Floodplain conservation in the mississippi river valley: Combining spatial analysis, landowner outreach, and market assessment to enhance land protection for the Atchafalaya River Basin, Louisiana, U.S.A.

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 65-74

  Piazza, Bryan P ^a   Allen, Yvonne C ^b   Martin, Richard ^a   Bergan, James F ^a   King, Katherine ^a   Jacob, Rick ^a  

^a THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^b US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Bald cypress; Decision making; Flood protection; Nutrient management; Policy; Restoration; Stakeholder; Wetland

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS FOREST; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DECISION MAKING; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODPLAIN; LAND MANAGEMENT; LANDOWNER; PROTECTED AREA; RIVER BASIN; RIVER MANAGEMENT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STAKEHOLDER; VALLEY; WETLAND;

ATCHAFALAYA BASIN; LOUISIANA; MISSISSIPPI VALLEY; UNITED STATES;

TAXODIUM DISTICHUM;

EID: 84921463262     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/rec.12120     Document Type: Article

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