Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Intergovernmental Relations and Human Resources SubcommitteePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Express highways
Languages : en
Pages : 1578
Book Description
Westway Project
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Intergovernmental Relations and Human Resources SubcommitteePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Express highways
Languages : en
Pages : 1578
Book Description
To Establish a Comprehensive Oil Pollution Liability and Compensation Law
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works. Subcommittee on Environmental PollutionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Compensation (Law)
Languages : en
Pages : 916
Book Description
The W.B.A. Review
Author: Oil Spill Liability and Compensation
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and TransportationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Compensation (Law)
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
California. Court of Appeal (2nd Appellate District). Records and Briefs
Author: California (State).Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Received document entitled: EXHIBITS TO PETITION FOR WRIT
West Side Hwy Project, New York
Author: Striper Wars
Author: Dick RussellPublisher: Island Press
ISBN: 1610911105
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
When populations of striped bass began plummeting in the early 1980s, author and fisherman Dick Russell was there to lead an Atlantic coast conservation campaign that resulted in one of the most remarkable wildlife comebacks in the history of fisheries. As any avid fisherman will tell you, the striped bass has long been a favorite at the American dinner table; in fact, we've been feasting on the fish from the time of the Pilgrims. By 1980 that feasting had turned to overfishing by commercial fishing interests. Striper Wars is Dick Russell's inspiring account of the people and events responsible for the successful preservation of one of America's favorite fish and of what has happened since. Striper Wars is a tale replete with heroes--and some villains--as the struggle to save the striper migrated down the coast from Massachusetts to Maryland. Russell introduces us to a postman at arms against a burly trap-net fisherman, a renowned state governor caving to special interests, and a fishing-tackle maker fighting alongside marine biologists. And he describes how champions of this singular fish blocked power plants and New York's Westway Project that would otherwise compromise its habitat. Unfortunately, those who cheered the triumphant ending to the campaign, as the coastal states enacted measures that enabled the striped bass to make its comeback, have found the peace transitory--there is now a new enemy emerging on the front. In recent years a chronic bacterial disease has struck more than seventy percent of the striped bass population in the primary spawning waters of the Chesapeake Bay. Malnutrition seems to be a significant factor, brought on by the same overfishing that plagued the bass in the first battle--only this time, the overfishing is devastating menhaden, the silvery little fish upon which the bass feed. Lessons learned during the first conservation battle are being applied here, highlighting a need for a whole new ecosystem-based approach to conserving species. Only with constant vigilance by concerned citizens, Dick Russell reminds us, can environmental victories be sustained. This particular fish story is a personal one for him, and he follows the striper's saga today all the way to California, where the fish was introduced in 1879 and where agribusiness now threatens its future. For his conservation work during the 1980s Russell received a citizen's Chevron Conservation Award.
Continuing the Mission
Author: Howard L. GreenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Civil engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
The Federal-aid Highway Program
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works. Subcommittee on TransportationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Federal aid to transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 1016
Book Description
Hearings on the Public Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1980
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations. Welfare and Pension Plans Task ForcePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Local officials and employees
Languages : en
Pages : 1736
Book Description