work for anyone involved with developing land management or conservation plans.
North Pacific Temperate Rainforests
Author: Gordon OriansPublisher: University of Washington Press
ISBN: 0295804599
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
The North Pacific temperate rainforest, stretching from southern Alaska to northern California, is the largest temperate rainforest on earth. This book provides a multidisciplinary overview of key issues important for the management and conservation of the northern portion of this rainforest, located in northern British Columbia and southeastern Alaska. This region encompasses thousands of islands and millions of acres of relatively pristine rainforest, providing an opportunity to compare the ecological functioning of a largely intact forest ecosystem with the highly modified ecosystems that typify most of the world's temperate zone. The book examines the basic processes that drive the dynamic behavior of such ecosystems and considers how managers can use that knowledge to sustainably manage the rainforest and balance ecosystem integrity with human use. Together, the contributors offer a broad understanding of the challenges and opportunities faced by scientists, managers, and conservationists in the northern portion of the North Pacific rainforest that will be of interest to conservation practitioners seeking to balance economic sustainability and biodiversity conservation across the globe.