A Guide to Wetland Habitat Management in the Central Valley
Author: W. David Smith
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Published: 1995
Total Pages: 76
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Author: W. David Smith
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Published: 1995
Total Pages: 76
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Luke William Naylor
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Published: 2002
Total Pages: 180
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Published: 1994
Total Pages: 60
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Michael L. Schummer
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
Published: 2012-02-01
Total Pages: 348
ISBN-13: 1628467096
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMoist-soil wetlands are seasonally flooded areas that produce early-succession plant communities of grasses, sedges, and other herbaceous plants. Moist-soil wetland plants provide food and cover for a diversity of wildlife species, including waterfowl and other waterbirds. Thus, conservation and management of moist-soil plants has become a major component of wildlife conservation efforts in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley and elsewhere in North America. The authors combined their extensive experience working in managed and unmanaged wetlands from southern Missouri to southern Louisiana to produce this beautifully illustrated identification guide. A detailed, yet user friendly field guide to identify moist-soil plants of the Mississippi Alluvial Valley has not been available until now. Management to encourage the growth of moist-soil plants is a common conservation strategy used by state, federal, and private landowners to increase food and cover for wildlife. Thus, landowners must be able to identify moist-soil plants to meet their wildlife conservation goals. Landowners, scientists, wildlife biologists, and students alike will welcome this useful resource which includes 600 detailed color photographs of plants, images of seeds and tubers, and other helpful information to aid in identification. The book includes subsections of major plant groups occurring in moist-soil wetlands including aquatics, grasses, broadleaves, sedges and rushes, trees and shrubs, vines, and agricultural crops.
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Published: 1998
Total Pages: 130
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Dr. Darold P. Batzer
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 2012-05-22
Total Pages: 1407
ISBN-13: 0520951417
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWetlands are prominent landscapes throughout North America. The general characteristics of wetlands are controversial, thus there has not been a systematic assessment of different types of wetlands in different parts of North America, or a compendium of the threats to their conservation. Wetland Habitats of North America adopts a geographic and habitat approach, in which experts familiar with wetlands from across North America provide analyses and syntheses of their particular region of study. Addressing a broad audience of students, scientists, engineers, environmental managers, and policy makers, this book reviews recent, scientifically rigorous literature directly relevant to understanding, managing, protecting, and restoring wetland ecosystems of North America.
Author: Nick Romanowski
Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
Published: 2010-05-17
Total Pages: 217
ISBN-13: 0643101969
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWetland Habitats is a practical and easy to use manual for wetland restoration and conservation of diverse animal species. Covering all the recent work in this field, among other significant issues it discusses making the most of dams and created wetlands; reversing the effects of drainage, grazing, weirs, deteriorating water quality, and associated algal problems; captive breeding and reintroduction; and controlling weeds and vermin. The book describes a range of potential problems encountered during restoration efforts and approaches to dealing with them, so that readers will be able to make informed decisions about wetlands on their own properties. It also explains how to set realistic targets for wetland restoration as well as longer-term goals for management, and includes colour photographs of diverse wetland habitats and the animals that rely on them. The examples draw on a wide range of wetland animals including some which aren’t often found in wetlands on private properties, but the primary emphasis is on the ecology, interactions and management of species and other aspects of management that will be of most use to landholders with wetlands in need of rejuvenation.
Author: Philip Garone
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2020-03-03
Total Pages: 440
ISBN-13: 0520355571
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is the first comprehensive environmental history of California’s Great Central Valley, where extensive freshwater and tidal wetlands once provided critical habitat for tens of millions of migratory waterfowl. Weaving together ecology, grassroots politics, and public policy, Philip Garone tells how California’s wetlands were nearly obliterated by vast irrigation and reclamation projects, but have been brought back from the brink of total destruction by the organized efforts of duck hunters, whistle-blowing scientists, and a broad coalition of conservationists. Garone examines the many demands that have been made on the Valley’s natural resources, especially by large-scale agriculture, and traces the unforeseen ecological consequences of our unrestrained manipulation of nature. He also investigates changing public and scientific attitudes that are now ushering in an era of unprecedented protection for wildlife and wetlands in California and the nation.
Author: Neil F. Payne
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 582
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKA techniques manual on wetland habitat improvement, meant to serve as a practical guide and sourcebook of ideas and techniques for resource managers to adapt and modify regionally in the US and Canada, and elsewhere where applicable, as they plan and develop habitat improvement projects; and a training guide for aspiring wildlife managers. Details impractical to include are provided in the extensive references. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author: Ducks Unlimited, Great Lakes/Atlantic Regional Office
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Published: 2005
Total Pages: 28
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe purpose of this handbook is to provide you, the landowner, with a reference of practical and successful wetland restoration, enhancement and management techniques for your property.