Entering the Watershed
A New Approach To Save America's River Ecosystems
Published on 1. October 1993
504 pages
978-1-61091-265-5 (ISBN)
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Entering the Watershed is the product of a two-year project established by the Pacific Rivers Council to develop new federal riverine protection and restoration policy alternatives. It recommends a comprehensive new approach to river protection based on principles of watershed dynamics, ecosystem function, and conservation biology -- a nationwide, strategic community- and ecosystem-based watershed restoration initiative. The book:
- describes in detail the existing level of damage to rivers and species
- analyzes flaws and gaps in existing policy
- provides the framework necessary to develop new policies
- outlines the scientific underpinnings and management strategies needed in new policy
- makes specific policy proposals
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Doppelt
Entering the Watershed
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10/1993
4th Edition
Island Press
€67.04
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Robert Doppelt | Mary Scurlock | Chris Frissell
Entering the Watershed
A New Approach To Save America's River Ecosystems
Book
10/1993
Island Press
€104.50
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