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A Long-Term Vision For An Ecologically Sound Platte River, Andrew J. Caven, Melissa M. Mosier, Kristal Stoner, Bill Taddicken, Brice Krohn, Ashley Gramza, Craig R. Allen, Mike Carter, Michelle Koch, Kirk D. Schroeder, Sarah Bailey, Rich Walters, Brian C. Chaffin, Erica Gnuse, Amy Jones, Kate Bird
A Long-Term Vision For An Ecologically Sound Platte River, Andrew J. Caven, Melissa M. Mosier, Kristal Stoner, Bill Taddicken, Brice Krohn, Ashley Gramza, Craig R. Allen, Mike Carter, Michelle Koch, Kirk D. Schroeder, Sarah Bailey, Rich Walters, Brian C. Chaffin, Erica Gnuse, Amy Jones, Kate Bird
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The Platte River extends about 310 mi (499 km) from North Platte, Nebraska, to its terminus at the Missouri River confluence near Plattsmouth, Nebraska. The Platte River Valley is a continentally significant ecosystem that serves as a major stopover for migratory waterbirds in the Central Flyway including the endangered Whooping Crane (Grus americana) and >1 million Sandhill Cranes (Antigone canadensis) at the peak of spring migration. However, the Platte River Valley also supports a great diversity of avifauna including grassland breeding birds, native stream fish, vascular plants, herpetofauna, mammals, pollinators, and aquatic macroinvertebrates. Despite ongoing conservation …
At Home And At Large In The Great Plains: Essays And Memories, Paul A. Johnsgard
At Home And At Large In The Great Plains: Essays And Memories, Paul A. Johnsgard
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This volume presents fourteen essays (some updated) that originally appeared in Prairie Fire, a monthly free newspaper that for seven years (as of 2015) has carried important messages of social, environmental, and economic issues in a mature and nonpartisan manner to tens of thousands of residents of Nebraska, western Iowa, eastern Colorado, and southern South Dakota, and by mail to subscribers in the rest of the world. These essays discuss the North American east-west ecological boundaries, spring migration events, birds at the bird feeder, feathered survivors of a glacial past, the threatened sharp-tailed grouse of Nebraska and South Dakota, and …
Casco Bay Watershed Wetlands Characterization, State Planning Office
Casco Bay Watershed Wetlands Characterization, State Planning Office
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Casco Bay Watershed Wetlands Characterization
State of Maine Executive Department - State Planning Office
Augusta, Maine, May 2001
Contents: Abstract / Background / Getting Started / Designing the System / The Characterization / The Prioritization / Results / Cautions / Significance of the Approach / Literature Cited / Figure 1 - Biophysical Regions of Maine / Appendix A: Steering Committee Members / Appendix B: Field Verification Form / Appendix C: Contacts
The Voluntary Water Quality Monitoring Program : 1982 Project Report, Barbara Welch, Judy Potvin, Mary Ellen Dennis
The Voluntary Water Quality Monitoring Program : 1982 Project Report, Barbara Welch, Judy Potvin, Mary Ellen Dennis
Maine Collection
The Voluntary Water Quality Monitoring Program : 1982 Project Report
by Barbara Welch, Judy Potvin & Mary Ellen Dennis
Division of Environmental Evaluation and Lake Studies, Maine Department of Environmental Protection, Augusta, Maine 1982.
Contents: Understanding Maine's Lakes and Ponds / Acknowledgement / Temperature / Dissolved Oxygen / Other Measures of Lake Water Quality / Nutrients / Algae and Chlorophyll a / Transparency / Morphometry / Sampling / Protection / Classification / Answers to Most Frequently Asked Questions / Glossary of Terms / Appendix A : Maximum, Minimum, and Mean Values / Appendix B : Phosphate Content of Common Cleansers …
Maine's Whitewater Rapids And Their Relevance To The Critical Areas Program, Janet Mcmahon
Maine's Whitewater Rapids And Their Relevance To The Critical Areas Program, Janet Mcmahon
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Maine's Whitewater Rapids and Their Relevance to the Critical Areas Program
by Janet McMahon
Planning Report No. 74, Critical Areas Program, 184 State St., Augusta, Maine,
April, 1981 (additions made in October, 1981). Reprinted July, 1983.
Contents: Introduction / Natural History of Whitewater Rapids / Methods / Criteria / Results / Conclusions / General Evaluation of Whitewater Rapids for Inclusion on the Register of Critical Areas / Bibliography / Action Plan
Freshwater Wetlands : Their Relevance To The Critical Areas Program Of The State Planning Office, Timothy Zorach
Freshwater Wetlands : Their Relevance To The Critical Areas Program Of The State Planning Office, Timothy Zorach
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Freshwater Wetlands : Their Relevance to the Critical Areas Program of the State Planning Office
by Timothy Zorach : A Report Prepared for the Maine Critical Areas Program, State Planning Office, 184 State Street, Augusta, Maine 04333. November 1979
Planning Report # 70.
Contents: Introduction / Wetland Classification / Ecology of Freshwater Wetland Ecosystems in Maine / Life History of Wetlands / Wetland Management / Freshwater Wetland Evaluation / References Cited and Selected Literature
Part II: A Trial Inventory and Identification of Significant Freshwater Wetlands in the Presumpscot River Basin, Saco River Basin and Associated Coastal Drainage Basins.
Inventory Of Lake Studies In Maine, Charles F. Wallace Jr., James M. Strunk
Inventory Of Lake Studies In Maine, Charles F. Wallace Jr., James M. Strunk
Maine Collection
Inventory of Lake Studies in Maine
By Charles F. Wallace, Jr. and James M. Strunk
State Planning Office, Water Resources Planning Division, July 1973.
"Printed under Appropriation Number 4248.5 and financially assisted by planning grants from the United States Water Resources Council Title III funds."
Contents: Introduction / Investigating Agencies / Federal Agencies / State Agencies / Regional Planning Commissions and Economic Development Districts / Maine Colleges and Universities / Private / Other Private / Other / Appendices