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    A handbook for stream enhancement & stewardship / by The Izaak Walton League of America.

    • Title:A handbook for stream enhancement & stewardship / by The Izaak Walton League of America.
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    • Variant Title:Handbook for stream enhancement and stewardship
    • Other Contributors/Collections:Firehock, Karen. Citizen's streambank restoration handbook.
      Izaak Walton League of America.
    • Published/Created:Blacksburg, Va. : McDonald & Woodward Pub. Co. ; Gaithersburg, Md. : Izaak Walton League of America, 2006.
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Stream restoration.
      Riparian areas.
    • Edition:2nd ed.
    • Description:x, 178 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm.
    • Notes:"The first edition of this book was published as A citizen's streambank restoration handbook in January, 1995"--Title page verso.
      Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-178).
    • ISBN:093992398X (alk. paper)
    • Contents:Overview of stream systems.
      Assessing the watershed.
      Performing a site inventory.
      Choosing stream enhancement methods and techniques.
      Stream bank enhancements on range and pasturelands.
      Glossary of terms.
      Appendix A: How to read a topographic map and delineate a watershed.
      Appendix B: Establishing a technical team for stream enhancement projects.
      Appendix C: Stream channel stability assessment.
      Appendix D: Safety and fun in the watershed.
      Appendix E: Establishing a mission and goals.
      Appendix F: Channel cross-section data form and instructions.
      Appendix G: Evaluating stream enhancement success.
      Appendix H: Land-use planning.
      Appendix I: Obtaining a permit.
      Appendix J: Funding watershed conservation projects.
      Appendix K: Vegetative cuttings.
      Appendix L: Container plants.
      Appendix M: Bare-root plants.
      Appendix N: Protecting plants from wildlife damage.
      Appendix O: Watering.
      Appendix P: Control of weeds.
      Appendix Q: Suggested format and contents for a riparian revegetation plan.
      Appendix R: Formalizing your group.
      Appendix S: Liability considerations.
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