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Book From the Corn Belt to the Gulf

Download or read book From the Corn Belt to the Gulf written by Joan I Nassauer and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2010-09-30 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nutrients from farms in the Mississippi River Basin are the leading cause of the Gulf of Mexico‘s 'Dead Zone,' a 5,000 to 7,000 square mile region where declining oxygen levels are threatening the survival of marine life. From the Corn Belt to the Gulf explores how new agricultural policy can help alleviate this problem, and at the same time improve water quality overall, enhance biodiversity, improve the quality of life for the people who live and work in Corn Belt communities, and relieve downstream flooding. The themes of the book are the far-reaching environmental impacts of Corn Belt agriculture, including associated economic and social effects at multiple spatial scales - and the potential for future agricultural policy to address those impacts through changes in agricultural landscapes and practices. We know that the environmental 'footprint' of Corn Belt agriculture extends beyond farmland and adjacent lakes and streams to groundwater, rivers, cities downstream, into the Gulf of Mexico, and, ultimately, to global oceanic and atmospheric systems. And we acknowledge that agricultural policies, including commodity support payments, have economic impacts at the national and international levels. Pressing negotiations with America‘s trade partners, along with increasing societal attention to both the costs and environmental effects of current agricultural policy, are creating momentum for policy change. From the Corn Belt to the Gulf presents innovative, integrated assessments of the agriculture and ecological systems in the Mississippi River Basin along with studies of local Iowa agricultural watersheds. Contributors from multiple academic and professional disciplines discuss how agricultural policies have contributed to current environmental conditions, and, in what the authors term 'alternative futures' for agricultural landscapes, envision how new policy can help achieve more beneficial patterns.

Book From the Corn Belt to the Gulf

Download or read book From the Corn Belt to the Gulf written by and published by Earthscan. This book was released on with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book On and Around the Cincinnati Arch and Niagara Escarpment

Download or read book On and Around the Cincinnati Arch and Niagara Escarpment written by Geological Society of America. North-Central Section. Meeting and published by Geological Society of America. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume, produced in conjunction with the GSA North-Central Section Meeting held in Dayton, Ohio, April 2012, has a mix of papers ranging from stratigraphy, paleontology, and hydrogeology, to geomorphology, drainage basins, and building stones. The geographic spread of the chapters focuses mainly on an area bounded by those counties adjacent to Montgomery County, but also extends beyond -- from Paulding County in the north to Georgetown, Kentucky, in the south. Topics include the Silurian stratigraphy of southwestern Ohio, drainage basins of the Mad River and Little Miami River, the relationship between geology and groundwater of the Inner Bluegrass Region, Kentucky (and its connection to the distilling and aging of bourbon), and the building stones of Dayton, as well as an introduction to the geology of the Dayton area.

Book Green River Basin Regional Water and Land Resources Plan  KY TN

Download or read book Green River Basin Regional Water and Land Resources Plan KY TN written by and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Challenges of Dam Removal and River Restoration

Download or read book The Challenges of Dam Removal and River Restoration written by Jerome V. DeGraff and published by Geological Society of America. This book was released on 2013-02-01 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "River restoration is a societal goal in the United States. This collection of research articles focuses on our current understanding of the impacts of removing dams and the role of dam removal in the larger context of river restoration. The papers are grouped by topic: (1) assessment of existing dams, strategies to determine impounded legacy sediments, and evaluating whether or not to remove the dam; (2) case studies of the hydrologic, sediment, and ecosystem impacts of recent dam removals; (3) assessment of river restoration by modifying flows or removing dams; and (4) the concept of river restoration in the context of historical changes in river systems"--Provided by publisher.

Book Backpacking California

    Book Details:
  • Author : Wilderness Press
  • Publisher : Wilderness Press
  • Release : 2010-05-10
  • ISBN : 0899975143
  • Pages : 504 pages

Download or read book Backpacking California written by Wilderness Press and published by Wilderness Press. This book was released on 2010-05-10 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Backpacking California is a collection of more than 70 of the most intriguing backpacking adventures in Wilderness Press's home territory of California. With contributions from more than a dozen Wilderness Press authors, the book describes routes ranging from one night to one week. Backpacking novices as well as "old hand" California hikers will find expert-crafted trips in the Coast Ranges, the Sierra, the Cascades, and the Warner Mountains. Expanded coverage includes trips in Big Sur, Anza-Borrego, Death Valley, and the White Mountains. Several trips have been described in print nowhere else. Each trip includes a trail map and essential logistical information for trip planning.

Book Mad River Above Huffamn Dam  Ohio

Download or read book Mad River Above Huffamn Dam Ohio written by United States. Army. Corps of Engineers and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Public Buildings and Grounds of the Committee on Public Works  House of Representatives

Download or read book Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Public Buildings and Grounds of the Committee on Public Works House of Representatives written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 1134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Water Resources Development by the U S  Army Corps of Engineers in North Carolina

Download or read book Water Resources Development by the U S Army Corps of Engineers in North Carolina written by United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. South Atlantic Division and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Stream Channelization

    Book Details:
  • Author : United States. Congress. House Government operations
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1971
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 1550 pages

Download or read book Stream Channelization written by United States. Congress. House Government operations and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 1550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Water Quality in the White River Basin  Indiana  1992 96

Download or read book Water Quality in the White River Basin Indiana 1992 96 written by Joseph M. Fenelon and published by Geological Survey (USGS). This book was released on 1998 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Watershed Development Projects 1963  Hearings     88 1

Download or read book Watershed Development Projects 1963 Hearings 88 1 written by United States. Congress. House. Public Works and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Applying Ecological Principles to Land Management

Download or read book Applying Ecological Principles to Land Management written by Virginia H. Dale and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2001-07-20 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume incorporates case studies that explore past and current land use decisions on both public and private lands, and includes practical approaches and tools for land use decision-making. The most important feature of the book is the linking of ecological theory and principle with applied land use decision-making. The theoretical and empirical are joined through concrete case studies of actual land use decision-making processes.

Book U S  Geological Survey Circular

Download or read book U S Geological Survey Circular written by and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Watershed Development Projects  1963

Download or read book Watershed Development Projects 1963 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Committee Serial No. 88-10. Considers authorizations for 19 Watershed projects.