Mountain resorts
Subtitle: ecology and the law
By: by Janet E. Milne, Julia LeMense, and Ross A. Virginia.
Contributors: LeMense, Julia.; Virginia, Ross A.
Series: Ecology and law in modern society
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Aldershot, Hants, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780754623151
Subjects: 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
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The landscape of this book / Janet E. Milne; title: An ecosystem approach to mountain resorts / Ross A. Virginia; title: Plant communities and vegetation processes in the mountain landscape / G. Richard Strimbeck; title: Water quality and quantity in the mountain environment  / James B. Shanley and Beverley Wemple; title: Effects of mountain resorts on wildlife / Allan M. Strong, Christopher C. Rimmer, Kent P. McFarland, and Kimberley Hagen; title: Loon Mountain, New Hampshire : United States federal law and mountain resort development in the national forest / Roger Fleming; title: An introduction to Loon Mountain and the Loon Resort; title: Legal foundation for the South mountain expansion proposal : the early permits and the forest management planning regime; title: The South Mountain expansion : did the national forest planning and environmental impact statement framework cause decision-makers to take an ecosystem-based approach?; title: Whether other federal laws can contribute to an ecosystem-based approach to resort development; title: Conclusions from the Loon Resort experience; title: Whiteface Mountain Ski Center, New York : Olympic legacies and Adirondack Park plans / John S. Banta; title: Introducing the Whiteface Mountain Ski Center and the legal framework; title: The legal regime affecting Whiteface Mountain : does It take an ecological approach?; title: The legal regime affecting private lands around Whiteface : does It take an ecological approach?; title: Conclusion; title: 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; title: An introduction to Killington Resort, its expansion plans, and the issues; title: Vermont's act 250 and the early battles at Parker's Gore East; title: Expansion in the wake of Parker's Gore East : the Interconnect Project, the Woodward Reservoir, and the Resort Village; title: Conclusion; title: Mont Tremblant, Quebec : Canadian law and the ecological footprint of a four-season resort  / Jane Matthews Glenn; title: An introduction to Mont Tremblant and the issues; title: Intrawest's development of the Skiable Domain; title: Base camps, Golf courses and land protection at the mountain's base; title: Legal diversity and legal ecosystems; title: The challenge of joining ecology with the law : a vision for the mountains /  Janet E. Milne and Ross A. Virginia.