Downstream
Downstream

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 1999-12-22

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 0309065798

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The Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center began long-term planning at its inception and, in May 1997, produced a Long-Term Monitoring and Research Strategic Plan that was adopted by stakeholder groups (the Adaptive Management Work Group and the Technical Work Group) later that year. The Center then requested the National Research Council's (NRC) Water Science and Technology Board to evaluate this plan.

Downstream
Downstream

Author: Committee on Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 1999-12-06

Total Pages: 214

ISBN-13: 9780309090414

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The Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center began long-term planning at its inception and, in May 1997, produced a Long-Term Monitoring and Research Strategic Plan that was adopted by stakeholder groups (the Adaptive Management Work Group and the Technical Work Group) later that year. The Center then requested the National Research Council's (NRC) Water Science and Technology Board to evaluate this plan.

Colorado River Ecology and Dam Management
Colorado River Ecology and Dam Management

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 1991-02-01

Total Pages: 287

ISBN-13: 0309045355

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This book contains 11 papers that review the extant information about the Colorado River from an ecosystem perspective and serve as the basis for discussion of the use of ecosystem/earth science information for river management and dam operations. It also contains a synopsis of the committee's findings and recommendations to the Bureau of Reclamation as the agency seeks to change its direction to the management of natural resources.

River Resource Management in the Grand Canyon
River Resource Management in the Grand Canyon

Author: Committee to Review the Glen Canyon Environmental Studies

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 1996-02-12

Total Pages: 243

ISBN-13: 0309589029

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Federal management of water is undergoing a change that involves a drastic reduction in the number of new water projects and an increase in emphasis on the quality of water management. This book summarizes and analyzes environmental research conducted in the lower Colorado River below the Glen Canyon Dam under the leadership of the Bureau of Reclamation. It reviews alternative dam operations to mitigate impacts in the lower Colorado riverine environment and the strengths and weaknesses of large federal agencies dealing with broad environmental issues and hydropower production. While many problems remain to be solved, the Bureau of Reclamation through the Glen Canyon area. The lessons of GCES are transferable to other locations and could be the basis for a new era in the management of western waters.

Water, Earth, and Sky
Water, Earth, and Sky

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 136

ISBN-13:

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"In 1996, author and photographer Michael Collier set out in his forty-year-old Cessna seeking an expanded understanding and perspective on the Colorado River basin - a region spanning the states of Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, Nevada, California, Arizona, and New Mexico - which he had come to know intimately through twenty-five years of river running. Twelve thousand photographs and more than a year later, Collier had learned another way of knowing that magnificent landscape and now shares his altered vision in Water, Earth, and Sky: The Colorado River Basin." "One hundred forty images are accompanied by six essays, written by experts in various fields of natural history and ecology, that illuminate chosen aspects of this landscape."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved