| Main Title |
Down by the river : the impact of federal water projects and policies on biological diversity / |
| Author |
Hunt, Constance Elizabeth.
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| Other Authors |
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| Publisher |
Island Press, |
| Year Published |
1988 |
| OCLC Number |
18136679 |
| ISBN |
0933280483 : 0933280475 (pbk.) : |
| Subjects |
Water resources development--Environmental aspects--United States ;
Biological diversity conservation--United States
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| Holdings |
| Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last
Modified |
Checkout
Status |
| EJBM |
QH545.W33H86 1988 |
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Headquarters Library/Washington,DC |
11/17/1989 |
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| Collation |
xix, 266 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Notes |
"Published in cooperation with National Wildlife Federation." Includes index. Bibliography: p. 246-247. |
| Contents Notes |
1. Background: the rivers and their management.--2. Common impacts of river development.--3. The Columbia - a piqued river.--4. Riparian ecosystems in the Lower Colorado River Basin: the wasted oases.--5. Water and the law of the west in the Upper Colorado River Basin.--6. The Missouri's misery.--7. Huck Finn's habitat: the Uper Mississippi.--8. The Lower Mississippi Valley: southern swamps and soybeans.--9. Southeastern shipping lanes.--10. The growth of small hydroelectric projects in the rivers of the northeast.--11. Creating a new era. |
