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<br />Biological issues, comment to SWS1, August 2004
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<br />Gates, T.K., J.P. Burkhalter, J.W. Labadie, J.C. Valliant and L Broner, 2002, Monitoring and
<br />Modeling Flow and Salt Transport in a Salinity-Threatened Irrigated Valley. Journal of
<br />lrriaation and Drainaae Enaineerina 128(2): 87-99. Critically important linkage between deep
<br />percolation and salinity demonstrated; affects water management in many ways.
<br />Downloadable from journal's website (American Society of Civil Engineers journals).
<br />Gleick, P.H., lead author, 2000, Water: The Dotential consequences of climate variabilitv and
<br />chanQe for the water resources of the United States - Report of the water sector assessment
<br />team of the national assessment of the potential consequences of climate variability and
<br />change, for the US Global Change Research Program, 2000.
<br />Governor's Commission on Saving Farms, Ranches and Open Space, 2000, Natural
<br />Landscao9s: Colorado's Leaacv to Its Children. Available from website of the Office of the
<br />Governor, State of Colorado.
<br />Groves, C.R., D.B. Jensen, LA Valutis, K.H. Redford, M.L. Shaffer, J.M. Scott, J.V.
<br />Baumgartner, J.V. Higgins, M.W. Beck and M.G. Anderson, 2002, Planning for Biodiversity
<br />Conservation: Putting Conservation Sciemce in Practice. BioScience 52(6): 499-512.
<br />Supports proposition that planning is expensive, slow and still much better than
<br />threatened/endangered species problems. Discusses Seven Step method for conservation
<br />planning, developed by The Nature Conservancy and others.
<br />Haukos, DA, and L.M. Smith, 2003, Past and Future Impacts of Wetland Regulations on Playa
<br />Ecology in the Southern Great Plains. Wetlands 23(3): 577-589. Southern Great Plains
<br />Playas threatened by 9!P/o private ownership of those remaining, high loss rate, no
<br />government control.
<br />Heimlich, R.E. and W.O. Anderson, 2001, Development at the Urban Frinae and Bevond: Imoacts
<br />on Aariculture and Rural Land. Washington: USDA ERS Agricultural Economics Report No.
<br />"803
<br />Heimlich, R.E. et aI., 1998, Wetlands ana Agriculture: Private Interests and Public Benefits.
<br />Washington: USDA ERS Agricultural Economics Report No: 765.
<br />Hellerstein et aI., 2002, Farmland Protection: the Role of Public Preferences for Rural America.
<br />Washington: USDA ERS Agricultural Economics Report No. 815
<br />Herrmann, Raymond. Ed" 1992, Managing Water Resources During Global ChamJe: An
<br />. International Conference. Herndon, VA: American Water Resources Association.
<br />Hey, D.L. and N,S. Philippi, 1999, A Case for Wetland Restoration. New York: John Wiley and
<br />Sons. Researched case studies support rebuttal of political claims that wetland restoration is
<br />hopeless and cannot sensibly be required, though authors do not argue that complete
<br />restoration is possible. Careful work has created -much ootterthan nothing. results with
<br />substantial benefits. Also good for background on restoration and wetlands poNcies, if used
<br />with National Research Council items noted below, and special issue on isolated wetlands
<br />from Wetlands: see Nadeau and Leibowitz below. Book length allows thorough detail of cases
<br />and framing of issues, such as review of rapid loss rates, continental impoverishment of the
<br />environment, et cetera. Also, treatment of wetlands mitigation banking (one wishes for
<br />updates now). Has a Colorado case study, but high altitude. Hoosier Creek. Another rendition
<br />of the .CoIorado has only lost haff its wetlands. finding, again without regionalization
<br />comparing high-altitude wet areas versus those on plains and deserts.
<br />Hoctor, T.S., MH. Carr, and P.O. Zwick, 2OOO,Identifying a Linked Reserve System Using a
<br />Regional Landscape Approach: the Florida Ecological Network. Conservation Bioloov 14(4):
<br />984-1000. This article shows some of what can be done if there ;s interest in regional
<br />conservation planning, for recreational, open space, and amenity values as well as ecological
<br />values. Colorado, according to polls and the Governors' Commission (see comments by
<br />Wiener to SWSI previously made) show strong public support for these values. If the
<br />leadership seeks to realize those, techniques such as those used in Florida are impressive;
<br />see also Theobald 2003, showing work in Colorado with potential applications, and Baron's
<br />book (2001) Hoctor et at also offer description of some of the rationale for doing plans.
<br />Hudgens, B.A. and N.M. Haddad, 2003, Predicting which species win benefit from corridors in
<br />fragmented landscapes from population growth models. American Naturalist 16(5): 808-820.
<br />Important point for SWSI that short~term benefits for some species differ from long~term
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