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Apr 26, 2012
Adaptive Management as a Framework for Ecosystem Restoration
Authors: Lisa M. Fotherby, Ph.D. ([email protected]), Scott M. McBain [email protected], and Nicholas G. Aumen, Ph.D. [email protected]Author Affiliations
Publication: World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2008: Ahupua'A
Abstract
The heart of adaptive management is moving forward with a management action in the face of uncertainty, acknowledging that a successful solution can not be deduced at the start of the program, but recognizing that inaction could impose further ecological degradation. These programs or projects are often developed and guided by committees of stakeholders, scientists, engineers and managers and the success of the program can depend on all participants finding common ground. Designing a program by committee can be challenging due to varied backgrounds, values, and the slower pace of reaching accord. Examples from the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan, the Trinity River Restoration Program, and the Platte River Recovery Implementation Program are presented as illustrations of adaptive management concepts.
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ASCE Technical Topics:
- Adaptive systems
- Business management
- Chemical degradation
- Chemical processes
- Chemistry
- Continuum mechanics
- Design (by type)
- Dynamics (solid mechanics)
- Ecological restoration
- Ecosystems
- Engineering fundamentals
- Engineering mechanics
- Environmental engineering
- Hydraulic design
- Managers
- Motion (dynamics)
- Personnel (type)
- Personnel management
- Practice and Profession
- River engineering
- Rivers and streams
- Solid mechanics
- Systems engineering
- Systems management
- Uncertainty principles
- Water and water resources
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Hydraulic Engineer, Sedimentation and River Hydraulics Group, Technical Service Center, Bureau of Reclamation, Denver, Colorado. E-mail: ([email protected])
Fluvial Geomorphologist and CEO, McBain and Trush, Inc., 980 7th St., Arcata, California. E-mail: [email protected]
Aquatic Ecologist, Everglades National Park, c/o A.R.M. Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge, 10216 Lee Rd., Boynton Beach, Florida. E-mail: [email protected]
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