Changing the Law-Science Paradigm for Colorado River Restoration

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert W. Adler
Keyword(s):  
River Restoration ◽  
Colorado River ◽  
The Law

Form-based river restoration decreases wetland hyporheic exchange: Lessons learned from the Upper Colorado River

2018 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 191-203
Author(s):  
Matthew S. Sparacino ◽  
Sara L. Rathburn ◽  
Timothy P. Covino ◽  
Kamini Singha ◽  
Michael J. Ronayne
Keyword(s):  
River Restoration ◽  
Colorado River ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Hyporheic Exchange

scholarly journals THE LAW OF THE COLORADO RIVER: COPING WITH SEVERE SUSTAINED DROUGHT

1995 ◽  
Vol 31 (5) ◽  
pp. 825-836 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lawrence J. MacDonnell ◽  
David H. Getches ◽  
William C. Hugenberg
Keyword(s):  
Colorado River ◽  
The Law

scholarly journals Resilient Organizations for River Restoration: The Case of Two Colorado River Sub-Basin Recovery Programs

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaishri Srinivasan ◽  
Theresa E. Lorenzo ◽  
Michael L. Schoon ◽  
Dave D. White
Keyword(s):  
River Basin ◽  
River Restoration ◽  
Colorado River ◽  
Species Conservation ◽  
Organizational Response ◽  
Endangered Fish ◽  
Recovery Programs ◽  
Adaptive Capabilities ◽  
Recovery Program ◽  
Resilience Capabilities

This study characterizes the resilience of organizations undertaking river basin governance and recovery. The Upper Colorado River Endangered Fish Recovery Program (UCREFRP) and the Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program (LCR-MSCP) are defined in this study as polycentric organizations nested within larger institutional mechanisms governing the Colorado River Basin. This study utilizes an environmental disturbance-organizational response framework to characterize organizational resilience—and uses attitudinal diversity (characterized by attitudes toward agendas) as the measurable metric. Environmental disturbances are defined as either press or pulse and categorized as either institutional or biophysical in nature. Four types of attitudinal diversity metrics are utilized—supportive, clarifying, conditional, and critical. Results indicate that institutional press and pulse events generated anticipatory resilience capabilities along with some adaptive capabilities for the organizations. However, the biophysical press and pulse events only reveal coping capabilities and very little adaptive capabilities. With the recent Colorado River shortage declaration, it is critical for the programs to build anticipatory as well as adaptive capabilities for optimal response to biophysical press events.

Ethical Challenges: Less About Moral Wrongdoing and More About Communication Breakdown

2015 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 72-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paula Leslie ◽  
Mary Casper
Keyword(s):  
Ethical Challenges ◽  
Speech Language Pathology ◽  
Thickened Liquids ◽  
Communication Breakdown ◽  
Professional Duty ◽  
Language Pathology ◽  
The Law ◽  
Personal Case

“My patient refuses thickened liquids, should I discharge them from my caseload?” A version of this question appears at least weekly on the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association's Community pages. People talk of respecting the patient's right to be non-compliant with speech-language pathology recommendations. We challenge use of the word “respect” and calling a patient “non-compliant” in the same sentence: does use of the latter term preclude the former? In this article we will share our reflections on why we are interested in these so called “ethical challenges” from a personal case level to what our professional duty requires of us. Our proposal is that the problems that we encounter are less to do with ethical or moral puzzles and usually due to inadequate communication. We will outline resources that clinicians may use to support their work from what seems to be a straightforward case to those that are mired in complexity. And we will tackle fears and facts regarding litigation and the law.

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