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Wetlands of the American Midwest

Author : Hugh Prince
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226682803
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (266 download)

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Download or read book Wetlands of the American Midwest written by Hugh Prince and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2008-04-15 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How people perceive wetlands has always played a crucial role in determining how people act toward them. In this readable and objective account, Hugh Prince examines literary evidence as well as government and scientific documents to uncover the history of changing attitudes toward wetlands in the American Midwest. As attitudes changed, so did scientific research agendas, government policies, and farmers' strategies for managing their land. Originally viewed as bountiful sources of wildlife by indigenous peoples, wet areas called "wet prairies," "swamps," or "bogs" in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries were considered productive only when drained for agricultural use. Beginning in the 1950s, many came to see these renamed "wetlands" as valuable for wildlife and soil conservation. Prince's book will appeal to a wide readership, ranging from geographers and environmental historians to the many government and private agencies and individuals concerned with wetland research, management, and preservation.

Wetlands of the American Midwest

Author : Hugh C. Prince
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 395 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book Wetlands of the American Midwest written by Hugh C. Prince and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Wetlands of the American Midwest

Author : Hugh Prince
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226682839
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (828 download)

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Download or read book Wetlands of the American Midwest written by Hugh Prince and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1998-01-19 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How people perceive wetlands has always played a crucial role in determining how people act toward them. In this readable and objective account, Hugh Prince examines literary evidence as well as government and scientific documents to uncover the history of changing attitudes toward wetlands in the American Midwest. As attitudes changed, so did scientific research agendas, government policies, and farmers' strategies for managing their land. Originally viewed as bountiful sources of wildlife by indigenous peoples, wet areas called "wet prairies," "swamps," or "bogs" in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries were considered productive only when drained for agricultural use. Beginning in the 1950s, many came to see these renamed "wetlands" as valuable for wildlife and soil conservation. Prince's book will appeal to a wide readership, ranging from geographers and environmental historians to the many government and private agencies and individuals concerned with wetland research, management, and preservation.

Wetlands of the United States

Author : Samuel P. Shaw
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 78 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Wetlands of the United States written by Samuel P. Shaw and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

America's Wetlands

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 12 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (121 download)

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Download or read book America's Wetlands written by and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Corps of Engineers Wetlands Delineation Manual

Author : U. S. Army Corps Of Engineers
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781304110763
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Corps of Engineers Wetlands Delineation Manual written by U. S. Army Corps Of Engineers and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Of Men and Marshes

Author : Paul Errington
Publisher : University of Iowa Press
ISBN 13 : 9781609381189
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (811 download)

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Download or read book Of Men and Marshes written by Paul Errington and published by University of Iowa Press. This book was released on 2012-10-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Standing with such environmental classics as Loren Eiseley’s TheImmense Journey, his friend and mentor Aldo Leopold’s A Sand County Almanac, and Joseph Wood Krutch’s The Voice of the Desert, Paul Errington’s Of Men and Marshes remains an evocative reminder of the great beauty and intrinsic value of the glacial marshland. Prescient and stirring, steeped in insights from Errington’s biological fieldwork, his experiences as a hunter and trapper, and his days exploring the marshes of his rural South Dakota childhood, this vibrant work of nature writing reveals his deep knowledge of the marshland environments he championed. Examining the marsh from a dynamic range of perspectives, Errington begins by inviting us to consider how immense spans of time, coupled with profound geological events, shaped the unique marshland ecosystems of the Midwest. He then follows this wetland environment across seasons and over the years, creating a compelling portrait of a natural place too little appreciated and too often destroyed. Reminding us of the intricate relationships between the marsh and the animals who call it home, Errington records his experiences with hundreds of wetland creatures. He follows minks and muskrats, snapping turtles and white pelicans, red foxes and blue-winged teals—all the while underscoring our responsibility to preserve this remarkable and fragile environment and challenging us to change the way we think about and value marshlands. This classic of twentieth-century nature writing, a landmark work that is still a joy to read, offers a stirring portrait of the Midwest’s endangered glacial marshland ecosystems by one of the most influential biologists of his day. A cautionary book whose advice has not been heeded, a must-read of American environmental literature, Of Men and Marshes should inspire a new generation of conservationists.

Discovering the Unknown Landscape

Author : Ann Vileisis
Publisher : Island Press
ISBN 13 : 9781559633154
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (331 download)

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Download or read book Discovering the Unknown Landscape written by Ann Vileisis and published by Island Press. This book was released on 1999-09-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The rapidly disappearing wetlands that once spread so abundantly across the American continent serve an essential and irreplaceable ecological function. Yet for centuries, Americans have viewed them with disdain. Beginning with the first European settlers, we have thought of them as sinkholes of disease and death, as landscapes that were worse than useless unless they could be drained, filled, paved or otherwise "improved." As neither dry land, which can be owned and controlled by individuals, nor bodies of water, which are considered a public resource, wetlands have in recent years been at the center of controversy over issues of environmental protection and property rights. The confusion and contention that surround wetland issues today are the products of a long and convoluted history. In Discovering the Unknown Landscape, Anne Vileisis presents a fascinating look at that history, exploring how Americans have thought about and used wetlands from Colonial times through the present day. She discusses the many factors that influence patterns of land use -- ideology, economics, law, perception, art -- and examines the complicated interactions among those factors that have resulted in our contemporary landscape. As well as chronicling the march of destruction, she considers our seemingly contradictory tradition of appreciating wetlands: artistic and literary representations, conservation during the Progressive Era, and recent legislation aimed at slowing or stopping losses. Discovering the Unknown Landscape is an intriguing synthesis of social and environmental history, and a valuable examination of how cultural attitudes shape the physical world that surrounds us. It provides important context to current debates, and clearly illustrates the stark contrast between centuries of beliefs and policies and recent attempts to turn those longstanding beliefs and policies around. Vileisis's clear and engaging prose provides a new and compelling understanding of modern-day environmental conflicts.

Wetlands

Author : Committee on Characterization of Wetlands
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309587220
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (95 download)

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Download or read book Wetlands written by Committee on Characterization of Wetlands and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1995-09-20 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Wetlands" has become a hot word in the current environmental debate. But what does it signify? In 1991, proposed changes in the legal definities of wetlands stirred controversy and focused attention on the scientific and economic aspects of their management. This volume explores how to define wetlands. The committee--whose members were drawn from academia, government, business, and the environmental community--builds a rational, scientific basis for delineating wetlands in the landscape and offers recommendations for further action. Wetlands also discusses the diverse hydrological and ecological functions of wetlands, and makes recommendations concerning so-called controversial areas such as permafrost wetlands, riparian ecosystems, irregularly flooded sites, and agricultural wetlands. It presents criteria for identifying wetlands and explores the problems of applying those criteria when there are seasonal changes in water levels. This comprehensive and practical volume will be of interest to environmental scientists and advocates, hydrologists, policymakers, regulators, faculty, researchers, and students of environmental studies.

Wild Birds of the American Wetlands

Author :
Publisher : Welcome Books
ISBN 13 : 1599620340
Total Pages : 129 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (996 download)

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Download or read book Wild Birds of the American Wetlands written by and published by Welcome Books. This book was released on 2008 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alternately meditative and exhilarating, abstract and literal, Winard's photographs capture some of the country's most beautiful birds and their vanishing habitats.

Prairies, Forests, and Wetlands

Author : Janette R. Thompson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Prairies, Forests, and Wetlands written by Janette R. Thompson and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Rural Midwest Since World War II

Author : J. L. Anderson
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 160909090X
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book The Rural Midwest Since World War II written by J. L. Anderson and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2014-02-01 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: J.L. Anderson seeks to change the belief that the Midwest lacks the kind of geographic coherence, historical issues, and cultural touchstones that have informed regional identity in the American South, West, and Northeast. The goal of this illuminating volume is to demonstrate uniqueness in a region that has always been amorphous and is increasingly so. Midwesterners are a dynamic people who shaped the physical and social landscapes of the great midsection of the nation, and they are presented as such in this volume that offers a general yet informed overview of the region after World War II. The contributors—most of whom are Midwesterners by birth or residence—seek to better understand a particular piece of rural America, a place too often caricatured, misunderstood, and ignored. However, the rural landscape has experienced agricultural diversity and major shifts in land use. Farmers in the region have successfully raised new commodities from dairy and cherries to mint and sugar beets. The region has also been a place where community leaders fought to improve their economic and social well-being, women redefined their roles on the farm, and minorities asserted their own version of the American Dream. The rural Midwest is a regional melting pot, and contributors to this volume do not set out to sing its praises or, by contrast, assume the position of Midwestern modesty and self-deprecation. The essays herein rewrite the narrative of rural decline and crisis, and show through solid research and impeccable scholarship that rural Midwesterners have confronted and created challenges uniquely their own.

Classification of Wetlands and Deepwater Habitats of the United States

Author : U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (121 download)

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Download or read book Classification of Wetlands and Deepwater Habitats of the United States written by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Wetland Plants of the Upper Midwest

Author : Steve W. Chadde
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781951682682
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (826 download)

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Download or read book Wetland Plants of the Upper Midwest written by Steve W. Chadde and published by . This book was released on 2022-08-22 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1998 as A Great Lakes Wetland Flora, this new (2022) work describes over 900 wetland and aquatic vascular plant species found in Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin. New in this edition are nearly 600 full-color photographs, new county-level distribution maps for each species, and numerous taxonomic revisions. Includes: Keys to each plant family, genus and species Organized into four major groups: Ferns and Fern Allies, Conifers, Dicots, Monocots, then alphabetically by family and genus More than 900 species described Illustrated with hundreds of color photographs and line drawings Conservation status (endangered or threatened) in Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin Wetland indicator status (2018 ratings) Habitat information Fully indexed (both scientific name and common name) for ease-of-use

Classification of Wetlands of the United States

Author : United States. Fish and Wildlife Service. Wetlands Classification Committee
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Classification of Wetlands of the United States written by United States. Fish and Wildlife Service. Wetlands Classification Committee and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Wetlands Inventory of Wisconsin

Author : U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Office of River Basin Studies
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 142 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Wetlands Inventory of Wisconsin written by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Office of River Basin Studies and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Wading Right In

Author : Catherine Owen Koning
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 022655435X
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (265 download)

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Download or read book Wading Right In written by Catherine Owen Koning and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Where can you find mosses that change landscapes, salamanders with algae in their skin, and carnivorous plants containing whole ecosystems in their furled leaves? Where can you find swamp-trompers, wildlife watchers, marsh managers, and mud-mad scientists? In wetlands, those complex habitats that play such vital ecological roles. In Wading Right In, Catherine Owen Koning and Sharon M. Ashworth take us on a journey into wetlands through stories from the people who wade in the muck. Traveling alongside scientists, explorers, and kids with waders and nets, the authors uncover the inextricably entwined relationships between the water flows, natural chemistry, soils, flora, and fauna of our floodplain forests, fens, bogs, marshes, and mires. Tales of mighty efforts to protect rare orchids, restore salt marshes, and preserve sedge meadows become portals through which we visit major wetland types and discover their secrets, while also learning critical ecological lessons. The United States still loses wetlands at a rate of 13,800 acres per year. Such loss diminishes the water quality of our rivers and lakes, depletes our capacity for flood control, reduces our ability to mitigate climate change, and further impoverishes our biodiversity. Koning and Ashworth's stories captivate the imagination and inspire the emotional and intellectual connections we need to commit to protecting these magical and mysterious places.