Gulf Coast Wetlands Handbook

Date

1993

Authors

U. S. Dept. of Agriculture

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Publisher

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service

Abstract

This handbook discusses various aspects of management with gulf wetlands. The topics discussed include: agronomy (crops and pasture), biology(marshes, wildlife, management, soils, salinity, marsh grazing, and swampland), engineering(drainage, levees, borrow pits, drainage channels, walkways, wildlife impoundments), range (classifications, hazards, management, cattle operations, ecological site descriptions, interpretations), soils(interpretations, surveys, descriptions of soils, kinds of soil maps), and woodlands(general description and practices).

Description

104 pgs.

Keywords

wetlands, wetland ecology, aquatic plants, Agronomy, crops, pasture, biology, marshes, wildlife, management, soils, salinity, marsh grazing, swampland, engineering, drainage, levees, borrow pits, drainage channels, walkways, wildlife impoundments, range, classifications, hazards, management, cattle operations, ecological site descriptions, interpretations, soils, interpretations, surveys, descriptions of soils, kinds of soil maps, woodlands, general description, practices

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