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 1278
... losses of bottomland hardwoods and drastic reductions in fish and wildlife populations . We are hopeful that some ... losses are concerned , should be at somewhere near the 100 - percent level . Certain statements in some of the projects ...
... losses of bottomland hardwoods and drastic reductions in fish and wildlife populations . We are hopeful that some ... losses are concerned , should be at somewhere near the 100 - percent level . Certain statements in some of the projects ...
Page 1279
... losses of these resources . In two regions of Louisiana , the effects of channelization have already become a moot question , since most of the natural streams have been converted into drainage canals in recent years . Dredging in these ...
... losses of these resources . In two regions of Louisiana , the effects of channelization have already become a moot question , since most of the natural streams have been converted into drainage canals in recent years . Dredging in these ...
Page 1280
... loss of bottom - land hardwoods and marshes . Therefore , in 1960 , the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission ... losses of bottom - land hardwood habitat . EFFECTS OF CHANNELIZATION ON FISH AND WILDLIFE RESOURCES River - bottom ...
... loss of bottom - land hardwoods and marshes . Therefore , in 1960 , the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission ... losses of bottom - land hardwood habitat . EFFECTS OF CHANNELIZATION ON FISH AND WILDLIFE RESOURCES River - bottom ...
Page 1281
... loss of wildlife habitat from channelization projects is often con- siderable from the physical destruction wrought by canals and spoil banks , in many cases a far greater loss occurs from alteration of land uses associated with the ...
... loss of wildlife habitat from channelization projects is often con- siderable from the physical destruction wrought by canals and spoil banks , in many cases a far greater loss occurs from alteration of land uses associated with the ...
Page 1284
... loss is going to be probably at the hundred - percent level as far as loss of wildlife is concerned in that area ; and as these water areas tend to deepen then they become less valuable as fish nursery grounds . You get some replacement ...
... loss is going to be probably at the hundred - percent level as far as loss of wildlife is concerned in that area ; and as these water areas tend to deepen then they become less valuable as fish nursery grounds . You get some replacement ...
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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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Page 2101 - Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the requisite number of words. (Mr.
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Page 2075 - Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment. The Clerk read as follows: "Amendment offered by Mr.