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Wetlands
(more) »rank: 472191by: William J. Mitsch, James G. Gosselink
: :Praise for Wetlands, Second Edition 'This book is the wetlands bible . . . the most wide-ranging [book] on the subject.'—Carl Folke, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (Land Use Policy) 'The single best combination text and reference book on wetland ecology.'—Joseph S. Larson, University of Massachusetts (Journal of Environmental Quality) 'First on my list of references to recommend to someone new to wetland policy management or science.'—Jay A. Leitch, North Dakota State University (Water Resources Bulletin) 'The First Edition of Wetlands became the definitive work for educating wetland scientists and managers across the country. . . . The Second Edition . . ...
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Swampwalker's Journal
(more) »rank: 517349by: David M. Carroll, David Carroll
: :David Carroll is an artist, both literary and visual, who has dedicated his life to swamps and other wetlands. He knows them better than most of us know our backyards, our hometowns, our best friends. He has stayed in touch with individual turtles for twenty years, watching them dig into hibernation in the winter, greeting them as they emerge in the spring, following them as they breed, feed, and roam through the warmer, wetter months. He knows frogs and snakes, bears and beavers, muskrats and minks, dragonflies, caddis flies, birds, water lilies, pickerel weed, cattails, sedges, and everything that swims, flies, trudges, ...
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Constructed Wetlands in the Sustainable Landscape
(more) »rank: 369267by: Craig S. Campbell, Michael Ogden
: :LandscapeConstructed wetlands are gaining worldwide acceptance as effective, low-cost, and low-impact alternatives to unsightly, high-impact wastewater treatment facilities. The creative involvement of today's planners, landscape architects, developers, environmental engineers, and public officials is helping to maximize the potential of these wetland habitats--from their aesthetics to their multiple uses as water treatment plants, wildlife refuges, and recreational or educational facilities. Yet, to date, the literature has paid no attention to these aspects, focusing instead on the technical side of wetlands construction and function. Constructed Wetlands in the Sustainable Landscape is the first book to integrate aesthetic design and planning issues with the technical ...
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Wildlife Habitat Management of Wetlands
(more) »rank: 984565by: Neil F. Payne
: :A companion volume to 'Wildlife Habitat Management of Forestlands, Rangelands and Farmlands', this professional guide describes direct habitat management techniques for a wide variety of North American game and nongame species. Written in a practical, hands-on style and offering tried-and-proven methods for improving, preserving and developing wetlands with optimum results, the author shows exactly how to implement the full range of manipulation techniques. The book is aided by hundreds of drawings, charts and tables that clearly illustrate key concepts. In addition, a valuable appendix containing a review of the various wetland classification systems is included and more than 700 references are cited. ...
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Okefenokee
(more) »rank: 953037by: George W. Folkerts
: : Whenever human or animal feet stepped upon the floating land of Okefenokee, it trembled. This phenomenon gave the swamp its Native American name, Okefenokee, 'trembling earth.' Okefenokee's beginnings in what is now southern Georgia and northeastern Florida can be traced back seven thousand years, when rivers veering toward the Atlantic Ocean created a massive ridge that held back a deep bowl of sand. Seeds and other organic matter drifting on its surface spawned floating islands. Over this fragile, now sedentary terrain flow many streams that feed two rivers--the Suwanee, emptying into the Gulf of Mexico, and St. Mary's River, into the ...
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Discovering the Unknown Landscape: A History Of America's Wetlands
(more) »rank: 1396580by: Ann Vileisis
: :The rapidly disappearing wetlands that once spread so abundantly across the American continent serve an essential and irreplaceable ecological function. Yet for centuries, Americans have viewed them with disdain. Beginning with the first European settlers, we have thought of them as sinkholes of disease and death, as landscapes that were worse than useless unless they could be drained, filled, paved or otherwise 'improved.' As neither dry land, which can be owned and controlled by individuals, nor bodies of water, which are considered a public resource, wetlands have in recent years been at the center of controversy over issues of environmental protection and ...
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Techniques for Wildlife Habitat Management of Wetlands (Biological Resource Management)
(more) »rank: 1289780by: Neil F. Payne
: :The rapidly disappearing wetlands that once spread so abundantly across the American continent serve an essential and irreplaceable ecological function. Yet for centuries, Americans have viewed them with disdain. Beginning with the first European settlers, we have thought of them as sinkholes of disease and death, as landscapes that were worse than useless unless they could be drained, filled, paved or otherwise 'improved.' As neither dry land, which can be owned and controlled by individuals, nor bodies of water, which are considered a public resource, wetlands have in recent years been at the center of controversy over issues of environmental protection and ...
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Restoring Prairie Wetlands: An Ecological Approach
(more) »rank: 2713362by: Susan M. Galatowitsch, Arnold G. Van Der Valk, Arnoud Van Der Valk
: :The rapidly disappearing wetlands that once spread so abundantly across the American continent serve an essential and irreplaceable ecological function. Yet for centuries, Americans have viewed them with disdain. Beginning with the first European settlers, we have thought of them as sinkholes of disease and death, as landscapes that were worse than useless unless they could be drained, filled, paved or otherwise 'improved.' As neither dry land, which can be owned and controlled by individuals, nor bodies of water, which are considered a public resource, wetlands have in recent years been at the center of controversy over issues of environmental protection and ...
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Practical Handbook for Wetland Identification and Delineation
(more) »rank: 1209488by: John G. Lyon
: :In this time of concern over wetlands, many groups have compelling reasons to identify and delineate wetlands. Financial institutions use environmental evaluation as a part of their loan decisions. Civil engineers must plan sites without disturbing existing wetlands. Conservation groups wish to identify valuable wetlands for preserves or parks. Local and state governments need wetlands assessments for management and planning of existing and future public lands. And the Federal government has mandated that wetlands receive more attention.As our understanding of wetlands functions increases, the ability to identify and delineate them becomes even more critical. Practical Handbook for Wetland Identification and Delineation defines ...
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Preserving the Pascagoula
(more) »rank: 238995by: Donald G. Schueler
: : Preserving the Pascagoula re-creates one of the more exciting sagas in the history of wilderness preservation--the ultimately successful fight to protect the vast, magnificent, little-known Pascagoula Swamp in southeastern Mississippi. The Pascagoula, in terms of discharge volume, remains the largest undammed, unaltered river system in the continental United States. The story of how it was saved, with several heroes, no great villains, and a happy ending, will remind the environmental community that now and then the 'good guys' do win. More than the suspenseful retelling of this achievement, Preserving the Pascagoula details the unusual strategy whereby the fight was won. It ...
