Download or read book Upper Colorado River Ecosystem written by Richard E. Toth and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Alternative Futures for the Upper Colorado River Ecosystem written by Temis G. Taylor and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wildlife habitat and biodiversity in the Upper Colorado River Ecosystem are threatened by growth of urban areas, subdivision of rural lands, and exploitation of natural resources. The White-Yampa, Colorado Headwaters, and Gunnison River Watersheds within the region were investigated to discover areas supporting high biodiversity that would be possible candidates for conservation efforts by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Using an alternative futures planning process and principles of landscape ecology, development of energy of the resources in the region was found to be the primary driver for land use and impacts to wildlife habitat. Through application of geospatial modeling techniques, three alternative futures were developed by means of varying scenarios for wildlife habitat conservation and energy resource development. Results were analyzed to find areas of conflict, and futures were evaluated for habitat conservation potential, impacts on agriculture and ranching, and effects on future growth and development. Final recommendations for targeting conservation areas are based on likelihood of land use conflict, habitat value, and connectivity through the landscape. Smaller scale examination of habitat value and targeted species' specific needs will need to be conducted prior to implementation.
Download or read book Alternative Futures for the Salton Sea written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Restoring Colorado River Ecosystems written by Robert W. Adler and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2012-06-22 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Annotated Bibliography for Aquatic Resource Management of the Upper Colorado River Ecosystem written by and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The development of water and other natural resources in the Upper Colorado River Basin will continue to have an impact on the ecology of this unique ecosystem. Numerous water-development projects have been completed on the river, others are in progress, and still others are contemplated, to provide water necessary for municipalities, irrigated agriculture, and energy production. Although much information is already available on this river, it is widely scattered in the published literature and unpublished reports of various state and federal agencies. This annotated bibliography contains 1,109 published or readily available unpublished references that should be useful in decisions regarding effective management of the Upper Colorado River Basin. Selected key words were assigned to all references and indexed for ease of locating references on particular subjects.
Download or read book Impacts on the Lower Colorado River Region Resulting from Alternative Levels of Emerging Energy Development in the Upper Colorado River Region written by and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Aquatic Resources Management of the Colorado River Ecosystem written by V. Dean Adams and published by Ann Arbor Science Publishers. This book was released on 1983 with total page 728 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Instream Flows to Assist the Recovery of Endangered Fishes of the Upper Colorado River Basin written by Jack Arthur Stanford and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The State of the Colorado River Ecosystem in Grand Canyon written by Steven Gloss and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Cornerstone at the Confluence written by Jason A. Robison and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2022-11-08 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Signed on November 24, 1922, the Colorado River Compact is the cornerstone of a proverbial pyramid—an elaborate body of laws colloquially called the “Law of the River” that governs how human beings use water from the river system dubbed the “American Nile.” No fewer than forty million people have come to rely on the Colorado River system in modern times—a river system immersed in an unprecedented, unrelenting megadrought for more than two decades. Attempting to navigate this “new normal,” policymakers are in the midst of negotiating new management rules for the river system, a process coinciding with the compact’s centennial that must be completed by 2026. Animated by this remarkable confluence of events, Cornerstone at the Confluence leverages the centennial year to reflect on the compact and broader “Law of the River” to envision the future. It is a volume inviting dialogue about how the Colorado River system’s flows should be apportioned given climate change, what should be done about environmental issues such as ecosystem restoration and biodiversity protection, and how long-standing issues of water justice facing Native American communities should be addressed. In one form or another, all these topics touch on the concept of “equity” embedded within the compact—a concept that tees up what is perhaps the foundational question confronted by Cornerstone at the Confluence: Who should have a seat at the table of Colorado River governance?
Download or read book Downriver written by Heather Hansman and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2022-01-21 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Green River, the most significant tributary of the Colorado River, runs 730 miles from the glaciers of Wyoming to the desert canyons of Utah. Providing water for thirty-three million people, it flows through ranches, cities, national parks, and some of the most significant natural gas fields in the country. Stopped up by dams, slaked off by irrigation, and dried up by cities, the Green is crucial, overused, and at risk, now more than ever. Fights over the river's water, and what's going to happen to it in the future, are long-standing, intractable, and only getting worse as the West gets hotter and drier and more people depend on the river with each passing year. Former raft guide and environmental reporter Heather Hansman knew the issues but felt driven to see the situation firsthand and from a different perspective - from the river itself. So she set out on a journey, in a one-person inflatable pack raft and with an open mind, and see what the experience might teach her. Mixing lyrical accounts of quiet paddling through breathtaking beauty with nights spent camping solo and lively discussions with farmers, city officials, and other people met along the way, Downriver is the story of that journey, a foray into the present-and future- of water in the West. --
Download or read book Riparian Research and Management Past Present Future Volume 1 written by U.S. Department of Agriculture and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-04-06 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fifty years ago, riparian habitats were not recognized for their extensive and critical contributions to wildlife and the ecosystem function of watersheds. This changed as riparian values were identified and documented, and the science of riparian ecology developed steadily. Papers in this volume range from the more mesic northwestern United States to the arid Southwest and Mexico. More than two dozen authors?most with decades of experience?review the origins of riparian science in the western United States, document what is currently known about riparian ecosystems, and project future needs. Topics are widespread and include: interactions with fire, climate change, and declining water; impacts from exotic species; unintended consequences of biological control; the role of small mammals; watershed response to beavers; watershed and riparian changes; changes below large dams; water birds of the Colorado River Delta; and terrestrial vertebrates of mesquite bosques.
Download or read book Colorado River Interim Surplus Criteria written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Managing for Healthy Ecosystems written by David J. Rapport and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2002-10-29 with total page 1548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the critical issues of our time is the dwindling capacity of the planet to provide life support for a large and growing human population. Based on a symposium on ecosystem health, Managing for Healthy Ecosystems identifies key issues that must be resolved if there is to be progress in this complex area, such as: Evolving methods f
Download or read book An Ecosystem Perspective on Collaboration for the Colorado River written by Robert W. Adler and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This article (based in part on ROBERT W. ADLER, RESTORING COLORADO RIVER ECOSYSTEMS: A TROUBLED SENSE OF IMMENSITY (ISLAND PRESS 2007)) argues that collaborative approaches to Colorado River restoration are desirable, but that we cannot pursue collaboration as a goal unto itself, that is, the end goal of collaboration cannot merely be to get along. Rather, the end goal must be an acceptable future for the Colorado River that addresses the real needs of multiple interest groups, including, at a minimum, the long-term health of Colorado River ecosystems in the United States and Mexico. The article critiques the three major collaborative processes along the main stem of the Colorado River to see how well they stand up to those principles. Although all of those programs are well-intentioned and do some good, I suggest that each of those efforts is driven primarily by a goal of protecting ongoing water development in the face of environmental compliance challenges under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and other laws and regulations, and not by a more fundamental goal of ecosystem restoration. As such, to date those programs have avoided rather than confronted and resolved core value disputes between ecosystem-based and economic goals. The article then discusses a third alternative approach involving much broader strategies to ecosystem restoration while promoting the legitimate needs and interests of all of the major parties involved in Colorado River disputes. That approach would seek to identify and find alternative ways to provide key resources currently drawn from the Colorado River (water, power, recreation) in more sustainable ways.
Download or read book Past and Probable Future Variations in Stream Flow in the Upper Colorado River Analysis of precipitation data in the Upper Colorado River Basin R A Schleusener and L W Crow Published by Civil Engineering Section Colorado State University Fort Collins written by Upper Colorado River Commission and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
