Author: United States. General Accounting Office
Publisher:
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 70
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Ned Smith
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Published: 1999-11
Total Pages: 60
ISBN-13: 9780756707361
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The last remaining woodland caribou (WC) pop. in the U.S. has inhabited the southern Selkirk Mountains (SSM), located in NE Wash., N Idaho, and SE Brit. Columbia (BC). By the early 1980s, this pop. had dwindled to about 30. In 1983, the SSM pop. of WC was granted emergency protection under the Endangered Species Act. Fed. and state agencies in the U.S. and in BC have participated in a coop. program to recover the WC. This report provides info. on: the amount and source of funds expended on the WC recovery program (RP); the results of the RP, incl. the outcome of efforts to augment the pop.; and the impact of the RP efforts on land use.
Author: Science and Management of Protected Areas Association
Publisher: Wolfville, N.S. : Science and Management of Protected Areas Association
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 1544
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: David Huddart
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2019-10-25
Total Pages: 475
ISBN-13: 3030186237
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This textbook presents a comprehensive overview of the environmental impacts of various types of adventure tourism and how these can be best managed. This volume follows on from the authors previous textbook – ‘Outdoor Recreation: Environmental Impacts and Management’ and continues the aim of developing a deeper understanding of how tourist numbers impact the environment and to provide practical solutions to these problems. Combining their own first-hand experience and research with extensive literature review the authors' present several popular adventure tourism destinations from across the globe, including the Arctic, the Himalayas, Africa, Australia and Scotland as case studies. Chapters cover the particular challenges faced by each region: including impacts on animals and birds; the spread of invasive plant species and diseases; trail impacts on vegetation; impacts on geological, historical and archaeological sites and pollution and waste issues. A discussion and evaluation of the possible management actions for minimising these impacts and how outdoor recreation tourists can be regulated concludes each chapter. This practical and engaging textbook will be invaluable to students and scholars of adventure tourism and outdoor recreation as well as practitioners and managers working in the field.
Author: David R. Klein
Publisher: University of Alaska Press
Published: 2019-08-15
Total Pages: 545
ISBN-13: 1602233926
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This is an innovative and collaborative life history of one of Alaska’s pioneering wildlife biologists. David R. Klein has been a leader in promoting habitat studies across wildlife research in Alaska, and this is his first-hand account of how science and biological fieldwork has been carried out in Alaska in the last sixty years. This book tells the stories of how Klein did his science and the inspiration behind the research, while exposing the thinking that underlies particular scientific theories. In addition, this book shows the evolution of Alaska’s wildlife management regimes from territorial days to statehood to the era of big oil. The first portion of the book is comprised of stories from Klein’s life collected during oral history interviews, while the latter section contains essays written by Klein about philosophical topics of importance to him, such as eco-philosophy, the definition of wilderness, and the morality of hunting. Many of Klein’s graduate students have gone on to become successful wildlife managers themselves, in Alaska and around the globe. Through The Making of an Ecologist, Klein’s outlook, philosophy, and approach toward sustainability, wildlife management, and conservation can now inspire even more readers to ensure the survival of our fragile planet in an ever-changing global society.
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2003-10-04
Total Pages: 305
ISBN-13: 0309087376
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book identifies accumulated environmental, social and economic effects of oil and gas leasing, exploration, and production on Alaska's North Slope. Economic benefits to the region have been accompanied by effects of the roads, infrastructure and activies of oil and gas production on the terrain, plants, animals and peoples of the North Slope. While attempts by the oil industry and regulatory agencies have reduced many of the environmental effects, they have not been eliminated. The book makes recommendations for further environmental research related to environmental effects.