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The national wildlife refuges : coordinating a conservation system through law /

This book provides a comprehensive examination of the laws and policies governing management of the national wildlife refuges, offering for the first time a practical description and analysis of the management regime outlined in the 1997 National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act. The 1997 act...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fischman, Robert, 1962-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington : Island Press, ©2003.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Maps of the National Wildlife Refuge System
  • Western Half of the Contiguous States and Hawaii
  • Eastern Half of the Contiguous States and Caribbean
  • Alaska and Pacific Ocean Units
  • The Forces Shaping Refuge Management
  • Understanding Refuge Resource Management
  • What Is the National Wildlife Refuge System?
  • Public Land Systems in the United States
  • The Crazy-Quilt Refuge System
  • The History of the National Wildlife Refuge System
  • Early History
  • The 1962 Refuge Recreation Act
  • The 1966 Refuge Administration Act
  • The Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act of 1980
  • The Struggle with Incompatible Uses
  • President Clinton's 1996 Executive Order
  • The Meaning of Organic Legislation
  • The Hallmarks of Modern Organic Legislation
  • The National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997
  • Purpose Statements
  • Sustaining, Restoring, Enhancing Healthy Populations
  • Plant Conservation
  • Modern Scientific Research Programs
  • Habitats, Utilitarianism, and Agency Discretion
  • Coordination
  • Designated Uses: The Hierarchy
  • Conservation as a Dominant Use
  • Overview of the Hierarchy of Uses
  • The Wildlife-Dependent Recreation Priority
  • Nonwildlife-Dependent Uses
  • Comprehensive Planning
  • Broad-Scale Plans
  • Comprehensive Conservation Plans
  • Comprehensive Conservation Plan Procedures
  • Substantive Management Criteria
  • The Compatibility Standard
  • Biological Integrity, Diversity, and Environmental Health
  • Water Rights
  • Biological Monitoring
  • Conservation Stewardship.