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Rivers and Roads : Exploring How Environmental Governance Impacts State Management of Forest Roads

Creator:

Detwiler, Stacey M.

Abstract:

This study explores how environmental governance mechanisms affect state management of forest roads to address the chronic delivery of sediment to streams in Oregon, Washington, and California on private and state forestlands. Forest roads can degrade water quality and harm aquatic life when runoff mobilizes fine sediments from the road...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis

Full Text:

: 6 “Congress made a conscious decision to leave regulation of nonpoint source pollution to the