ACTION STRATEGIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES - BIOLOGICAL VALUES
MEANS OF PRESERVING AND PROTECTING BIOLOGICAL LIFE ARE REVIEWED. TO ESTABLISH LIAISON BETWEEN THE WISCONSN CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT AND OTHER AGENCIES, A TEAM WAS APPOINTED CONSISTING OF A DISTRICT ENGINEER (WHOSE CHARGE WAS TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT WHILE BUILDING AND UPGRADING THE ROAD SYSTEM) AND A CONSERVATIONIST (WHOSE CHARGE WAS TO PREVENT MATERIAL DAMAGE TO FISH AND WILDLIFE). AN ENVIROMENTAL LIAISON COMMITTEE OF HIGH LEVEL ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF WAS FORMED TO PREVENT DISSENSION AT BOTH FIELD AND STAFF LEVELS AND TO AIR PROBLEMS AT AN EARLY DATE. THE POSITION OF DISTRICT IMPACT COORDINATOR WAS CREATED TO HELP THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES TO CORRELATE, COLLATE AND INTEGRATE ITS NUMEROUS DISCIPLINES. STATEWIDE INTEGRATORS WERE APPOINTED, SUCH AS THOSE WHO HANDLE RESEARCH ON RUN-OFF NUTRIENTS AND SALTS, CONSTRUCTION MINIMIZING PROCEDURES, WEEDS AND BUSH CONTROL, AND OTHER MATTERS. VARIOUS LOCAL INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS SEEK INFORMATION AND COUNSEL FROM EXPERIENCED TECHNICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE STATE STAFF.
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Highway Research Board
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Authors:
- Posekany, L A
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Conference:
- 5th Summer Meeting of the Highway Research Board
- Location: Madison Wisconsin, United States
- Date: 1972-7-31 to 1972-8-2
- Publication Date: 1973
Media Info
- Media Type: Print
- Pagination: pp. 87-89
- Monograph Title: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS IN PLANNING, DESIGN, AND CONSTRUCTION
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Serial:
- Highway Research Board Special Report
- Issue Number: 138
- Publisher: Highway Research Board
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Administration; Aquatic life; Conservation; Construction management; Environmental impacts; Living things; Natural resources; Social values; Wildlife
- Old TRIS Terms: Biological factors; Community values; Construction operations
- Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Construction; Design; Environment; Highways;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00205250
- Record Type: Publication
- ISBN: 0309021529
- Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
- Created Date: Jan 11 1974 12:00AM