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Status of the interior Columbia Basin : summary of scientific findings.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Series:
- General technical report PNW ; 385.
- General technical report PNW ; 385
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ecosystem management--Columbia River Watershed.
- Ecosystem management.
- Biodiversity conservation--Columbia River Watershed.
- Biodiversity conservation.
- Conservation of natural resources--Columbia River Watershed.
- Conservation of natural resources.
- Pacific salmon.
- Indians of North America--Northwest, Pacific--Treaties.
- Indians of North America.
- Columbia River Watershed--Environmental conditions.
- Columbia River Watershed.
- Ecology.
- Pacific Northwest.
- United States--Columbia River Watershed.
- Genre:
- Treaties
- Treaties.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (iii, 144 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color)
- Place of Publication:
- Portland, Oregon : United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, 1996.
- Summary:
- The Status of the Interior Columbia Basin is a summary of the scientific findings from the Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Project. The Interior Columbia Basin includes some 145 million acres within the northwestern United States. Over 75 million acres of this area are managed by the USDA Forest Service or the USDI Bureau of Land Management. A framework for ecosystem management is described that assumes the broad purpose is to maintain the integrity of ecosystems over time and space. An integrated scientific assessment links landscape, aquatic, terrestrial, social, and economic characterizations to describe the biophysical and social systems. Ecosystem conditions within the Basin have changed substantially within the last 100 years. The status of ecosystems is described in terms of current conditions and trends under three broadly defined management options. The scientific information brought forward will be used in decision-making, and may potentially amend Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management plans within the Basin. The information highlighted here represents an integrated view of biophysical and socioeconomic elements at a scale never before attempted. The risks and opportunities are characterized in the broad context of the Basin for managers and the public to use as a foundation for discussion about future management.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Social and economic setting
- American Indian peoples
- Biophysical setting and landscape dynamics
- Terrestrial ecology
- Aquatic species and habitats
- Ecosystem integrity
- The future of the Basin : analysis of management options
- Conclusion : from science to management.
- Notes:
- " ... a summary of the scientific findings from the Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Project"--Title page verso
- "November 1996."
- Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.
- Print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Status of the interior Columbia Basin
- OCLC:
- 679959707
- Access Restriction:
- Use copy Restrictions unspecified
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