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Book Carnation Creek and Queen Charlotte Islands Fish Forestry Workshop

Download or read book Carnation Creek and Queen Charlotte Islands Fish Forestry Workshop written by Stephen C. Chatwin and published by University of British Columbia Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Fishes and Forestry

Download or read book Fishes and Forestry written by Thomas G. Northcote and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-04-15 with total page 800 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many species of fish occupying inland waters reside in watershedsthat were or still are surrounded by forests and are dependent inmajor ways upon such cover. The interactions between fishes andforests are complex, multifaceted, dynamic processes involving mostinland surface waters, forests, subsurface waters, geology andsoils, climate and its changes, and the biotic components of therelevant ecosystems. These interactions also include the aspects offorestry tied to human development, economics, population growthand even philosophies. Fishes and Forestry is truly a landmark publication. Theeditors, Professors Northcote and Hartman, have drawn together andcarefully edited chapters written by 56 scientists from around theworld, covering a vast wealth of information never before appearingwithin the covers of one book. Following an introductory chapter,this exceptional work is broadly divided into sections covering:the ecology of forests, streams, lakes and estuaries; fish biologyand ecology; forestry activities and their effects on aquaticsystems and fishes; 14 chapters covering examples of fish-forestryinteractions from around the world and a final section coveringmeans of effecting better fish-forestry interactions. Fishes and Forestry is an essential purchase for allthose involved in inland fisheries, forestry and their interaction,including fisheries scientists, fish biologists, ecologists,environmental scientists and forestry scientists. Libraries in alluniversities and research establishments where these subjects arestudied and taught should have several copies on their shelves.

Book Sustainable Fisheries Management

Download or read book Sustainable Fisheries Management written by E. Eric Knudsen and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2020-02-10 with total page 706 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What has happened to the salmon resource in the Pacific Northwest? Who is responsible and what can be done to reverse the decline in salmon populations? The responsibly falls on everyone involved - fishermen, resource managers and concerned citizens alike - to take the steps necessary to ensure that salmon populations make a full recovery. T

Book Forest Fish Conference

Download or read book Forest Fish Conference written by Michael Kerry Brewin and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents papers from a conference concerning the relationships between forest land use activities and aquatic resources. Topics of the papers include: restoration of fish habitat; ecosystem diagnostics; watershed analysis; hydrogeology of spawning habitats; human impact on aquatic ecosystems; stream fertilization as a mitigation measure; forest litterfall; suspended sediment regimes; water temperature dynamics; windthrow risk assessment and management; large woody debris dynamics; watershed restoration; cumulative effects analysis; channel morphology; integration of timber harvest with aquatic management; and responses of fish.

Book An Initial Evaluation of Potential Options for Managing Riparian Reserves of the Aquatic Conservation Strategy of the Northwest Forest Plan

Download or read book An Initial Evaluation of Potential Options for Managing Riparian Reserves of the Aquatic Conservation Strategy of the Northwest Forest Plan written by Gordon H. Reeves and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Aquatic Conservation Strategy (ACS) of the Northwest Forest Plan guides management of riparian and aquatic ecosystems on federal lands in western Oregon, western Washington, and northern California. We applied new scientific findings and tools to evaluate two potential options, A and B, for refining interim riparian reserves to meet ACS goals and likely challenges of climate change while supporting other management goals, including timber production. Interim riparian reserves are retained in late-successional reserves and other special land designations in the options. In lands designated as matrix, the area for aquatic conservation extends upslope one site-potential tree-height along all streams, divided into an inner zone devoted solely to achieving ACS goals and an outer zone managed to achieve ACS and other goals. Option A uses a fixed-width approach and option B a context-dependent approach, with partitioning of zones based on the ecological sensitivity of stream reaches. Based on simulations of the area of interim riparian reserves in six watersheds in western Oregon with lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM): (1) about 76 percent under option A and 72 percent under option B remain solely devoted to ACS goals; (2) 15 percent under option A and 19 percent under option B should be able to meet ACS goals and also contribute toward matrix goals such as timber production; and (3) 9 percent would be returned to matrix. A large percentage of streams with high ecological sensitivity occurred on nonfederal lands, a circumstance that merits further analysis in the context of landscape-scale considerations for biodiversity and recovery of species listed under the Endangered Species Act. Information needs remain with regard to the application and effectiveness of these options, and an adaptive management context is critical for continued improvement.

Book Sediment Cascades

    Book Details:
  • Author : Tim Burt
  • Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
  • Release : 2010-01-07
  • ISBN : 9780470682869
  • Pages : 482 pages

Download or read book Sediment Cascades written by Tim Burt and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-01-07 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sediment Cascades: An Integrated Approach provides a comprehensive overview that addresses the transport of sediment through the landscape. Suitable for academic researchers, industry practitioners, research students and advanced level undergraduates, seeking detailed knowledge and an up-to-date review of the recent research literature. The emphasis is on contemporary sediment system dynamics with relevance both to landscape management and landform development. Sediment Cascades: An Integrated Approach begins with an explanation of the need for an integrated approach to sediment delivery systems and introduces the main themes of sediment production, delivery, storage and transfer. Further chapters then focus on specific environments from mountains, through floodplains, to estuaries and the continental shelf. Focuses on contemporary sediment system dynamics and current research Covers a sequence of environments from steep mountains to the continental shelf Highlights the continuity of the subject by linking each component area with its adjacent elements

Book Hydrological and Biological Responses to Forest Practices

Download or read book Hydrological and Biological Responses to Forest Practices written by John D. Stednick and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-12-03 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Alsea Logging and Aquatic Resources Study, commissioned by the Oregon Legislature in 1959, marked the beginning of four decades of research in the Pacific Northwest devoted to understanding the impacts of forest practices on water quality, water quantity, aquatic habitat, and aquatic organism popu- tions. While earlier watershed research examined changes in runoff and erosion from various land uses, this study was the first watershed experiment to focus so heavily on aquatic habitat and organism response to forest practices. The Alsea Watershed Study, as it came to be known, extended over 15 years with seven years of pretreatment calibration measurements, a year of treatment, and seven years of post-treatment monitoring. The research was a cooperative effort with scientists from Oregon State University, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, the U.S. Geological Survey, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Cooperating landowners included the Georgia-Pacific Corporation, the U.S. Forest Service, and a local rancher. It was a remarkable 15-year partnership marked by excellent cooperation among the participants and outstanding coordination among the scientists, many of whom participated actively for the entire period.

Book Proceedings of the Carnation Creek Herbicide Workshop  December 7 10  1987

Download or read book Proceedings of the Carnation Creek Herbicide Workshop December 7 10 1987 written by Phillip E. Reynolds and published by Canada / BC Economic & Regional Development Agreement. This book was released on 1989 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Papers presented: 1) An overview of Carnation Creek herbicide study: historical perspective, experimental protocols and spray operations; 2) Carnation Creek flood hydrology September 1984 to September 1985; 3) Fate of glyphosate in a Canadian forest stream ecosystem; 4) Persistence and dissipation of glyphosate in foliage and soils of a Canadian coastal forest watershed; 5) Off-target deposit measurements and buffer zones required around water for various aerial applications of glyphosate; 6) Development of non-commercial vegetation following clearcutting and clearcutting-plus-slashburning, and some biogeochemical effects of herbicidal control of this vegetation; 7) Effect of glyphosate (ROUNDUP) on biological activity of two forest soils; 7) Three-year herbicide efficacy, crop tolerance and crop growth response results for a 1984 glyphosate conifer release trial at Carnation Creek, British Columbia; 8) Comparison of the effects of chemical (glyphosate) and manual conifer release on conifer seedling physiology and growth on Vedder Mountain, British Columbia; 9) Crop tolerance of three west coast conifer species to glyphosate; 10) Comparative changes in concentration of dissolved ions in the stream following logging, slash burning, and herbicide application at Carnation Creek, British Columbia; 11) Changes in the temperature regime of a valley-bottom tributary of Carnation Creek, British Columbia, oversprayed with the herbicide ROUNDUP (glyphosate); 12) Effects of the herbicide ROUNDUP on peruphyton in Carnation Creek, British Columbia; 13) Litter-fall and detrital decomposition rates in a tributary of Carnation Creek, British Columbia, oversprayed with the herbicide ROUNDUP; 14) Drift of aquatic invertebrates in a glyphosate contaminated watershed; 15) Salmonid toxicity studies with ROUNDUP; 16) Changes in the invertebrate population of the main stream and back channels of Carnation Creek, British Columbia following spraying with the herbicide ROUNDUP; 17) Effects of the herbicide ROUNDUP on coho salmon fingerlings in an oversprayed tributary of Carnation Creek, British Columbia; 18) Perspective: Risk management and the public; 19) Perspective: the effects of forestry use of glyphosate on human health.

Book Northwest Forest Plan

Download or read book Northwest Forest Plan written by Richard W. Haynes and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Gravel Bed Rivers 6

    Book Details:
  • Author : H. Habersack
  • Publisher : Elsevier
  • Release : 2011-09-22
  • ISBN : 0080553591
  • Pages : 837 pages

Download or read book Gravel Bed Rivers 6 written by H. Habersack and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2011-09-22 with total page 837 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the interdisciplinary approaches between earth science, engineering, physical geography, ecology and management, this text focuses on the theoretical questions, case-studies, challenges, and constraints taken from river restoration. It is illustrated with reports of new ground-breaking research covering spatial and temporal scales of physical processes in river catchments, coupling catchment and fluvial processes, grain dynamics and fluvial forms and on geo-ecology and restoration in mountain gravel-bed river environments. Each chapter includes discussions and comments providing experience and feedback from the fundamental research. This book covers scales of analysis for gravel-bed rivers, physics and modeling of processes at local and point scales, sediment delivery and storage, eco-geography and eco-hydraulics, and channel management and restoration.* Major topics in the field are presented by recognized scientific leaders* Chapters cover theories, practices, and methodologies in river management and restoration* Interdisciplinary approach includes case-studies on new, ground-breaking research

Book Sediment Transport in Aquatic Environments

Download or read book Sediment Transport in Aquatic Environments written by Andrew Manning and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2011-10-03 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sediment Transport in Aquatic Environments is a book which covers a wide range of topics. The effective management of many aquatic environments, requires a detailed understanding of sediment dynamics. This has both environmental and economic implications, especially where there is any anthropogenic involvement. Numerical models are often the tool used for predicting the transport and fate of sediment movement in these situations, as they can estimate the various spatial and temporal fluxes. However, the physical sedimentary processes can vary quite considerably depending upon whether the local sediments are fully cohesive, non-cohesive, or a mixture of both types. For this reason for more than half a century, scientists, engineers, hydrologists and mathematicians have all been continuing to conduct research into the many aspects which influence sediment transport. These issues range from processes such as erosion and deposition to how sediment process observations can be applied in sediment transport modeling frameworks. This book reports the findings from recent research in applied sediment transport which has been conducted in a wide range of aquatic environments. The research was carried out by researchers who specialize in the transport of sediments and related issues. I highly recommend this textbook to both scientists and engineers who deal with sediment transport issues.

Book Green lite

    Book Details:
  • Author : G. Bruce Doern
  • Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
  • Release : 2015-11-01
  • ISBN : 0773597492
  • Pages : 424 pages

Download or read book Green lite written by G. Bruce Doern and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2015-11-01 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anchored in the core literature on natural resources, energy production, and environmental analysis, Green-lite is a critical examination of Canadian environmental policy, governance, and politics drawing out key policy and governance patterns to show that the Canadian story is one of complexity and often weak performance. Making a compelling argument for deeper historical analysis of environmental policy and situating environmental concerns within political and fiscal agendas, the authors provide extended discussions on three relatively new features of environmental policy: the federal-cities and urban sustainability regime, the federal-municipal infrastructure regime, and the regime of agreements with NGOs and businesses that often relegate governments to observing participants rather than being policy leaders. They probe the Harper era’s muzzling of environmental science and scientists, Canada’s oil sands energy and resource economy, and the government’s core Alberta and Western Canadian political base. The first book to provide an integrated, historical, and conceptual examination of Canadian environmental policy over many decades, Green-lite captures complex notions of what environmental policy and green agendas seek to achieve in a business-dominated economy of diverse energy producing technologies, and their pollution harms and risks.

Book Geomorphological Hazards and Disaster Prevention

Download or read book Geomorphological Hazards and Disaster Prevention written by Irasema Alcántara and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-03-04 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A state-of-the-art assessment of how geomorphology contributes to the comprehension, mapping and modelling of hazardous Earth surface processes.

Book Carnation Creek  the World s Longest Continuous Study of Fish forestry Interactions

Download or read book Carnation Creek the World s Longest Continuous Study of Fish forestry Interactions written by British Columbia. Forest Science Program and published by Forest Science Program. This book was released on 2005 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The valuable data gained through research at Carnation Creek represent an important legacy. Research results from this project have both advanced the scientific basis for sound watershed stewardship and improved forest practices in the province. This brochure provides a brief overview of the projects purpose and history, and outlines some major findings.

Book Effects of Forest Practices on Peak Flows and Consequent Channel Response

Download or read book Effects of Forest Practices on Peak Flows and Consequent Channel Response written by Gordon E. Grant and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2010-09 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes a database of relevant studies reporting peak flow data across rain-, transient-, and snow-dominated hydrologic zones. Provides a quantitative comparison of changes in peak flow across both a range of flows and forest practices. Increases in peak flows generally diminish with decreasing intensity of percentage of watershed harvested and lengthening recurrence intervals of flow. Peak flow effects on channel morphology should be confined to stream reaches where channel gradients are less than 0.02 and streambeds are composed of gravel and finer material. Managers should evaluate the potential risk of peak flow increases based on factors such as presence of roads, specific mgmt. treatments employed, and watershed drainage efficiency.

Book Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement

Download or read book Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement written by United States. Forest Service and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior propose limited changes to language about how to implement the Aquatic Conservation Strategy (ACS). The ACS is an integral part of the Northwest Forest Plan. The ACS is intended to maintain and restore the ecological health of watersheds and aquatic ecosystems within the Northwest Forest Plan area"--Summary, p. 1.

Book Effects of Forest Practices on Peak Flows and Consequent Channel Response

Download or read book Effects of Forest Practices on Peak Flows and Consequent Channel Response written by Gordon Grant and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a state-of-the-science synthesis of the effects of forest harvest activities on peak flows and channel morphology in the Pacific Northwest, with a specific focus on western Oregon and Washington. We develop a database of relevant studies reporting peak flow data across rain-, transient-, and snow-dominated hydrologic zones, and provide a quantitative comparison of changes in peak flow across both a range of flows and forest practices. Increases in peak flows generally diminish with decreasing intensity of percentage of watershed harvested and lengthening recurrence intervals of flow. Watersheds located in the rain-dominated zone appear to be less sensitive to peak flow changes than those in the transient snow zone; insufficient data limit interpretations for the snow zone. Where present, peak flow effects on channel morphology should be confined to stream reaches where channel gradients are less than approximately 0.02 and streambeds are composed of gravel and finer material. We provide guidance as to how managers might evaluate the potential risk of peak flow increases based on factors such as presence of roads, watershed drainage efficiency, and specific management treatments employed. The magnitude of effects of forest harvest on peak flows in the Pacific Northwest, as represented by the data reported here, are relatively minor in comparison to other anthropogenic changes to streams and watersheds.