Stream Channelization: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives, Ninety-second Congress, First Session [-Ninety-third Congress, First Session], Part 3U.S. Government Printing Office, 1971 - 3288 pages |
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Page 1273
... damage any projects contemplated . " Mr. Reed testified that the facts show that extensive channelization is not sound . Earlier , a dozen national conservation organizations , which testi- fied before our subcommittee , all recommended ...
... damage any projects contemplated . " Mr. Reed testified that the facts show that extensive channelization is not sound . Earlier , a dozen national conservation organizations , which testi- fied before our subcommittee , all recommended ...
Page 1283
... damage . In the overall view of the several projects you have described and with which you are familiar , would you make a similar argument- that the biology has been damaged on one hand , but enhanced on the other ; that new species ...
... damage . In the overall view of the several projects you have described and with which you are familiar , would you make a similar argument- that the biology has been damaged on one hand , but enhanced on the other ; that new species ...
Page 1292
... damage to the wetland ecosystem of the Forked Deer and Obion Rivers and will continue to do more . Completion of the ... damages in 1948 were $ 55,000 ; in 1965- $ 757,000 and in 1970- $ 2,000,000 . It would appear that as land is ...
... damage to the wetland ecosystem of the Forked Deer and Obion Rivers and will continue to do more . Completion of the ... damages in 1948 were $ 55,000 ; in 1965- $ 757,000 and in 1970- $ 2,000,000 . It would appear that as land is ...
Page 1293
... damage was concentrated there . As a result , channelization of about 15,000 feet of smallmouth - rock bass stream is considered justified by the watershed district , whose president happens to be a real estate developer . The project ...
... damage was concentrated there . As a result , channelization of about 15,000 feet of smallmouth - rock bass stream is considered justified by the watershed district , whose president happens to be a real estate developer . The project ...
Page 1303
... damage and losses of such values . This would put real teeth into the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 ( Public Law 91-190 ) and fill any holes that might remain in the proposed Land Use Act enforcement . 3. Emphasis in ...
... damage and losses of such values . This would put real teeth into the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 ( Public Law 91-190 ) and fill any holes that might remain in the proposed Land Use Act enforcement . 3. Emphasis in ...
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acres of wet Alcovy River amendment areas Bayou benefits Chairman channel improvement channelization projects Colorado River Commission Congress Conservation and Natural construction Corps of Engineers County Soil Conservation Creek Watershed cropland D.C. DEAR damage downstream Drainage District effects environment environmental eral erosion Federal agencies Federal funds fish fish and wildlife Fisheries flood control flood plain Flood prevention Game and Fish Lake location of project losses Louisiana marshes ment moratorium Name and location name of waterway Natural Resources nelized number of acres Number of miles planning problems project include name PROJECTS INVOLVING CHANNELIZATION proposed Public Law 566 Purpose(s recreation result of project REUSS riprapped sediment Soil and Water Soil Conservation District Soil Conservation Service South Dakota sponsoring stream channelization swamps tion tributary Type and number Walsh County Water Conservation District water management waterfowl watershed projects West Virginia wet lands drained wetlands wildlife wildlife habitat wildlife resources wood ducks
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