Download or read book New Insights for the Future of Lake Champlain written by Philip Halteman and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The effective management of non-point source nutrient pollution continues to prove elusive. Though the scientific literature is unequivocal that all anthropogenic land uses contribute to non-point source (NPS) pollution, variable levels of contribution over time and across location and complex relationships between cost and effect make finding technologically effective management solutions difficult. In addition, these solutions are implemented in a world of scarce resources, diverse and often competing concerns and values, and intense public scrutiny. Clearly, making the best possible decision about how to manage NPS pollution under these conditions is not simple. My overarching goal was to develop and test several practical approaches that provide insight into the implications of management decisions and the trade-offs facing water quality managers using the challenges of restoring Lake Champlain as a test case. I first demonstrate a simple spreadsheet-based method for (1) identifying the areas of greatest potential for further phosphorus reductions, (2) estimating the potential scale of those reductions, and (3) identifying the severe tradeoffs that exist between cost and effectiveness at high levels of management. Results of this method suggest that better and more extensive management of developed impervious surfaces and annual cropland and hayland represent the greatest potential for phosphorus reductions. Farmstead management, combined sewer overflows, and wastewater treatment present little opportunity under the current regulatory environment. Results also suggest that due to order-of-magnitude differences in cost-effectiveness between management practices for developed and agricultural lands, substantial tradeoffs exist between cost-efficiency and equity in the distribution of responsibility for management. Second, in an effort to quantify the variability of NPS contributions over time and space, I developed and applied a Bayesian hierarchical modeling approach to incorporate annual hydrologic variability and uncertainty about land use areas into estimates of land-use specific phosphorus loading rates and watershed-scale residual loading. The model was able to replicate both average load and the variability around that average with an acceptable degree of precision. The results of this approach suggest that for some watersheds, unmanageable sources of phosphorus are dominant. Third, I applied a Bayes network to predict the effects of alternative management scenarios on phosphorus loads. Using evolutionary optimization and a multiple-criteria decision analysis, I explored the tradeoffs between cost, effectiveness, and distributional equity in the burden of management. Results of this study indicate that the probability that phosphorus loads will comply with regulatory targets is, in some watersheds, small under any management scenario. More interestingly, it also appears that there are large differences between watersheds in the ability of management actions to raise those probabilities, and the significant and non-linear tradeoffs between cost, effectiveness, and equity will make decision-making - and achieving restoration targets - difficult. Together, these approaches provide a foundation for a fuller and more completely informed decision-making process that incorporates uncertainty and identifies key trade-offs for the State of Vermont as it implements a new management plan for Lake Champlain.

Download or read book Shaping the Future of Lake Champlain written by Lake Champlain Basin Study and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Shaping the Future of Lake Champlain written by Lake Champlain Basin Study (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Shaping the Future of Lake Champlain written by Lake Champlain Basin Study (U.S.). and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Future of Lake Champlain written by Richard Kujawa and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Future of the Champlain Basin written by Interstate Commission on the Lake Champlain Basin and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Lake Champlain written by Mike Winslow and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An engaging introduction to Lake Champlain s varied physical and biological resources in short essays that offer enough detail to satisfy ecologists, but a prose style that anyone can enjoy. Six sections: The Setting; Forces; Phenomena; Living Lake: Plants; Living Lake: Animals; The Future of Lake Champlain. Copublished with The Lake Champlain Committee, a non-profit environmental organization that has been working since 1963 to protect the lake's environmental integrity and recreational resources. Author Mike Winslow, Staff Scientist for the LCC since 2001, has a BA in Biology and Environmental Studies from St. Lawrence University and an MA in Botany from the University of Vermont.

Download or read book Champlain Basin written by New York (State). New York-Vermont Interstate Commission on the Lake Champlain Basin and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Lake Champlain written by and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-24 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why do clouds hang low over the lake on autumn mornings? Where do invasive species come from and how do they arrive? How might global warming affect Lake Champlain's future? How did the lake get here?The answers can be found in the Lake Champlain Committee's award-winning book Lake Champlain: A Natural History. Short essays in six intriguing chapters cover the lake's origins and present day setting, the forces that define the region, the phenomena that add to its mystery, the "living lake" of plants and animals, and the lake's future.Written in a light, engaging style by LCC staff scientist Mike Winslow with black and white photographs and detailed pen and ink illustrations by Libby Davidson, the book will help people discover and understand the lake's rich and diverse resources. The book won an IPPY silver medal for regional publication."This book goes a long ways toward educating anyone who loves the sight of Lake Champlain," notes author and environmentalist Bill McKibben. "Mike Winslow and Libby Davidson, with clear and lucid prose and accurate, charming illustration, answer dozens of questions that have occurred to me over the years, and better yet they answer questions it hadn't even struck me to ask. This is less like a field guide, and more like having a wise naturalist along with you on a trip."

Download or read book The Champlain Tercentenary written by New York (State). Lake Champlain Tercentenary Commission and published by Albany, N.Y. : J.B. Lyon. This book was released on 1911 with total page 816 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Champlain Basin Compact written by Interstate Commission on the Lake Champlain Basin and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Lake Champlain Tercentenary written by University of the State of New York and published by Albany [N.Y.] : New York State Education Department. This book was released on 1909 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Tercentenary Celebration of the Discovery of Lake Champlain and Vermont written by Vermont. Lake Champlain Tercentenary Commission and published by [Montpelier, Vt.] : Issued by the Lake Champlain Tercentenary Commission of Vermont. This book was released on 1910 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Lake Champlain and Its Shores written by William Henry Harrison Murray and published by Boston : DeWolfe, Fiske. This book was released on 1890 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book History of Lake Champlain written by Peter Sailly Palmer and published by . This book was released on 2016-06-29 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History of Lake Champlain is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1866. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres.As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature.Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

Download or read book The Champlain Tercentenary Report of the New York Lake Champlain Tercentenary Commission written by Henry Wayland Hill and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2015-09-08 with total page 744 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Download or read book This Lake Alive written by Amy B. Demarest and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A teacher's guide containing informational essays, interviews, articles, and activities for "the middle level learner." Covers the geologic history, geography, history, nautical archaeology, and ecology of the Lake Champlain Basin, focusing on the Vermont side of the lake (which also borders on New York and Quebec).