Category: Environmental Management
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‘Wind is coming’: Offshore wind energy nearly a reality
The impending arrival of offshore wind turbines in the Gulf of Maine is top of mind among those working in U.S. and Canadian fisheries. It was also the subject of a recent Maine Center for Coastal Fisheries (MCCF) Lunch and Learn discussion where Wilson was speaking as a panelist. The public event,…
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Crab Command and Control
A California team uses science to predict the risk of whale entanglements and shut down the Dungeness crab industry when necessary in “near real time.” As the warm water Blob transformed the ecosystem in the northeast Pacific, the number of whales tangled in fishing lines along the US west coast soared from…
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A Forester for The Trees
A day with Nadia Hamey, the forester developing a sustainable yield logging plan for Cemex Redwoods. Hilltromper Santa Cruz | 2013 Words and Photo By L. Clark Tate Oct. 11, 2013—I envisioned a hike with forester Nadia Hamey, despite knowing quite a bit about her progressive practices, to be something…
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Watershed Governance & Funding
Tamarisk Coalition | 2012 By L. Clark Tate – Reviewed & Edited by the marvelous Kristen Jespersen & Jamie Nielsen The report, Watershed Governance Structures & Funding Mechanisms: Considerations for a Colorado River Basin Restoration Initiative summarizes governance structure information acquired during the analysis of watershed initiative case studies examined for the 2011 Tamarisk Coalition…
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Sustainable Funding for Watersheds
Tamarisk Coalition | 2011 By Tim Carlson, Patrick Hickey & L. Clark Tate This paper explores potential long-term and sustainable funding options necessary to successfully implement a Colorado River Basin riparian restoration initiative. For the purpose of this paper, sustainable funding is defined, as a perpetual revenue stream that is sufficient…
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Dolores River Riparian Action Plan
Recommendations for implementing tamarisk control and restoration efforts completed in 2010 for the Dolores River Restoration Partnership. By L. Clark Tate with assistance by Tim Carlson, past Tamarisk Coalition Executive Director The executive summary is included below. View or download the full report. Dolores River Riparian Action Plan (DR-RAP) Recommendations…
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