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The habitat evaluation procedures: Their application in project planning and impact evaluation
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Habitat models for land-use planning: assumptions and strategies for development
Wildlife managers have long recognized that management goals must be constrained by the availability and suitability of habitat. This recognition, combined with ever increasing land development pressures, has resulted in environmental legislation emphasizing systematic approaches to collection and analysis of habitat information. Wildlife planners have responded with a variety of approached to the development of models that quantify habitat requirements. The use of habitat models in wildlife management is certainly not a new concept. Early models attempted to relate habitat quality and quantity as defined by various life requisites (Trippensee 1948). Conceptually, these early approaches are identical to many contemporary efforts directed at modeling habitat. This paper has two objectives related to contemporary habitat modeling approaches. The first objective is to characterize the assumptions and limitations inherent to operational habitat models. Various approaches to habitat modeling, some of which will be discussed at this conference, are described in their own terminology-which tends to obscure the fact that they have common ideals and are subject to the same sets of limitations. The second objective of this paper is to describe a strategy for development of habitat models consistent with these potential limitations. There seems to be two divergent perspectives on operational habitat models. The first is an ideal perspective, which views operational habitat models with skepticism because the current state of habitat knowledge is limited. The second is a pragmatic perspective, which recognizes that available habitat information, no matter how incomplete, can be used to improve the credibility of a land-use decision. The strategy outlined in this paper is directed toward the latter perspective but may help to bridge the gap between the pragmatic and ideal.
Book review of The Jack Knife, the Bootstrap and Other Resampling Plans by B. Efrom
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A reclamation planning and evaluation process based on the habitat evaluation procedures
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Information needs for natural fire management planning
The development and implementation of an effective natural fire management program require a clear definition of goals and objectives, an ever-expanding information base, and effective program evaluation. Examples are given from Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks.
Problem analysis and planning for the FWS cumulative impacts program: August 1984 workshop proceedings
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Designing cost-effective habitat management plans using optimization methods
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A Concept Plan for Enhancement of Fish and Wildlife Resources at Calhoun Point, Illinois
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Cumulative impacts assessment and management planning: lessons learned to date
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