Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Resources
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Water Management and Endangered Species Issues in the Klamath Basin
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Resources
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Biological Opinion
The Klamath Project
Endangered and Threatened Species of the Platte River
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309166144
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
The tension between wildlife protection under the Endangered Species Act and water management in the Platte River Basin has existed for more than 25 years. The Platte River provides important habitat for migratory and breeding birds, including three endangered or threatened species: the whooping crane, the northern Great Plains population of the piping plover, and the interior least tern. The leading factors attributed to the decline of the cranes are historical overhunting and widespread habitat destruction and, for the plovers and terns, human interference during nesting and the loss of riverine nesting sites in open sandy areas that have been replaced with woodlands, sand and gravel mines, housing, and roadways. Extensive damming has disrupted passage of the endangered pallid sturgeon and resulted in less suitable habitat conditions such as cooler stream flows, less turbid waters, and inconsistent flow regimes. Commercial harvesting, now illegal, also contributed to the decline of the sturgeon. Endangered and Threatened Species of the Platte River addresses the habitat requirements for these federally protected species. The book further examines the scientific aspects of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's instream-flow recommendations and habitat suitability guidelines and assesses the science concerning the connections among the physical systems of the river as they relate to species' habitats.
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309166144
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
The tension between wildlife protection under the Endangered Species Act and water management in the Platte River Basin has existed for more than 25 years. The Platte River provides important habitat for migratory and breeding birds, including three endangered or threatened species: the whooping crane, the northern Great Plains population of the piping plover, and the interior least tern. The leading factors attributed to the decline of the cranes are historical overhunting and widespread habitat destruction and, for the plovers and terns, human interference during nesting and the loss of riverine nesting sites in open sandy areas that have been replaced with woodlands, sand and gravel mines, housing, and roadways. Extensive damming has disrupted passage of the endangered pallid sturgeon and resulted in less suitable habitat conditions such as cooler stream flows, less turbid waters, and inconsistent flow regimes. Commercial harvesting, now illegal, also contributed to the decline of the sturgeon. Endangered and Threatened Species of the Platte River addresses the habitat requirements for these federally protected species. The book further examines the scientific aspects of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's instream-flow recommendations and habitat suitability guidelines and assesses the science concerning the connections among the physical systems of the river as they relate to species' habitats.
Balancing Water
Author:
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520213142
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
"A book of unusual personality, charm, and force; it should greatly please a wide range of readers, including those sophisticated about conservation and land-use questions, and it should make even the hardest-line ranchers think some new thoughts about their future strategies."--Ernest Callenbach, author of Ecotopia "What a grand collaboration: Kittredge's words and the Blakes' images take us to the soul of the Klamath Country, at once a magnificent, battered, and resolute landscape. This finely-crafted blend of artistry, history, literature, public policy, and ecology tells the full and compelling story of one great western place and its people. In so doing, Balancing Water tells us a great deal about how, if we find the common will to work it right, we can shape the futures of other watersheds across the west."--Charles Wilkinson, Distinguished University Professor at the University of Colorado, and author of Fire on the Plateau and The Eagle Bird "Coexistence has never been a popular principle in the American West, but as this book makes clear it has become indispensable for the survival of both endangered nature and endangered rural community. I was inspired by this brilliant collaboration of writer and photographers. They show a West that is changing for the good. They bring a message of hope that is compelling and timely."--Donald Worster, Hall Professor of American History, Univ of Kansas and author of Rivers of Empire: Water, Aridity, and the Growth of the American West and Nature's Economy: A History of Ecological Ideas
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520213142
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
"A book of unusual personality, charm, and force; it should greatly please a wide range of readers, including those sophisticated about conservation and land-use questions, and it should make even the hardest-line ranchers think some new thoughts about their future strategies."--Ernest Callenbach, author of Ecotopia "What a grand collaboration: Kittredge's words and the Blakes' images take us to the soul of the Klamath Country, at once a magnificent, battered, and resolute landscape. This finely-crafted blend of artistry, history, literature, public policy, and ecology tells the full and compelling story of one great western place and its people. In so doing, Balancing Water tells us a great deal about how, if we find the common will to work it right, we can shape the futures of other watersheds across the west."--Charles Wilkinson, Distinguished University Professor at the University of Colorado, and author of Fire on the Plateau and The Eagle Bird "Coexistence has never been a popular principle in the American West, but as this book makes clear it has become indispensable for the survival of both endangered nature and endangered rural community. I was inspired by this brilliant collaboration of writer and photographers. They show a West that is changing for the good. They bring a message of hope that is compelling and timely."--Donald Worster, Hall Professor of American History, Univ of Kansas and author of Rivers of Empire: Water, Aridity, and the Growth of the American West and Nature's Economy: A History of Ecological Ideas
Klamath Basin Water Issues
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Subcommittee on Water and Power
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations for 2005
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Department of the Interior and Related Agencies
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 788
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 788
Book Description
Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations for 2005: National Endowment for the Arts, National Endowment for the Humanities
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Department of the Interior and Related Agencies
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 796
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 796
Book Description
Groundwater hydrology of the upper Klamath basin, Oregon and California
Author:
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 9781422325728
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 9781422325728
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
Oversight Field Hearing on the Endangered Species Act 30 Years Later
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Resources. Subcommittee on Water and Power
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description