Main Report: Alternatives for Conservation and Development (Yadkin-Pee Dee River Basin, North Carolina and South Carolina)

Soil Conservation Service, Economics, Statistics, and Cooperatives Service and Forest Service

No 322840, USDA Miscellaneous from United States Department of Agriculture

Abstract: Excerpts from the report: The Yadkin-Pee Dee River Basin encompasses all the land that drains into Winyah Bay at Georgetown, South Carolina. Five Major Land Resource Areas comprise the basin -- the Blue Ridge, Southern Piedmont, Carolina and Georgia Sand Hills, Southern Coastal Plain and the Atlantic Coast Flatwoods. Fifty-seven (57) percent of the 11,770,910 acre basin is in North Carolina, 43 percent is in South Carolina and less than one percent is in Virginia. Table IN-1 shows present land use. This report presents alternative solutions to water and land resource problems that were identified in the course of study for the Yadkin-Pee Dee River Basin in North Carolina and South Carolina. Major problems addressed by the study are soil erosion and related sediment; loss of natural resources such as prime farmland and prime forest land, wetlands, and historical and archeological sites; losses from droughts, flooding, and wetness; future shortage of wood fiber; shortage of water storage and undeveloped recreational resources.

Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Labor and Human Capital; Land Economics/Use; Livestock Production/Industries; Productivity Analysis; Research Methods/Statistical Methods; Resource/Energy Economics and Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 156
Date: 1980-12
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.322840

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