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Riparian Ecosystem Recovery in Arid Lands - Strategies and References (Paperback, New)
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Riparian Ecosystem Recovery in Arid Lands - Strategies and References (Paperback, New)
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Riparian ecosystems are declining throughout the southwestern
United States, where many have disappeared completely; yet progress
toward checking their decline has been marginal, and the results of
only a few recovery projects have been evaluated. In this
guidebook, Mark K. Briggs has filled this gap in riparian
conservation literature. Based on his experiences gleaned from
evaluating the results of many riparian rehabilitation projects,
Briggs presents these results in a manner that biologists,
hydrologists, government planners, resource managers, and other
concerned citizens can immediately apply toward developing
site-specific recovery strategies. The book opens with a review of
watershed characteristics and an examination of drainage systems,
then proceeds to determining the causes of riparian decline. It
introduces five factors that have a significant effect on the
results of riparian rehabilitation--natural regeneration, water
availability, channel stability, direct impacts such as livestock
grazing and recreational activities, and soil salinity--and offers
case studies that demonstrate how revegetation has been used both
effectively and ineffectively. It also discusses strategies other
than revegetation that may be effective in improving the ecological
condition of a site. Many of the strategies presented are also
relevant to nonarid climates and to urban areas. By emphasizing
evaluation of riparian ecosystems, so that the causes of
degradation can be understood, and by offering general approaches
that can be tailored to specific situations, Riparian Ecosystem
Recovery in Arid Lands takes a holistic approach to riparian
recovery that will enable users to better judge whether recovery
expenditures are likely to produce desired results. An
unprecedented work, it will substantially add to efforts across the
Southwest and elsewhere to restore these unique and priceless
ecosystems. CONTENTS 1 An Overview: Background on Riparian
Ecosystems / Lessons Learned from Past Riparian Recovery Efforts /
An Evaluation Strategy / Defining Some Important Terms 2
Considering the Damaged Riparian Area from a Watershed Perspective:
Case Study 1: Rincon Creek / Taking Advantage of Available
Information / Getting to Know the Watershed / Getting to Know the
Stream 3 Impacts within the Riparian Zone: Livestock / Case Study
2: Sheepshead Spring / Recreation / Competition from Nonnative
Species / Wildlife 4 Natural Recovery in Riparian Ecosystems: Case
Study 3: Aravaipa Creek / Factors Influencing Natural Recovery /
Case Study 4: McEuen Seep / Autoecology of Selected Southwestern
Riparian Tree Species / Case Study 5: Boulder Creek 5 Water
Availability: Case Study 6: Box Bar / How Groundwater Decline
Occurs / Evaluating Groundwater Conditions / Revegetating Riparian
Ecosystems Characterized by Groundwater Decline 6 The Drainageway:
Channel Instability and Riparian Ecosystems / Case Study 7:
Babocomari River / Channel Dynamics / Strategies for Evaluating
Channel Stability / Developing Recovery Projects along Unstable
Alluvial Stream Channels 7 Soil Salinity and Riparian Ecosystems:
Effects of Soil Salinity on Plant Growth / The Soil Survey / Soil
Salinity and Revegetation 8 Developing the Recovery Plan:
Developing Project Objectives / Selecting the Best Site / Local,
State, and Federal Permit Requirements / Identifying Model Areas /
Critical Components of the Recovery Plan / Community Involvement /
Demonstration Sites / Postproject Evaluation and Monitoring
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