Water impoundments for wildlife: a habitat management workshop.

M. Dean Knighton

doi:10.2737/NC-GTR-100

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Water impoundments for wildlife: a habitat management workshop.

Informally Refereed

Authors:

M. Dean Knighton

Year:

1985

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Northern Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/NC-GTR-100

Source:

General Technical Report NC-100. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station

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Abstract

Discusses many aspects of managing wildlife water impoundments in the western Great Lakes region. Political and biological justification, where and how to build impoundments, water-level management options, vegetation, water quality, invertebrate populations, and research needs are all considered.

Keywords

wetland management, waterfowl, low-head dams, water-level control, forests, fish

Citation

Knighton, M. Dean. 1985. Water impoundments for wildlife: a habitat management workshop. General Technical Report NC-100. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station