Marsh Management in Coastal Louisiana: Effects and Issues : Proceedings of a SymposiumU.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, Research and Development, 1989 - Marsh ecology - 378 pages |
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Page 370 - ... all waters which are subject to the ebb and flow of the tide shoreward to their mean high water mark...
Page 103 - ... unacceptable adverse effect on municipal water supplies, shellfish beds and fishery areas (including spawning and breeding areas), wildlife, or recreational areas.
Page 108 - Act, which prohibits the discharge of dredged or fill material into waters of the United States without a permit from the Corps of Engineers.
Page 108 - Corps of Engineers has been regulating activities in the nation's waters since 1890. Until the 1960's the primary purpose of the regulatory program was to protect navigation. Since then...
Page 210 - Herke, WH, 1979. Some effects of semi-impoundment on coastal Louisiana fish and crustacean nursery usage...
Page 109 - Among these are the National Environmental Policy Act, the Coastal Zone Management Act, the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act, the Endangered Species Act, the National Historic Preservation Act...
Page 369 - Each Federal agency conducting or supporting activities directly affecting the coastal zone shall conduct or support those activities in a manner which is, to the maximum extent practicable, consistent with approved state management programs.
Page 180 - Gagliano, SM, KJ. Meyer-Arendt, and KM Wicker. 1981. Land loss in the Mississippi River deltaic plain. Trans. Gulf Coast Assoc. Geol. Soc.
Page 370 - Act of 1899, and authority over the discharge of dredged or fill material into the "waters of the United States...
Page 142 - Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center. Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA; Email: pgarrettson & hotmail.com) JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT, Vol.