Assessing Ecological Resources for Remediation and Future Land Uses on Contaminated Lands

Increasingly, the public and governmental agencies are concerned about remediating and reclaiming contaminated sites. Understanding the ecological resources on-site and valuing those resources in terms of future uses is important for determining suitable future land uses. In this article, we suggest the major categories of natural resource information required by managers, policy makers, and the general public for making initial future land-use determinations. We then use a dataset of 25 Department of Energy (DOE) sites slated for remediation to explore whether such data are readily available and whether the data can be used to assess natural resource value. Although information is available for almost all sites on federally endangered and threatened species, this information is less available for state-listed species. Biodiversity information is available only for some sites for birds (N = 17), mammals (N = 15), reptiles (N = 14), amphibians (N = 13), and plants (N = 11) and is almost nonexistent for invertebrates (N = 2). Some information is available for invasive species (N = 9). The number of available habitats is directly related to total acres and nonindustrial acres. Biodiversity of birds, mammals, and reptiles (but not amphibians) is directly related to both total acres and total nonindustrial acres of sites. These data suggest that even over a wide geographical area (from eastern to western United States), biodiversity relates to habitat size and number of habitats available. This information will be useful not only to DOE managers but also to natural resource trustees, ecologists, state and federal regulators, and the general public in the discourse over future uses of these lands.*Published online Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; Joanna Burger     

The Management of a Large Mediterranean Reservoir: Storage Regimens of the Yesa Reservoir,Upper Aragon River Basin,Central Spanish Pyrenees

Agriculture in Mediterranean countries is mainly based upon the irrigation of productive areas in the lowlands. For this reason, it is necessary to store large volumes of water in reservoirs located in mountain headwaters. These reservoirs have a relatively simple regimen of storage, increasing the water stored during the wet season (from October until May) and reaching the maximum volume shortly before the beginning of the hot, very dry season, when the water is released. This paper considers the storage regimen (inflow and outflow) of the Yesa Reservoir in the Spanish Pyrenees as an example of management of a large reservoir in a mountain Mediterranean environment, subject to a strong interannual variability. On average, the highest water storage level is achieved by retaining the high flows of the Aragón River in autumn and spring. Nevertheless, the irregularity of rainfalls and the existence of changes in the hydrological regimen lead to changes in the patterns of reservoir filling. Two patterns were identified in the Yesa Reservoir: (1) a quick increase of the stored volume in autumn, a stabilization in winter, and a new increase in spring; and (2) a continuous increase from October until May. These patterns are distributed in time over different periods since the construction of the reservoir in 1959, demonstrating the adjustment of the reservoir management to changes in the hydrological regimen.     

资源化治理糖厂"三废"

充分利用蔗糖厂的条件,采取"以废治废"和资源化系列技术治理蔗糖厂"三废",引入清洁生产概念,将污染物治理的产物全部转化为可就地使用的农肥,形成蔗糖业的良性循环,有效促进了蔗糖业的可持续发展.     

庐山野生观赏植物资源的保护与开发利用

按园林用途对庐山的野生观赏植物资源进行了分类介绍,分析了在保护、开发和利用方面存在的问题,同时对野生观赏植物资源在我国园林生态建设方面的独特作用提出了一些建议.     

伏牛山旅游资源评价及开发对策

伏牛山东西绵延几百公里,构成黄河、淮河和长江三大水系分水岭,其独特的地理位置,造就了奇特的自然景观;悠久的历史,留下了丰富多彩的历史文化遗产.然而,伏牛山的旅游业长期以来没有得到应有的关注和开发.在对伏牛山旅游资源开发条件评价的基础上,阐述了伏牛山旅游资源的开发原则,针对性地提出了开发设想,以便尽早使伏牛山成为我国中原地区旅游的新热点.     

大巴山区自然资源及其开发利用

大巴山地处川、陕、渝的接合部,大气质量较好;由于特殊的地质构造,这里矿产资源较丰富;生物资源极其丰富,局部保存有原始森林,具有重要的科研、经济价值;旅游资源也极其丰富,是开展生态旅游和红色旅游的极好地区.     

简析长白山濒危中药资源的保护

介绍了长白山中药资源的濒危现状，阐述了长白山中药资源濒危的原因，提出了保护建议。     

旅游资源的开发与环境保护

随着旅游业的发展,旅游资源的开发,环境资源也遭到了严重破坏,本文从旅游资源开 发对环境和旅游资源的影响入手,提出了开发旅游资源的风景保护对策。     

我国地热资源的开发战略

总结了我国地热资源的利用和管理状况,提出了"政策统一、市场运作、合理利用、可持续发展"的地热资源开发战略,并对战略内容进行了具体阐述.     

贵州实现资源优势转换战略的途径与对策

提出了将贵州资源优势转变为产业优势,进而转变为经济优势的途径与对策.贵州实施优势矿产资源转换战略,就是要充分发挥资源比较优势,形成产业优势和经济优势,加快发展具有贵州特色的能源、原材料工业;以矿产资源开发为基础,优先发展矿产资源加工业,推进区域工业化进程,提高资源的附加值.