Entering the Watershed is the product of a two-year project established by the Pacific Rivers Council to develop new federal riverine protection and restoration policy alternatives. It recommends a comprehensive new approach to river protection based on principles of watershed dynamics, ecosystem function, and conservation biology -- a nationwide, strategic community- and ecosystem-based watershed restoration initiative. The book: describes in detail the existing level of damage to rivers and species analyzes flaws and gaps in existing policy provides the framework necessary to develop new policies outlines the scientific underpinnings and management strategies needed in new policy makes specific policy proposals
Preface Acknowledgments Defining the Terms Executive Summary
PART I. Forgotten Waters Chapter 1. The Hidden Crisis Chapter 2. Riverine Systems: The Stepchild of Environmental Efforts
PART II: Recommendations Chapter 3. Recommendations for a New Community'and Ecosystem-Based Watershed Restoration Approach Chapter 4. Recommendations for New National Riverine Policy Goals and Strategies Chapter 5. Recommendations for Federal Lands Chapter 6. Recommendations for Private Lands Chapter 7. Recommendations for a Comprehensive Solution Chapter 8. Concluding Thoughts on Entering the Watershed
Appendices: The Failure of Existing Riverine Protection and Restoration Policies and Programs Appendix A: Riverine Management on Federal Lands Under Existing Resource Protection and Management Statutes -Overview of Federal Lands -The National Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 1968 -The Clean Water Act -The Endangered Species Act of 1973 -Federal Hydroelectricity and Water Impoundment Authority -The Northwest Power Act and the Columbia River Basin: An Attempt to Restore an Entire Riverine System -Mining and Riverine Protection on Federal Lands -State Laws Affecting Federal-Land Riverine Systems and Biodiversity
Appendix B: Riverine System and Biodiversity Management by the Federal Land Management Agencies -United States Forest Service Management of Riverine Systems and Biodiversity -Bureau of Land Management Riverine Systems and Biodiversity Management Watershed as a Multiple Use on Forest -Service and Bureau of Land Management Lands -National Park Service Riverine Management -Fish and Wildlife Service Riverine Management -The National Wilderness-Preservation System and Riverine System Management -Federal Requirements for Cumulative Impact Analysis and Interagency Coordination -Riverine Systems and Biodiversity on Native American Lands
Appendix C: Federal Policies and Programs Affecting Rivers that Flow Through Private Lands -Private-Land Riverine Policies Requiring Congressional Action -The National Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 1968 -Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area -Other Federal Programs and Policies with Implications for Private-Land Rivers -Nonpoint-Source Pollution Controls and Wetlands Protection Under the Clean Water Act -National Flood Insurance Program -Coastal Zone Management Act -Overall Summary
Appendix D: State and Local Riverine Conservation Policies -State Riverine Protection Programs on Private Lands -State Forest Practices Acts -Wetlands Laws -Puget Sound Water Quality Authority -State Wild and Scenic River Programs -State River Programs Limited by Federal Policies -State Efforts at Cooperative Watershed Planning -Cooperative Local Approaches to Riverine Management -Merrimack River -Mattole River -Upper Mississippi River -Limitations of Local Approaches -Overall Summary
