Entering the Watershed: A New Approach To Save America's River Ecosystems

by Robert Doppelt, Mary Scurlock, Chris Frissell, James R. Karr

Overview

Entering the Watershed is the product of a two-year project established by the Pacific Rivers Council to develop new federal riverine protection and restoration policy alternatives. It recommends a comprehensive new approach to river protection based on principles of watershed dynamics, ecosystem function, and conservation biology -- a nationwide, strategic community- and ecosystem-based watershed restoration initiative. The book:

• describes in detail the existing level of damage to rivers and species
• analyzes flaws and gaps in existing policy
• provides the framework necessary to develop new policies
• outlines the scientific underpinnings and management strategies needed in new policy
• makes specific policy proposals

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781610912655
Publisher:	Island Press
Publication date:	10/01/1993
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	504
File size:	96 MB
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About the Author

Bob Doppelt, M.A., is Executive Director and co-founder of the Pacific Rivers Council, Inc. He is recognized as a national leader in river protection and conservation efforts, and sustainable development, He was the key strategist for the Oregon Omnibus National Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (1988), the largest river protection act in the nation's history for the lower 48 states. Mary Scurlock, J.D., is staff policy analyst for the Pacific Rivers Council, Inc., providing legal and policy analysis and research for PRC's National Rivers Policy Project. She is currently working on issues related to funding for watershed and fish habitat restoration. Chris Frissell, Ph.D., is an aquatic ecologist and a consultant with the Pacific Rivers Council, Inc. Dr. Frissell's research interest is the study of fish meta-populations and their habitats. He has also led scientific workshops on new strategies for watershed restoration. James Karr, Ph.D., is Director of the Institute for Environmental Studies at the University of Washington. Dr. Karr has developed the Index of Biotic Integrity (IBI), a biologically based method to evaluate the quality of water resources, landscape ecology, avian demography and conservation biology.

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
Defining the Terms
Executive Summary
 
PART I. Forgotten Waters
Chapter 1. The Hidden Crisis
Chapter 2. Riverine Systems: The Stepchild of Environmental Efforts
 
PART II: Recommendations
Chapter 3. Recommendations for a New Community—and Ecosystem-Based Watershed Restoration Approach
Chapter 4. Recommendations for New National Riverine Policy Goals and Strategies
Chapter 5. Recommendations for Federal Lands
Chapter 6. Recommendations for Private Lands
Chapter 7. Recommendations for a Comprehensive Solution
Chapter 8. Concluding Thoughts on Entering the Watershed
 
Appendices: The Failure of Existing Riverine Protection and Restoration Policies and Programs
Appendix A: Riverine Management on Federal Lands Under Existing Resource Protection and Management Statutes
-Overview of Federal Lands
-The National Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 1968
-The Clean Water Act 
-The Endangered Species Act of 1973
-Federal Hydroelectricity and Water Impoundment Authority
-The Northwest Power Act and the Columbia River Basin: An Attempt to Restore an Entire Riverine System
-Mining and Riverine Protection on Federal Lands
-State Laws Affecting Federal-Land Riverine Systems and Biodiversity
 
Appendix B: Riverine System and Biodiversity Management by the Federal Land Management Agencies
-United States Forest Service Management of Riverine Systems and Biodiversity
-Bureau of Land Management Riverine Systems and Biodiversity Management Watershed as a Multiple Use on Forest -Service and Bureau of Land Management Lands
-National Park Service Riverine Management 
-Fish and Wildlife Service Riverine Management
-The National Wilderness-Preservation System and Riverine System Management
-Federal Requirements for Cumulative Impact Analysis and Interagency Coordination 
-Riverine Systems and Biodiversity on Native American Lands 
 
Appendix C: Federal Policies and Programs Affecting Rivers that Flow Through Private Lands 
-Private-Land Riverine Policies Requiring Congressional Action 
-The National Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 1968 
-Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area 
-Other Federal Programs and Policies with Implications for Private-Land Rivers 
-Nonpoint-Source Pollution Controls and Wetlands Protection Under the Clean Water Act
-National Flood Insurance Program 
-Coastal Zone Management Act 
-Overall Summary
 
Appendix D: State and Local Riverine Conservation Policies 
-State Riverine Protection Programs on Private Lands 
-State Forest Practices Acts 
-Wetlands Laws 
-Puget Sound Water Quality Authority 
-State Wild and Scenic River Programs 
-State River Programs Limited by Federal Policies 
-State Efforts at Cooperative Watershed Planning 
-Cooperative Local Approaches to Riverine Management 
-Merrimack River 
-Mattole River 
-Upper Mississippi River 
-Limitations of Local Approaches 
-Overall Summary 
 
Notes 
Bibliography 
About the Authors 
Index