Author: Illinois. Dept. of Natural Resources. Office of Scientific Research and AnalysisPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Illinois River Watershed
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
Big Rivers Area Assessment: Early accounts of the ecology of the Big Rivers area
Author: Illinois. Dept. of Natural Resources. Office of Scientific Research and AnalysisPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Illinois River Watershed
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
Land of Big Rivers
Author: M. J. MorganPublisher: SIU Press
ISBN: 0809385643
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
Drawing on research from a variety of academic fields, such as archaeology, history, botany, ecology, and physical science, M. J. Morgan explores the intersection of people and the environment in early eighteenth-century Illinois Country—a stretch of fecund, alluvial river plain along the Mississippi river. Arguing against the traditional narrative that describes Illinois as an untouched wilderness until the influx of American settlers, Morgan illustrates how the story began much earlier. She focuses her study on early French and Indian communities, and later on the British, nestled within the tripartite environment of floodplain, riverine cliffs and bluffs, and open, upland till plain/prairie and examines the impact of these diverse groups of people on the ecological landscape. By placing human lives within the natural setting of the period—the abundant streams and creeks, the prairies, plants and wildlife—she traces the environmental change that unfolded across almost a century. She describes how it was a land in motion; how the occupying peoples used, extracted, and extirpated its resources while simultaneously introducing new species; and how the flux and flow of life mirrored the movement of the rivers. Morgan emphasizes the importance of population sequences, the relationship between the aboriginals and the Europeans, the shared use of resources, and the effects of each on the habitat. Land of Big Rivers is a unique, many-themed account of the big-picture ecological change that occurred during the early history of the Illinois Country. It is the first book to consider the environmental aspects of the Illinois Indian experience and to reconsider the role of the French and British in environmental change in the mid-Mississippi Valley. It engagingly recreates presettlement Illinois with a remarkable interdisciplinary approach and provides new details that will encourage understanding of the interaction between physical geography and the plants, animals, and people in the Illinois Country. Furthermore, it exhibits the importance of looking at the past in the context of environmental transformation, which is especially relevant in light of today’s global climate change.
Early Accounts of the Ecology of the Vermilion River Area
Author: John WhitePublisher:
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Category : Ecological surveys
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
This report is part of a series of reports on areas of Illinois where a public-private partnership has been formed to protect natural resources. The reports provide information on the natural and human resources of the areas as a basis for managing and improving their ecosystems. The determination of resource rich areas and development of ecosystem-based information and management programs in Illinois are the result of three processes-- the Critical Trends Assessment Program, the Conservation Congress, and the Water Resources and Land Use Priorities Task Force.
Fox River Area Assessment: Early accounts of the ecology of the Fox River Area
Author: Illinois. Dept. of Natural Resources. Office of Scientific Research and AnalysisPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ecosystem management
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
Geography, History, and the American Political Economy
Author: John HeppenPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0739140981
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
This collection takes on the call issued by reviewers of The American Way for a critical application of Carville Earle's framework to more geographical examples of political and economic shifts in America's past. The essays illustrate changes in U.S. settlement, development, and political structure through the lens of the restructuring of the American economy and society over approximately fifty year cycles of crisis and recovery. They demonstrate the extension of American's sphere of influence outside of the United States as a larger scalar shift, and they underscore the utility of geography in answering very local questions concerning questions of poorly documented settlement histories. Focusing on the geographic responses to periodic cycles of crisis and recovery and the more general underlying intertwining of geography and history, Geography, History, and the American Political Economy is an incisive demonstration of how the constant restructuring of American politics and economy occurs within spatial and historical constructs.
Kankakee River Area Assessment: Early accounts of the ecology of the Kankakee Area
Author: Illinois. Dept. of Natural Resources. Office of Scientific Research and AnalysisPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ecosystem management
Languages : en
Pages : 462
Book Description
Big Rivers Area Assessment: Geology
Author: Illinois. Dept. of Natural Resources. Office of Scientific Research and AnalysisPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Illinois River Watershed
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Wetland Techniques
Author: James T. AndersonPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9400769075
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
Wetlands serve many important functions and provide numerous ecological services such as clean water, wildlife habitat, nutrient reduction, and flood control. Wetland science is a relatively young discipline but is a rapidly growing field due to an enhanced understanding of the importance of wetlands and the numerous laws and policies that have been developed to protect these areas. This growth is demonstrated by the creation and growth of the Society of Wetland Scientists which was formed in 1980 and now has a membership of 3,500 people. It is also illustrated by the existence of 2 journals (Wetlands and Wetlands Ecology and Management) devoted entirely to wetlands. To date there has been no practical, comprehensive techniques book centered on wetlands, and written for wetland researchers, students, and managers. This techniques book aims to fill that gap. It is designed to provide an overview of the various methods that have been used or developed by researchers and practitioners to study, monitor, manage, or create wetlands. Including many methods usually found only in the peer-reviewed or gray literature, this 3-volume set fills a major niche for all professionals dealing with wetlands.
Empire by Collaboration
Author: Robert Michael MorrisseyPublisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 0812246993
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
From the beginnings of colonial settlement in Illinois Country, the region was characterized by self-determination and collaboration that did not always align with imperial plans. The French in Quebec established a somewhat reluctant alliance with the Illinois Indians while Jesuits and fur traders planted defiant outposts in the Illinois River Valley beyond the Great Lakes. These autonomous early settlements were brought into the French empire only after the fact. As the colony grew, the authority that governed the region was often uncertain: Canada and Louisiana alternately claimed control over the Illinois throughout the eighteenth century. Later, British and Spanish authorities tried to divide the region along the Mississippi River. Yet Illinois settlers and Native people continued to welcome and partner with European governments, even if that meant playing the competing empires against one another in order to pursue local interests. Empire by Collaboration explores the remarkable community and distinctive creole culture of colonial Illinois Country, characterized by compromise and flexibility rather than domination and resistance. Drawing on extensive archival research, Robert Michael Morrissey demonstrates how Natives, officials, traders, farmers, religious leaders, and slaves constantly negotiated local and imperial priorities and worked purposefully together to achieve their goals. Their pragmatic intercultural collaboration gave rise to new economies, new forms of social life, and new forms of political engagement. Empire by Collaboration shows that this rugged outpost on the fringe of empire bears central importance to the evolution of early America.
Big Rivers Area Assessment: Water resources
Author: Illinois. Dept. of Natural Resources. Office of Scientific Research and AnalysisPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Illinois River Watershed (Ill.)
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description