Download or read book Collaborative Planning for Wetlands and Wildlife written by Douglas R. Porter and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2013-03-19 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collaborative Planning for Wetlands and Wildlife presents numerous case studies that demonstrate how different communities have creatively reconciled problems between developers and environmentalists. It answers questions asked by regulators, environmentalists, and developers who seek practical alternatives to the existing case-by-case permitting process, and offers valuable lessons from past and ongoing areawide planning efforts.