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Peace River Cumulative Impact Study (CIS) Final Report

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Full Report (Very Large File - 360 MB)

Chapter 1 - Introduction

Chapter 2 - Stressors and Indicators in the Watershed

Chapter 3 - Peace River Basins

3.1 Watershed Setting

3.2 Peace River at Bartow

3.3 Peace River at Zolfo Springs

3.4 Payne Creek

3.5 Charlie Creek

3.6 Peace River at Arcadia

3.7 Joshua Creek

3.8 Horse Creek

3.9 Shell Creek

3.10 Coastal Lower Peace River

Chapter 4 - Cumulative Impacts to the Peace River Watershed

4.1 Hydrology

4.2 Water Quality

4.3 Natural Systems and Land Use

4.3.1 Land Use Changes: 1940s - 1999

4.3.2 Changes in Land Use: 1940s - 1979

4.3.3 Changes in Land Use: 1979 - 1999

Chapter 5 - Overview of History and Evaluation of Regulatory Effectiveness

Appendices

A Literature Review

B Hydrologic and Water Quality Data

C Arc/GIS Project File

D Analyses of Long-term Trends and Changes in Hydrology

E Analysis of Long-term Changes and Trends in Water Quality in the Peace River Watershed / Lower Peace River / Upper Charlotte Harbor Estuary

F Development of the 1940s Baseline / GIS Land Use Layer

G Change Analyses of Historic Land Use / Acreage Calculations for Each Basin

H Basin Water Budgets and Watershed Conceptual Models

I Regulatory History and Effectiveness

J Fishes in the Peace River Watershed

Map Portfolio (37.3 Mb)

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