TABLE OF CONTENTS 



VOLUME I 



PREFACE iii 



ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS iv 



PLENARY SESSION: ESTUARIES AND FRESHWATER INFLOW 1 



Introduction Robert Stewart 2 



Welcoming Address Jerry L . Stegman 3 



Keynote Address: How Congress 



Views Estuaries Keith Ozmore 5 



Overview of U.S. Water Resources 

 Planning, Policies, and Laws 

 That Affect Coastal Areas Gerald Seinwell 10 



Role of the National Marine 

 Fisheries Service in the 

 Protection of Freshwater 

 Inflow Estuaries James W. Rote 18 



Freshwater Inflows and Fish 



and Wildlife Service Operations Michael Spear 23 



Freshwater Inputs and Estuarine 



Productivity Scott W. Nixon 31 



POLICIES AND PROBLEMS IN DEALING WITH FRESHWATER INFLOW TO ESTUARIES 58 



Introduction John Clark 59 



Freshwater Inflow and 



Chesapeake Bay Mark Bundy 60 



Problems of Freshwater Inflow 



Planning in California Ken Collins 62 



Management of Freshwater Inflow 

 to Estuaries: A Lawyer's 

 Perspective James B. Tripp 65 



Water Management on the Columbia 



River David Kent 79 



VI 



