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Book National Program of Inspection of Dams

Download or read book National Program of Inspection of Dams written by United States. Army. Corps of Engineers and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 916 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Upstream

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  • Author : Committee on Protection and Management of Pacific Northwest Anadromous Salmonids
  • Publisher : National Academies Press
  • Release : 1996-07-31
  • ISBN : 0309556503
  • Pages : 473 pages

Download or read book Upstream written by Committee on Protection and Management of Pacific Northwest Anadromous Salmonids and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1996-07-31 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The importance of salmon to the Pacific Northwest--economic, recreational, symbolic--is enormous. Generations ago, salmon were abundant from central California through Idaho, Oregon, and Washington to British Columbia and Alaska. Now they have disappeared from about 40 percent of their historical range. The decline in salmon numbers has been lamented for at least 100 years, but the issue has become more widespread and acute recently. The Endangered Species Act has been invoked, federal laws have been passed, and lawsuits have been filed. More than $1 billion has been spent to improve salmon runs--and still the populations decline. In this new volume a committee with diverse expertise explores the complications and conflicts surrounding the salmon problem--starting with available data on the status of salmon populations and an illustrative case study from Washington state's Willapa Bay. The book offers specific recommendations for salmon rehabilitation that take into account the key role played by genetic variability in salmon survival and the urgent need for habitat protection and management of fishing. The committee presents a comprehensive discussion of the salmon problem, with a wealth of informative graphs and charts and the right amount of historical perspective to clarify today's issues, including Salmon biology and geography--their life's journey from fresh waters to the sea and back again to spawn, and their interaction with ecosystems along the way. The impacts of human activities--grazing, damming, timber, agriculture, and population and economic growth. Included is a case study of Washington state's Elwha River dam removal project. Values, attitudes, and the conflicting desires for short-term economic gain and long-term environmental health. The committee traces the roots of the salmon problem to the extractive philosophy characterizing management of land and water in the West. The impact of hatcheries, which were introduced to build fish stocks but which have actually harmed the genetic variability that wild stocks need to survive. This book offers something for everyone with an interest in the salmon issue--policymakers and regulators in the United States and Canada; environmental scientists; environmental advocates; natural resource managers; commercial, tribal, and recreational fishers; and concerned residents of the Pacific Northwest.

Book Monthly Catalogue  United States Public Documents

Download or read book Monthly Catalogue United States Public Documents written by and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 1092 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Drainage Basin Committees  Reports

Download or read book Drainage Basin Committees Reports written by United States. National Resources Committee. Water Resources Committee and published by . This book was released on 1937 with total page 882 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Columbia Basin Water Withdrawal Environmental Review  ID MT OR WA

Download or read book Columbia Basin Water Withdrawal Environmental Review ID MT OR WA written by and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book National Union Catalog

Download or read book National Union Catalog written by and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 1032 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes entries for maps and atlases.

Book Selected Water Resources Abstracts

Download or read book Selected Water Resources Abstracts written by and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 1016 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A Report to the President  Inspection of Non federal Dams

Download or read book A Report to the President Inspection of Non federal Dams written by United States. Army. Corps of Engineers and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 748 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Failure of Teton Dam

Download or read book Failure of Teton Dam written by Teton Dam Failure Review Group (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 734 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Specialty Construction Techniques for Dam and Levee Remediation

Download or read book Specialty Construction Techniques for Dam and Levee Remediation written by Donald A. Bruce and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2012-09-26 with total page 451 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dam and levee remediation has become more prevalent since the start of the twenty-first century. Given the vastness and complexity of the infrastructures involved, keeping up with maintenance needs is very difficult. Major surges in repair are usually triggered by nature’s wake-up calls, such as hurricanes, floods, and earthquakes. The challenge has been to develop methods that ensure safe, effective, reliable, and robust solutions for current and future remediation issues. Specialty Construction Techniques for Dam and Levee Remediation presents the state of practice in North American dam and levee remediation as it relates to the use of specialty geotechnical construction techniques, such as anchors, grouting, cutoff (diaphragm) walls, and deep mixing. The book focuses on the actual construction processes, describing design and performance aspects of remediation where appropriate. Chapters deal with the application of drilling and grouting methods, methods to install mix-in-place (category 2) cutoff structures, excavated and backfilled trenches (category 1), composite cutoff walls, and stabilization using prestressed rock anchors. The book also provides a comprehensive guide to dam and levee instrumentation, covering planning, operating principles, data management, staffing, and automation. As an educational and salutary example of ineffective efforts, the final chapter presents a case history of a series of remediations performed on a single project, which ultimately proved unsuccessful. A wide range of methods has been developed in response to the challenges that arise in the dam and levee remediation arena and the need for a competitive edge. These new methods are designed and monitored using state-of-the-art techniques, giving rise to the emergence of new intensity and initiative in this field. This book captures this transformation by examining the theory and practice of contemporary remedial techniques, using recent U.S. case histories to provide knowledge and inspiration to readers, both in North America and around the world.

Book Reauthorization of the Water Resources Development Act

Download or read book Reauthorization of the Water Resources Development Act written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works. Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Distributed to some depository libraries in microfiche.

Book List of Sires Proved in Dairy Herd Improvement Associations  1941

Download or read book List of Sires Proved in Dairy Herd Improvement Associations 1941 written by and published by . This book was released on 1941 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book List of Sires Proved in Dairy Herd Improvement Associations

Download or read book List of Sires Proved in Dairy Herd Improvement Associations written by United States. Bureau of Dairy Industry and published by . This book was released on 1946 with total page 776 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book List of Sires Proved in Dairy herd improvement Associations  1950

Download or read book List of Sires Proved in Dairy herd improvement Associations 1950 written by and published by . This book was released on 1950 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set includes revised editions of some issues.