Title :
State approach to managing urban embayments
Author_Institution :
Washington Dept. of Natural Resource, WA, USA
Abstract :
Summary form only, substantially as follows:- The Washington Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) manages 2.6 million acres of aquatic lands. The state legislature has taken action to preserve this resource. This article describes the work being done in the Commencement Bay area, including the Puyallup river
Keywords :
hydrology; natural resources; oceanographic regions; rivers; water pollution; Commencement Bay; North Pacific; Puget Sound; Puyallup river; USA; United States; Washington; Washington Department of Natural Resources; aquatic land; coast; ecosystem; estuary; habitat restoration; hydrology; management; ocean; river; urban embayment; water pollution; water quality; Costs; Lakes; Marine animals; Protection; Resource management; Rivers; Sediments; Standards development; Water pollution; Water resources;
Conference_Titel :
OCEANS '99 MTS/IEEE. Riding the Crest into the 21st Century
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5628-4
DOI :
10.1109/OCEANS.1999.799779
