Better Trout Habitat: A Guide To Stream Restoration And Management [Paperback]

Christopher J. Hunter (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1, 1990 | ISBN-10: 0933280777 | ISBN-13: 978-0933280779 | Edition: 1

"Better Trout Habitat" explains the physical, chemical, and biological needs of trout, and shows how climate, geology, vegetation, and flowing water all help to create trout habitat.

Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Island Press; 1 edition (December 1, 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0933280777
• ISBN-13: 978-0933280779
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #466,554 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Trout Habitat and Life Cycle Reference, June 6, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Better Trout Habitat: A Guide To Stream Restoration And Management (Paperback)

This book offers a good variety of man-made trout improvement structures, but the current (2000) state-of-the art in trout habitat improvement trends toward a more natural, vegetation and channel reconstruction approach. This book provides excellent design guidelines and background information on trout and their life cycle, and perhaps the most useful part of this book was the author's ability to teach the reader enough about the habitat requirements of trout to allow the reader some latitude and innovation with their habitat improvement designs.

I personally enjoyed the workable, readable and philosophical approach to fish habitat improvement, and I believe that this book would be a good reference for anyone who wishes to improve trout habitat.

Remember, an ounce of habitat preservation is better than ten pounds of habitat restoration efforts! (Also, the information in this book will help the reader become a more effective trout fisherman!)

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Historic: What not to do, October 23, 2010

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This review is from: Better Trout Habitat: A Guide To Stream Restoration And Management (Paperback)

This publication is nearly 20 years behind the times. Much of what is recommended has been proven to be detrimental to successful stream and habitat restoration. Take the information presented on restoration techniques with a great deal of trepidation. Good biological information, look elsewhere for restoration techniques.

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Better Trout Habitat: A guide to Stream Restoration and Mana, November 1, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Better Trout Habitat: A Guide To Stream Restoration And Management (Paperback)

This book provides an in depth review of the methods and techniques used to provide habitat characteristics to a variety of streams. The writting style is excellent for both the lay reader as well as someone with a scientific back ground. However, it does not dwell on some fot the more technical details which requires a more technical level book to provide more indepth details. However, as a general manual to habitat resoration it provides an excellent background as well as the necessary caution needed when conducting these types of instream restoration projects.