Book Description
Describes what and where wetlands are, the plants and animals that live in wetlands, how people benefit and threaten wetlands, and how these threats are being addressed.
Author : Andrew Campbell
Publisher : Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 44,34 MB
Release : 2005-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780836849967
Describes what and where wetlands are, the plants and animals that live in wetlands, how people benefit and threaten wetlands, and how these threats are being addressed.
Author : Ronald Keith Gaddie
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 34,19 MB
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780791443507
Wetlands are a valuable natural resource, yet over 200,000 acres are destroyed in the United States per year. This book examines whether states should assume the role of protecting wetlands rather than the federal government.
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Page : 100 pages
File Size : 46,30 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.)
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Page : 140 pages
File Size : 39,62 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.)
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Author : Committee on Characterization of Wetlands
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 24,99 MB
Release : 1995-09-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 0309587220
"Wetlands" has become a hot word in the current environmental debate. But what does it signify? In 1991, proposed changes in the legal definities of wetlands stirred controversy and focused attention on the scientific and economic aspects of their management. This volume explores how to define wetlands. The committee--whose members were drawn from academia, government, business, and the environmental community--builds a rational, scientific basis for delineating wetlands in the landscape and offers recommendations for further action. Wetlands also discusses the diverse hydrological and ecological functions of wetlands, and makes recommendations concerning so-called controversial areas such as permafrost wetlands, riparian ecosystems, irregularly flooded sites, and agricultural wetlands. It presents criteria for identifying wetlands and explores the problems of applying those criteria when there are seasonal changes in water levels. This comprehensive and practical volume will be of interest to environmental scientists and advocates, hydrologists, policymakers, regulators, faculty, researchers, and students of environmental studies.
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Page : 206 pages
File Size : 19,59 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Nonpoint source pollution
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Author : Lauren Kukla
Publisher : ABDO
Page : 27 pages
File Size : 26,10 MB
Release : 2017-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1680797832
Young readers will love learning about animals and their habitat with Protecting Wetland Animals. This book explores wetlands, the animals that live there like frogs and beavers, and conservationists like Steve Irwin that worked to protect animals. Bright, full-page photos of wildlife and easy-to-read text fill the pages of this fun title. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Applied to STEM Concepts of Learning Principles. Sandcastle is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
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Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 37,27 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Runoff
ISBN : 1428903860
Author : Jon A. Kusler
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Page : 172 pages
File Size : 45,96 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Law
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With the increasingly critical need for innovative approaches that accommodate both wetland protection and economic growth, Our National Wetland Heritage: A Protection Guide, 2nd Edition provides concrete information on local wetland resources, how to set your wetland protection policies, new techniques that have come to the forefront since the first edition, and incentive programs that fairly and effectively involve private landowners.
Author : Kim Diana Connolly
Publisher : American Bar Association
Page : 556 pages
File Size : 46,23 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781590312865
Focusing on the Clean Water Act's Section 404 permitting program, this comprehensive analysis of the government's evolving role in protecting wetlands covers the scientific, social, and legal implications of Section 404, and includes chapters detailing wetlands ecology, the states' role in implementing these policies, takings issues, judicial review, and agricultural programs.