Instream Flow Protection: Seeking A Balance In Western Water Use - Hardcover

Gillilan, David M.; Brown, Thomas C.

 
9781559635233: Instream Flow Protection: Seeking A Balance In Western Water Use

Synopsis

Instream Flow Protection is a comprehensive overview of Western water use and the issues that surround it. The authors explain instream flow and its historical, political, and legal context; describe current instream flow laws and policies; and present methods of protecting instream flow. They provide numerous examples to illustrate their discussions, with case studies of major river systems including the Bitterroot, Clark's Fork, Colorado, Columbia, Mimbres, Mono Lake, Platte, Snake, and Wind.Policymakers, land and water managers at local, state, and federal levels, attorneys, students and researchers of water issues, and anyone concerned with instream flow protection will find the book enormously valuable.

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About the Author

David M. Gillilan is a law student at the University of Colorado.

Thomas C. Brown is an economist for the Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station of the U.S. Forest Service in Fort Collins, Colorado.


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ISBN 10:  155963524X ISBN 13:  9781559635240
Publisher: Island Press, 1997
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