Water Resource Plan

Individual

Water Resource Plan Do not use Appendix I.

Choose to conduct either Part A or Part B for this assignment.

Part A

Resources: Ch. 10 of Visualizing Environmental Science, Declining Fish Stock VLR, and Appendix F

View the Declining Fish Stock VLR located under the Week Six Materials section of your student Web page.

Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper that includes the following:

1. A brief description of the water resource problem in the video and how it originated

2. A management and sustainment plan you think will benefit both sides of the issue; your management plan must include science. Do not include research or education as a component of your management plan. Use a chart for your management plan.

3. How your plan will be viewed, both negatively and positively, by the environmentalists and the fishermen

4. Other problems, besides declining fish stock, that result from fishermen’s techniques for catching fish

5. How your plan affects the community

6. Consider issues relating to jobs, resources, and lifestyles. Explain your answers.

Use Appendix F pointers on the Main Forum as a guide when developing your sustainment plan.

Include a minimum of two outside references.

Format your paper according to APA guidelines.

Post your paper as an attachment.

Part B

Resources: Ch. 11, Figure 11.12 of Visualizing Environmental Science, and Appendix F

Review Ch. 11, Figure 11.12 and choose one of the ocean water resource issues pictured, or choose a freshwater resource issue from the following list:

o Flooding

o Aquifer Depletion

o Overdrawing surface water

o Saltwater intrusion and salinization

o Water Pollution

o Eutrophication

Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper that includes the following:

o A brief description of your selected water resource issue and how it originated

o A management and sustainment plan you think will alleviate the problem; your management plan must include science. Do not include research...