Ranch ownership change and new approaches to water resource management in Southwestern Montana: Implications for fisheries

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 990-1003

  Gosnell, Hannah ^a   Haggerty, Julia H ^a   Byorth, Patrick A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b WILDLIFE AND PARKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Amenity migration; Fish; Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem; Land tenure; Ranch management; Rangeland; Restoration; Water allocation; Water policy

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FISH; FISHERIES;

AMENITY MIGRATION; LAND TENURE; RANCH MANAGEMENT; RANGELAND; WATER ALLOCATION; WATER POLICY;

WATER MANAGEMENT;

ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FISH; FISHERIES; WATER MANAGEMENT;

AMENITY; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; LAND TENURE; OWNERSHIP; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RANCHING; RANGELAND; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RIPARIAN ZONE; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34547097243     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2007.00081.x     Document Type: Article

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