"Instream Flow Protection" is a comprehensive overview of Western water use and the issues that surround it. The authors explain instream flow and its historical, political, and legal context; describe current instream flow laws and policies; and present methods of protecting instream flow. They provide numerous examples to illustrate their discussions, with case studies of major river systems including the Bitterroot, Clark's Fork, Colorado, Columbia, Mimbres, Mono Lake, Platte, Snake, and Wind.Policymakers, land and water managers at local, state, and federal levels, attorneys, students and researchers of water issues, and anyone concerned with instream flow protection will find the book enormously valuable.
- ISBN10 1417539771
- ISBN13 9781417539772
- Publish Date December 1997 (first published 1 July 1997)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Island Press
- Format eBook
- Language English