Mission Managing Half the Nation Water on One-third of Its Forests, with Input from More Than 125 Million People
Asheville, NC
-- Riparian
Management in Forests of the Continental Eastern United States
addresses the water wealth of the East and the complex problems and unique
opportunities this region faces. In 1995 USDA Forest Service scientists Andy Dolloff, Project Leader for the Southern Research Station’s Coldwater Streams and Trout Habitat Research Unit in Blacksburg, VA, Elon S. Verry of the North Central Research Station, and James W. Hornbeck of the Northeastern Research Station accepted the responsibility for defining the state-of-the-art in managing forested riparian areas. What a challenge! The Eastern U.S. contains one-third of the Nation’s forests and over one-half of its water. An intricate patchwork of public and private land ownership, fragmented ecosystems, and diverse interest groups compound the issues’ complexity.
Twenty chapters focus on defining, classifying, and mapping riparian
areas; managing for aquatic, bird, animal, and forest health; measuring human dimensions and impacts; prescribing silvicultural and harvesting options; monitoring water resources and restoring watershed health.
Forty-eight scientists and managers from the USDA Forest Service and Natural Resources Conservation Service, the Environmental Protection Agency, State and county agencies, universities, industry, non-governmental organizations, and private citizens collaborated to write
Riparian Management in Forests of the Continental Eastern United States. The
authors and editors have created an informative and highly readable book with a hungry audience—released in January, it is in its second printing. To purchase a copy for $54.95, visit the Lewis Publishers, CRC Press, Web site at
http://www.crcpress.com . The mailing address is CRC Press LLC, Attention: Order Entry, 2000 NW Corporate Boulevard, Boca Raton, FL 33431-9868.
