Pocket Guide to Eastern Streams
by T. Travis and Shanda Brown, 2011, 320 pages, Stackpole Books

*Species accounts and photos for 225 plants, trees, insects, mollusks, fish, amphibians, reptiles, mammals and birds commonly found in and around streams
*Covers both aquatic organisms and those that live on streambanks
*Distinguishing characteristics, habitat information, and range map provided for each species
*For nature-lovers, hikers, anglers, naturalists, and wildlife professionals
*Includes information on restoring and preserving threatened or damaged stream ecosystems, all in a handy pocketsize format

Sustaining Coastal Zone Systems
edited by Paul Tett, Audun Sandberg, and Anne Mette, 2011, 160 pages, Dunedin Academic  Press Ltd.

The 'Coastal Zone' is the long narrow interface between land and ocean that is a dynamic area of natural change and increasing human use. These areas contain more than half the planet's population.

Prairie Pothole Region: At the Current Pace of Acquisitions, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Is Unlikely to Achieve Its Habitat Protection Goals for Migratory Birds
by United States Government Accountability, 2011, 58 pages, BiblioGov

The BiblioGov Project is an effort to expand awareness of the public documents and records of the U.S. Government via print publications. In broadening the public understanding of government and its work, an enlightened democracy can grow and prosper.

Climate Adaptation and Flood Risk in Coastal Cities
by By Jeroen Aerts, Wouter Botzen, Malcolm Bowman, Philip Ward and Piet Dircke, 2011, 328 pages, EarthScan

This book presents climate adaptation and flood risk problems and solutions in coastal cities, including an independent investigation of adaptation paths and problems in Rotterdam, New York and Jakarta.

Coastal Wetlands: An Integrated Ecosystem Approach
edited by Gerardo Perillo, Eric Wolanski, Donald Cahoon, Mark Brinson, 2009, 974 pages, Elsevier Science

Coastal wetlands are under a great deal of pressure from the dual forces of rising sea level and the intervention of human populations both along the estuary and in the river catchment.

Wetland and Water Resource Modeling and Assessment: A Watershed Perspective
edited by Wei Ji, 2007, 312 pages, CRC; 1 edition

As a wetland of international importance located in China ,the Poyang Lake Basin's incredible topographical and biological diversity has provided a congregating point for scientists from around the world to engage in cross-disciplinary research.

Adaptive Management For Water Resources Project Planning
by Panel on Adaptive Management for Resource Stewardship, Committee to Assess the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Methods of Analysis and Peer Review for Water Resources Project Planning, National Research Council, 2004, 138 pages, National Academies Press

This book reviews the Corps of Engineers' experiences to date with the concept of 'adaptive management' and provides advice on additional and more effective implementation of this planning approach. The adaptive management concept itself is complex and evolving, but might be summarized as 'learning while doing'. This book reviews literature on adaptive management and notes that a range of adaptive management practices present themselves for Corps projects.

Coastal Lagoons: Ecosystem Processes and Modeling for Sustainable Use and Development
edited by I. Ethem Gonen and John P. Wolflin, 2004, 528 pages, CRC; 1 edition

An effective decision-making process that will consider the hydrodynamic and ecological conditions of coastal lagoons is critical for handling development and protection of these sensitive ecosystems.

Boreal Shield Watersheds: Lake Trout Ecosystems in a Changing Environment
edited by John Gunn, Robert John Steedman, and Richard Ryder, 2003, 528 pages, CRC; 1 edition

Boreal Shield Watersheds: Lake Trout Ecosystems in a Changing Environment brings together the work of a renowned international group of scientists who specialize in aquatic science and environmental management.

Playas of the Great Plains
by Loren M. Smith, 2003, 275 pages, University of Texas Press; 1 edition

This book provides a state-of-the-art survey of all that is currently known about Great Plains playa ecology and conservation. Loren Smith synthesizes his own extensive research with other published studies to define playas and characterize their origin, development, flora, fauna, structure, function, and diversity.

Bioassessment and Management of North American Freshwater Wetlands
by Russell B. Rader, Darold P. Batzer, Scott A. Wissinger, 2001, 480 pages, Wiley; 1 edition

Wetlands are an important component of any healthy ecosystem. Managing them is a full-time job, and it involves the task of biomonitoring. This is the act of monitoring the ecosystem by analyzing several key species of flora and fauna to assess which pollutants are present, the degree of permeation, and what effects they are having on that ecosystem.

Integrated Watershed Management in the Global Ecosystem
by Rattan Lal, 1999, 416 pages, CRC; 1 edition

Focusing on the technical, social, and economic issues involved in watershed management, this interdisciplinary author team focuses on bettering land use practices.

Salmon Without Rivers: A History Of The Pacific Salmon Crisis
by James A. Lichatowich, 1999, 336 pages Island Press; 1 edition

In Salmon Without Rivers, fisheries biologist Jim Lichatowich offers an eye-opening look at the roots and evolution of the salmon crisis in the Pacific Northwest. He describes the multitude of factors over the past century and a half that have led to the salmon's decline, and examines in depth the abject failure of restoration efforts that have focused almost exclusively on hatcheries to return salmon stocks to healthy levels without addressing the underlying causes of the decline.

Ecologically Based Municipal Land Use Planning
by Honachefsky; William B, 1999, 272 pages, CRC; 1 edition

In the decades following the first Earth Day in 1970, a generation has been enlightened about the unspeakable damage done to our planet. Federal, state, and local governments generated laws and regulations to control development and protect the environment.

Voluntary Environmental Management: The Inevitable Future
by John Morelli, 1999, 184 pages, CRC; 1 edition

A shift from government oversight to private sector self-regulation appears to be the future of environmental management. This will be a complex and complicated transition, as individual companies attempt to balance their needs against that of the surrounding communities - and world.

Environmental Management Problems and Solutions
by Louis Theodore, R. Ryan Dupont and Terry E. Baxter, 1998, 352 pages, CRC; 1 edition

There is a growing need to support undergraduate educators in the development of environmental management educational materials. Recognizing this need, the National Science Foundation funded a College Faculty Workshop on Environmental Management, that was conducted at Utah State University in July and August 1996.

Remote Sensing for Landscape Ecology: New Metric Indicators for Monitoring, Modeling, and Assessment of Ecosystems
by Robert C. Frohn, 1998, 99 pages, CRC-Press; 1 edition

This book presents a new set of metrics that allows remotely sensed data to be used effectively in landscape ecology. This groundbreaking new work is the first to present new metrics for remote sensing of landscapes and demonstrate how they can be used to yield more accurate analyses for GIS studies.

Assessing the Sustainability and Biological Integrity of Water Resources
by Thomas P. Simon, 1998, 672 pages, CRC-Press; 1 edition

This book examines the application of fish community characteristics to evaluate the sustainability and biological integrity of freshwaters. Topics discussed include perspectives on use of fish communities.

Vision and Leadership in Sustainable Development
by Chris Maser, 1998, 272 pages, CRC-Press; 1 edition

As with the other volumes in Maser's Sustainable Community Development series, this volume recognizes the increasing importance of local communities to take charge of the issues most directly affecting the environment.

Organic Waste Recycling, 2nd Edition
by Chongrak Polprasert, 1996, 426 pages, Wiley

This book is a guide to the principles and practice of organic waste recycling, it addresses low-cost waste recycling technologies utilizing microbial and natural processes. A wide range of topics is covered, opening with a discussion of the need for and the problems involved in organic waste recycling.

Coastal Zone Management Handbook
by John R. Clark, 1996, 720 pages, CRC-Press; 1 edition

This handbook comprises the first complete manual on coastal resource planning and management technology.

Biological Assessment Criteria: Tools for Water Resource Planning
by Wayne S. Davis and Thomas P. Simon, 1995, 432 pages, CRC-Press; 1 edition

Biological Assessment and Criteria presents a state-of-the-art overview of the applications of biological assessments and biocriteria for water quality management in fresh waters. The book presents case studies.

Cheyenne Bottoms: Wetland in Jeopardy
by John L. Zimmerman, 1995, 215 pages, University Press of Kansas

Located in central Kansas, on the main migration highway between wintering grounds in South America and breeding territory in Canada, the 41,000 acre marsh called Cheyenne Bottoms is a critical refueling stop for migrating birds.

Collaborative Planning for Wetlands and Wildlife: Issues and Examples
edited by Douglas R. Porter and David A. Salvesen, 1995, 303 pages, Island Press; 1 edition

Collaborative Planning for Wetlands and Wildlife presents numerous case studies that demonstrate how different communities have creatively reconciled problems between developers and environmentalists. It answers questions.

Waterfowl Ecology and Management
by Guy A. Baldassarre and Eric G. Bolen, 1994, 632 pages, Wiley; 1 edition

Scientifically exhaustive, exquisitely illustrated, an incomparable addition to your personal and professional libraries… The distillation of more than 1,600 scientific papers and reports garnered from sources around the world this awesome compendium summarizes virtually all that is currently known about North American waterfowl.

Statewide Wetlands Strategies: A Guide to Protecting and Managing the Resource
1992, 268 pages, Island Press; 1 edition

Comprehensive statewide wetland strategies that draw upon all levels of government and the private sector to focus and coordinate efforts to work toward the goal of no-net-loss of wetlands.

Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment
by Bruce E. Hammer, 1989, 856 pages, CRC-Press; 1 edition

Both practical and theoretical, this book provides the basic principles of soil chemistry, hydrology, wetland ecology, microbiology, vegetation and wildlife as a sound introduction to this innovative technology to treat toxic wastewaters and sludges. The use of wetlands for acid mine drainage, and metals removal in municipal, urban runoff, and industrial systems is discussed.