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<br />Contents <br />Introduction 2 <br />Background 4 <br />Restoration Goals 8 <br />Chronology 13 <br />Wetlands 14 <br />Rivers and Streams 18 <br />Watershed Management 22 <br />Summary 24 <br /> <br />The Layperson's Guide to Environmental <br />Restoration is prepared and distributed by <br />the Water Education Foundation as a public <br />information tool. It is part of a series of guides <br />which explore pertinent water issues in an <br />objective, easy-ta-understand manner. <br /> <br />The mission of the Water Education Foun- <br />dation, an impartial, nonprofit organization, <br />is to create a better understanding of water <br />issues and help resolve water resource prob- <br />lems through educational programs, For <br />more information contact: <br /> <br />Water Education Foundation <br />717 K Street, Suite 317 <br />Sacramento, CA 95814 <br />Phone: (916) 444-6240 <br />Fax: (916) 448-7699 <br />Internet: www.water-ed.org <br /> <br /> <br />President: Henry J, Vaux Jr., Ph.D, <br /> <br />Executive Director: Rita Schmidt Sudman <br /> <br />Editor: Sue McClurg <br /> <br />Authors: Glenn Totten <br /> <br />Editorial Assistance: Diana Farmer <br /> <br />Printed 2000 <br /> <br />Layout: Curtis Leipold <br /> <br />On The Cover: <br /> <br />Photo Credits: <br />Calitornia Department of Water Resources <br />California State Water Resources <br />Control Board <br />Geoff Fricker <br />Los Angeles Department of Water <br />and Power <br />Sue McClurg <br />Mono Lake Committee <br />B. Moose Peterson <br />Rick Rickman <br />Gary Smith <br />J,A, Todd/California Historical Society <br />Judy Wheatley <br /> <br />In the last decades of the 20th cenlury, policy-makers <br />and stakeholders alike acknowledged the extent of <br />environmental change that had occurred over the <br />past 150 years and began efforts to restore the <br />ecosystem. A leader of this effort was Interior <br />Secretary Bruce Babbitt, shown here taking a <br />symbolic swing at a small dam on California's Butte <br />Creek that was removed to assist salmon. <br /> <br />ISBN: 1-893246-70-1 <br />