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
Notes
Bibliography
About the Authors
Index
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
Notes
Bibliography
About the Authors
Index