Author: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Dept. Comprehensive Planning BranchPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Outdoor recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
Texas Outdoor Recreation Plan: Outdoor recreation on the Texas Gulf Coast
Author: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Dept. Comprehensive Planning BranchPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Outdoor recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
Federal Register
Author: Parks and Wildlife Code
Author: TexasAnnual Report on the State of the Region
Author: Lower Rio Grande Valley Development CouncilPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Regional planning
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Natural Resources Code
Author: TexasPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Natural resources
Languages : en
Pages : 588
Book Description
The Laguna Madre of Texas and Tamaulipas
Author: John Wesley TunnellPublisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN: 9781585441334
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
The Laguna Madre of Texas and Tamaulipas is the only hypersaline coastal lagoon on the North American continent and only one of five worldwide. Extending along 277 miles of shoreline in South Texas and northeastern Mexico, the lagoon is renowned for its vast seagrass meadows, huge wintering redhead population, and bountiful fishing grounds. Recent concerns about increasing human activity have focused attention on the long-term health of the Laguna Madre as growing population pressures, pollution problems, and dredging threaten this unique ecosystem. The Nature Conservancy, whose mission is the conservation of biodiversity through protection of habitat, recognized the need to compile all known information about the Laguna Madre in order to move ahead with a science-based conservation agenda. This book is the result. Taking an ecosystem approach to the study of this rich habitat, the authors first provide an overview of the natural history of the Laguna Madre and adjacent areas, including an essay on the importance of the region's private ranches. Succeeding chapters discuss the diverse natural resources of the lagoon—seagrasses, open bays, tidal flats, barrier islands, abundant waterfowl, colonial waterbird rookeries, sea turtles, and fisheries. A final section identifies information gaps, offers a conservation framework, and makes recommendations for preserving the biodiversity of this complex and special ecosystem. Over seventy years of literature on the Laguna Madre and surrounding environments has been synthesized here. With 150 figures and illustrations, the book is the first to take a broad and comprehensive look at both the Texan and Tamaulipan Laguna Madre. For scientists, conservationists, resource managers, and policy makers involved in the future of the Texas and Mexico coasts, the value of this book is clear. And coastal residents, birders, anglers, and nature lovers who want to learn about and take care of the Laguna Madre will find this to be an indispensable guide.
Bibliography of Agriculture
Author: Alternative Policies for Protecting Barrier Islands Along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States and Draft Environmental Statement
Author: United States. Heritage Conservation and Recreation ServicePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Barrier islands
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
Springs of Texas
Author: Gunnar M. BrunePublisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN: 9781585441969
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
This text explores the natural history of Texas and more than 2900 springs in 183 Texas counties. It also includes an in-depth discussion of the general characteristics of springs - their physical and prehistoric settings, their historical significance, and their associated flora and fauna.
Game Management
Author: Aldo LeopoldPublisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN: 0299107736
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 519
Book Description
With this book, published more than a half-century ago, Aldo Leopold created the discipline of wildlife management. Although A Sand Country Almanac is doubtless Leopold’s most popular book, Game Management may well be his most important. In this book he revolutionized the field of conservation.