Title:
Mitigation for Reservoir Projects Part I: Wildlife Mitigation Past and Present
Mitigation for Reservoir Projects Part I: Wildlife Mitigation Past and Present
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Burns, Carol J.
Conger, Allen W.
Whiteside, Richard W.
Conger, Allen W.
Whiteside, Richard W.
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Hatcher, Kathryn J.
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Abstract
The environmental impacts of water
development projects have recently become
the source of considerable concern by
various groups. A dichotomy has evolved
in which there exists a continuing need
to satisfy population water demands and
a recognition that projects to accomplish
these ends may cause irreversible adverse
impacts (Hagan and Roberts 1973).
Mitigation for the loss of wetland
habitat has been a major issue to resource
managers and developers for only the past
15 years. In the interim, substantial
progress has occurred in the evolution and
acceptance of the concept; we are now at
a time when we have enough knowledge and
experience to review how effectively the
concept has been implemented (LaRoe 1986).
For the portion of Georgia north of the
Fall Line, a network of public fishing and
water supply reservoirs was proposed to
ensure future water supplies. A need for
31 reservoirs was identified (Cowie and
Cooley 1988). What avoidance, restoration/ creation criteria and techniques should those proposing to impact wetland tracts apply for reservoir mitigation in each instance?
The scope of this paper is to present
the evolution of the wetland mitigation
concept with respect to reservoir development. A review of case histories
and evaluation of our progress is
presented with a specific emphasis on
mitigation for wildlife.
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Sponsored by U.S. Geological Survey, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, the University of Georgia, Georgia State University, and Georgia Institute of Technology.
Date Issued
1989-05
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