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Mountain resorts : ecology and the law / edited by Janet E. Milne, Julia LeMense, Ross A. Virginia.

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Mountain resorts : ecology and the law / edited by Janet E. Milne, Julia LeMense, Ross A. Virginia.
Publication
Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT. : Ashgate, c2009.

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Additional Authors
  • Milne, Janet E.
  • LeMense, Julia.
  • Virginia, Ross A.
Description
xxii, 468 p. : maps; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Ecology and law in modern society
Subject
  • Environmental law > United States
  • Environmental policy > United States
  • Ecosystem management > Law and legislation > United States
  • Biodiversity conservation > Law and legislation > United States
  • Ecology > United States
  • Mountain resorts > United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
  • The landscape of this book / Janet E. Milne -- An ecosystem approach to mountain resorts / Ross A. Virginia -- Plant communities and vegetation processes in the mountain landscape / G. Richard Strimbeck -- Water quality and quantity in the mountain environment / James B. Shanley and Beverley Wemple -- Effects of mountain resorts on wildlife / Allan M. Strong, Christopher C. Rimmer, Kent P. McFarland, and Kimberley Hagen -- Loon Mountain, New Hampshire : United States federal law and mountain resort development in the national forest / Roger Fleming -- An introduction to Loon Mountain and the Loon Resort -- Legal foundation for the South mountain expansion proposal: the early permits and the forest management planning regime -- The South Mountain expansion : did the national forest planning and environmental impact statement framework cause decision-makers to take an ecosystem-based approach?
  • Conclusion -- Can other federal laws contribute to an ecosystem-based approach to resort? development? Conclusions from the Loon Resort experience -- Whiteface Mountain Ski Center, New York: Olympic legacies and Adirondack Park plans / John S. Banta -- An introductionto the Whiteface Mountain Ski Center and the legal framework -- The legal regime affecting Whiteface Mountain: does It take an ecological approach? -- The legal regime affecting private lands around Whiteface : does It take an ecological approach? -- Conclusion -- Killington Resort, Vermont : can a mountain ecosystem be protected when the law protects its parts? : the case of Vermont's act 250 and Killington Resort / Julia LeMense and Jonathan Isham -- An introduction to Killington Resort, its expansion plans, and the issues -- Vermont's act 250 and the early battles at Parker's Gore East -- Expansion in the wake of Parker's Gore East: the Interconnect Project, the Woodward Reservoir, and the Resort Village -- Conclusion.
  • Mont Tremblant, Quebec : Canadian law and the ecological footprint of a four-season resort / Jane Matthews Glenn -- An introduction to Mont Tremblant and the issues -- Intrawest's development of the Skiable Domain -- Base camps, golf courses and land protection at the mountain's base -- Legal diversity and legal ecosystems -- A vision for the mountains : The challenge of joining ecology with the law / Janet E. Milne and Ross A. Virginia.
ISBN
9780754623151 (alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2008030269
OCLC
144530819
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library