| Description |
1 online resource (299 pages) : illustrations |
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CEL - Canadian Publishers Collection
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| Contents |
Prologue: bridging the knowledge gap- science and society working together for environmental understanding / Bruce Conn -- Introduction / Bruce Litteljohn and Gregor Gilpin Beck -- Highland headwaters: getting a good start along the heights of land / Bruce Litteljohn -- Sane friends of the mad river; downstream from Vermont / Elliott Gimble -- Over the gunnels in Algonquin: clean waters -- straight from the source / Jeff Miller -- Getting our act together; the greening of the Châteauguay river watershed -- Serge Bourdon and Phillip Norton -- Fouling up on the farm: agricultural non-point sources of pollution / Hallett J. Harris and Val Klump -- Wetland lost -- farmland claimed: Ontario's Holland marsh experiment / J. Douglas Blakey and Bruce Litteljohn -- Wild rice, midges, and cranes; the importance of wetlands for creatures great and small / Scott Stewart and Bruce Litteljohn |
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Covering the acid rain story: the insidious drift of air pollution / Gregor Gilpin Beck -- The media agenda; a journalistic perspective on environmental reporting / Michael Keating -- Reflections of a paddle pusher: retracing historic canoe routes to the Upper Great Lakes / Alec Ross -- Poisons up the food chain: the effects of bioconcentration on eagles, ospreys, and cormorants / Peter Ewins -- Rescuing native fish: restoration of lake trout populations in the Great Lakes / Thomas A. Edsall -- Making the Lakes Great: the role of remedial action plans / Gail Krantzberg -- Developing sustainability: conservation action in the Lake Superior Basin / Gail Jackson and Bab Brander -- From apathy to action: environmental issues in American Heartland cities / Rae Tyson -- The crush of megalopolis: crowding nature in Ontario's Golden Horseshoe / Brad Cundiff -- Stories from a Big City Stream: restoring Toronto's Don River / Gregor Gilpin Beck |
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Decline and recovery: restoration of Hamilton Harbour / Louise Knox -- Ecosystem in peril: the St. Lawrence River / Louis-Gilles Fran¿coeur -- Environmental sleuths: biological indicator species help track pollution / Jean Rodrigue, Louise Champoux, and Jean-Luc DesGranges -- Alien invaders: the trouble with Zebra Mussels and other exotic species / Gregor Gilpin Beck -- The Montreal Archipelago: biodiversity in Quebec's urban and industrial core / Michel Letendre -- Balancing act: eco-tourism along the St. Lawrence / Dominique Brief and John Hull -- Blocking the flow of rivers: the impact of dams on nature / Fred Whoriskey -- Great rivers meet; stirring life and wonder in the Saguenay-St Lawrence marine park / Nadia Ménard -- Bi-national citizen action; grassroots environmentalism in the watershed / John Jackson -- Sustainable development: balancing environment and economy / Michael Keating |
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Frog reflections: the ecosystem approach to conservation / Anne C. Bell -- Lessons from a woodpecker : parks and protected places / Jerry Valen DeMarco -- Learning the system from water: life lessons of environmental education / Kevin J. Coyle -- Why rivers? Why Watersheds? Life-lines of the ecosystem / Peter Lavigne and Stephen Gates -- Revelations: the evolution of an environmental ethic and career / Michael Keating -- Epilogue / Bruce Litteljohn |
| Summary |
Voices for the Watershed is a unique look at the singular and ecologically inter-connected region of the Great Lakes-St Lawrence watershed, including the headwater and upland regions. With contributions from experts from the United States, Quebec, and Ontario, this book offers an accessible introduction to the issues affecting the quality of our most essential and precious of natural resources - clean, fresh water - from headwater regions downstream to the Great lakes, the St Lawrence river, and ultimately the watershed's outflow to the sea. With thoughtful words and evocative photography, Voices for the Watershed promotes understanding and examines ecological problems, describing positive environmental actions and projects as well as ongoing concerns over the effects of pollution on wildlife and human health. The underlying themes throughout are that the drainage basins and ecosystems are under siege - from reckless land use decisions, soil erosion, acid rain, and massive habitat destruction - but that the situation is not hopeless. The authors feel strongly that education about the environmental threats - in the classroom and public forums - is essential to effecting positive change, and that conservation actions by citizen groups and individuals can be a driving force in effecting substantial reforms regarding environmental legislation and practices. Voices for the Watershed is an eye-opening look at not only the problems but possible solutions to help protect and preserve this resilient natural resource on which so many depend. Contributors include Gregor Beck, Anne Bell (Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society), J. Douglas Blakey (Upper Canada College), Serge Bourdon (Chateauguay Watershed Management Agency), Robert Brander (retired U.S. Forest Service and National Park Service), Dominique Brief (Alliance for Environmental Management), Louise Champoux (Environment Canada), Bruce Conn (Berry College), Kevin Coyle (National Environmental Education and Training Foundation), Brad Cundiff (Wildlands League), Jerry DeMarco (Sierra Legal Defence Fund), Jean-Luc DesGranges (Canadian Wildlife Service), Thomas A. Edsall (Western Basin Ecosystem), Peter Ewins (World Wildlife Fund), Louis-Gilles Francoeur (Le Devoir), Stephen Gates (Grey Owl Nature Trust), Elliott Gimble (Jewish Community Relations Council), Hallett J. Harris (University of Wisconsin-Green Bay), John Hull (Quebec-Labrador Foundation), Gail Jackson (independent consultant), John Jackson (Great Lakes United), Val Klump (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee), Louise Knox (Hamilton Harbour Remedial Action Plan), Gail Krantzberg (Ontario=s Environment Ministry), Peter Lavigne (Watershed Consultants), Michel Letendre (Quebec Ministry of the Environment and Fauna), Bruce Litteljohn, Nadia Ménard (Saguenay-St. Lawrence Marine Park), Jeff Miller (artist), Phil Norton (Montreal Gazette), Jean Rodrigue (Environment Canada), Alec Ross (writer and journalist), Scot Stewart (naturalist), Rae Tyson (USA Today), Fred Whoriskey (Atlantic Salmon Federation), with a major personal narrative by Michael Keating (environmental writer and consultant) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Water -- Pollution -- Saint Lawrence River Watershed
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Water quality management -- Saint Lawrence River Watershed
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Water -- Pollution -- Great Lakes (North America)
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Water quality management -- Great Lakes (North America)
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Environmental protection -- Saint Lawrence River Watershed
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Environmental protection -- Great Lakes (North America)
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Ecology.
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Environmental protection
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Water -- Pollution
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Water quality management
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Wasserverschmutzung
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Umweltschutz
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Great Lakes
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North America -- Saint Lawrence River Watershed
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Sankt-Lorenz-Strom
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Große Seen
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Litteljohn, Bruce M., 1935-
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Beck, Gregor Gilpin, 1964-
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| ISBN |
9780773568167 |
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0773568166 |
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