Author: Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical CollegePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 818
Book Description
Biennial Report
Author: Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical CollegePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 818
Book Description
Southern Waters
Author: Craig E. ColtenPublisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 0807156523
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 333
Book Description
Water has dominated images of the South throughout history, from Hernando de Soto's 1541 crossing of the Mississippi to tragic scenes of flooding throughout the Gulf South after Hurricane Katrina. But these images tell only half the story: as urban, industrial, and population growth create unprecedented demands on water in the South, the problems of pollution and water shortages grow ever more urgent. In Southern Waters: The Limits to Abundance, Craig E. Colten addresses how the South -- in an environment fraught with uncertainty -- can navigate the twin risks of too much water and not enough. From the arrival of the first European settlers, the South's inhabitants have pursued a course of maximum exploitation and control of the area's plentiful waters, investing widely in wetland drainage and massive flood-control projects. Disputes over southern waterways go back nearly as far: obstruction of fish migration by mill dams prompted new policies to protect aquatic life as early as the colonial era. Colten argues that such conflicts, which have heightened dramatically since the explosive urbanization of the mid-twentieth century, will only become more frequent and intense, making the shift toward sustainable use a national imperative. In tracing the evolving uses and abuses of southern waters, Colten offers crucial insights into the complex historical geography of water throughout the region. A masterful analysis of the ways in which past generations harnessed and consumed water, Southern Waters also stands as a guide to adapting our water usage to cope with the looming shortage of this once-abundant resource.
Wildlife Abstracts
Author: Biennial Report of the Department of Conservation
Author: Louisiana. Department of ConservationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Conservation of natural resources
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Department Circular
Author: Department circulars
Author: United States. Department of AgriculturePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1048
Book Description
List of Serials Currently Received in the Library of the U. S. Department of Agriculture
Author: United States. Department of Agriculture. LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Monthly List of State Publications
Author: Library of Congress. Division of DocumentsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 716
Book Description
Yearbook, Park and Recreation Progress
Author: Suggestions to Growers for Treatment of Tobacco Blue-mold Disease in the Georgia-Florida District
Author: Erwin Frink SmithPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Tobacco
Languages : en
Pages : 956
Book Description