Boardman River study: A technique for river planning in a rapidly urbanizing watershed, 1973
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Issue Date
2011-04-01T17:36:05Z
Authors
Johnson, William J.
Johnson, Carl D.
Roy, Clarence
Subject
Land Use Evaluation ; Boardman River ; Data Collection ; Natural Rivers Zoning ; Township Zoning ; Township Erosion Control ; urbanization ; Dam removal ; Oil Drilling ; Wetlands
Abstract
PURPOSE
It is assumed that it is both in the public and private interest to protect all natural conditions
that contribute to a high quality environment. Three important aspects of quality
important to sound community development in the Traverse Bay Region are clean
water, natural scenery and open space.
In view of:
1) the strong trends toward extensive human use of lands bordering on water
(lakes, rivers, streams, ponds);
2) the easily disturbed environmental conditions inherent in all wetland
areas;
3) the important role that natural conditions play in assuring a high quality
environment, and
4) the tendency for land development to interrupt natural conditions and
impair the overall environmental q u a l i t y,
There needs to be a workable system of controlling and directing human development
needs towards a better f i t with those natural forces at work.
This particular study effort is aimed at setting forth the basics of such a system for directing development in the v i c i n i t y of the Boardman River.
Description
This technical report contains numerous chats, graphs, and maps featuring river and watershed planning in an urban setting.