Protecting And Restoring The Colorado Plateau
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Protecting And Restoring The Colorado Plateau
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014
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Restoring Colorado River Ecosystems
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Author : Robert W. Adler
language : en
Publisher: Island Press
Release Date : 2012-06-22
Restoring Colorado River Ecosystems written by Robert W. Adler and has been published by Island Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-06-22 with Science categories.
Over the past century, humans have molded the Colorado River to serve their own needs, resulting in significant impacts to the river and its ecosystems. Today, many scientists, public officials, and citizens hope to restore some of the lost resources in portions of the river and its surrounding lands. Environmental restoration on the scale of the Colorado River basin is immensely challenging; in addition to an almost overwhelming array of technical difficulties, it is fraught with perplexing questions about the appropriate goals of restoration and the extent to which environmental restoration must be balanced against environmental changes designed to promote and sustain human economic development. Restoring Colorado River Ecosystems explores the many questions and challenges surrounding the issue of large-scale restoration of the Colorado River basin, and of large-scale restoration in general. Robert W. Adler evaluates the relationships among the laws, policies, and institutions governing use and management of the Colorado River for human benefit and those designed to protect and restore the river and its environment. He examines and critiques the often challenging interactions among law, science, economics, and politics within which restoration efforts must operate. Ultimately, he suggests that a broad concept of “restoration” is needed to navigate those uncertain waters, and to strike an appropriate balance between human and environmental needs. While the book is primarily about restoration of Colorado River ecosystems, it is also about uncertainty, conflict, competing values, and the nature, pace, and implications of environmental change. It is about our place in the natural environment, and whether there are limits to that presence we ought to respect. And it is about our responsibility to the ecosystems we live in and use.
The Colorado Plateau Vi
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Author : Laura Foster Huenneke
language : en
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Release Date : 2015-06-18
The Colorado Plateau Vi written by Laura Foster Huenneke and has been published by University of Arizona Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-18 with Nature categories.
"With a plethora of updates and insights into land conservation and management questions on the Colorado Plateau, The Colorado Plateau VI shows how new technologies for monitoring, spatial analysis, restoration, and collaboration improve our understanding, management, and conservation of outcomes at the appropriate landscape scale for the Colorado Plateau"--Provided by publisher.
Safeguarding The Uniqueness Of The Colorado Plateau
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language : en
Publisher: Northern Arizona University Press
Release Date : 2002
Safeguarding The Uniqueness Of The Colorado Plateau written by and has been published by Northern Arizona University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Nature categories.
A collection of papers offers strategies for preserving the biocultural diversity of the Colorado Plateau region.
Colorado Plateau 3
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Author : Charles Van Riper
language : en
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Release Date : 2008
Colorado Plateau 3 written by Charles Van Riper and has been published by University of Arizona Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with History categories.
Roughly centered on the Four Corners region of the southwestern United States, the Colorado Plateau covers an area of 130,000 square miles. The relatively high semi-arid province boasts nine national parks, sixteen national monuments, many state parks, and dozens of wilderness areas. With the highest concentration of parklands in North America and unique geological and ecological features, the area is of particular interest to researchers. Derived from the Eighth Biennial Conference of Research on the Colorado Plateau, this third volume in a series of research on the Colorado Plateau expands upon the previous two books. This volume focuses on the integration of science into resource management issues, summarizes what criteria make a successful collaborative effort, outlines land management concerns about drought, provides summaries of current biological, sociological, and archaeological research, and highlights current environmental issues in the Four Corner States of Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Utah. With broad coverage that touches on topics as diverse as historical aspects of pronghorn antelope movement patterns through calculating watershed prescriptions to the role of wind-blown sand in preserving archaeological sites on the Colorado River, this volume stands as a compendium of cuttingedge management-oriented research on the Colorado Plateau. The book also introduces, for the first time, tools that can be used to assist with collaboration efforts among landowners and managers who wish to work together toward preserving resources on the Colorado Plateau and offers a wealth of insights into land management questions for many readers, especially people interested in the natural history, biology, anthropology, wildlife, and cultural management issues of the region.
The Colorado Plateau V
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Author : Charles Van Riper (III)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011
The Colorado Plateau V written by Charles Van Riper (III) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Science categories.
This volume, the fifth from the University of Arizona Press and the tenth overall, focuses on adaptation of resource management and conservation to climate change and water scarcity, protecting biodiversity through restructured energy policies, ensuring wildlife habitat connectivity across barriers, building effective conservation networks, and exploring new opportunities for education and leadership in conservation science.
The Colorado Plateau Ii
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Author : Charles Van Riper
language : en
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Release Date : 2005
The Colorado Plateau Ii written by Charles Van Riper and has been published by University of Arizona Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Nature categories.
The publication of The Colorado Plateau: Cultural, Biological, and Physical Research in 2004 marked a timely summation of current research in the Four Corners states. This new volume, derived from the seventh Biennial Conference on the Colorado Plateau in 2003, complements the previous book by focusing on the integration of science into resource management issues. The 32 chapters range in content from measuring human impacts on cultural resources, through grazing and the wildland-urban interface issues, to parameters of climate change on the Plateau. The book also introduces economic perspectives by considering shifting patterns and regional disparities in the Colorado Plateau economy. A series of chapters on mountain lions explores the human-wildland interface. These chapters deal with the entire spectrum of challenges associated with managing this large mammal species in Arizona and on the Colorado Plateau, conveying a wealth of timely information of interest to wildlife managers and enthusiasts. Another provocative set of chapters on biophysical resources explores the management of forest restoration, from the micro scale all the way up to large-scale GIS analyses of ponderosa pine ecosystems on the Colorado Plateau. Given recent concerns for forest health in the wake of fires, severe drought, and bark-beetle infestation, these chapters will prove enlightening for forest service, park service, and land management professionals at both the federal and state level, as well as general readers interested in how forest management practices will ultimately affect their recreation activities. With broad coverage that touches on topics as diverse as movement patterns of rattlesnakes, calculating watersheds, and rescuing looted rockshelters, this volume stands as a compendium of cutting-edge research on the Colorado Plateau that offers a wealth of insights for many scholars.
The Nature Of Southwestern Colorado
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Author : Deborah D. Paulson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006
The Nature Of Southwestern Colorado written by Deborah D. Paulson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Nature categories.
Travellers pass through one jaw-dropping landscape after another where the snowy San Juan Mountains meet the canyon and mesa country of the Colorado Plateau in southwestern Colorado. Yet this small but remarkably varied region also plainly reveals a history of hard use, including logging scars, mine-polluted rivers, and overgrazed grasslands and forests. In The Nature of Southwestern Colorado, Deborah D. Paulson and William L. Baker guide readers through this awe-inspiring land and its human legacies, describing in detail the ecology of its six sub-regions, showing readers how to recognise human influences on the flora and fauna, and discussing current trends. Although some of the policies and attitudes in southwestern Colorado continue to harm the natural world, a number of community projects suggest a promising future. Examining these trends, the authors search for signs of a new relationship between people and nature emerging here, one that enables people to protect, restore, and coexist with the wild.
Woodlands In Crisis
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Author : Gary Paul Nabhan
language : en
Publisher: Bibly Research Occasional Pape
Release Date : 2004
Woodlands In Crisis written by Gary Paul Nabhan and has been published by Bibly Research Occasional Pape this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Science categories.
"In recent years, the American West has suffered from unprecedented stand-replacing wildfires, and the government has invested more money in preventative forest thinning than ever before. The crisis for Western forests and woodlands has spurred heated policy debates about thinning, controlled burns, and other restoration activities"-- p. [1]
National Management Measures To Protect And Restore Wetlands And Riparian Areas For The Abatement Of Nonpoint Source Pollution
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001
National Management Measures To Protect And Restore Wetlands And Riparian Areas For The Abatement Of Nonpoint Source Pollution written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Nonpoint source pollution categories.