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Environmental agencies
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201631
Waterman, Richard W., Amelia A. Rouse and Robert Wright. Bureaucrats, Politics, and the Environment. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2004.
This book is based on in-depth survey research done with employees at two agencies: the US EPA Office of Water and the New Mexico Environment Department. By examining what these personnel think about politics, the environment, their budgets, and the institutions and agencies with which they interact, this work illuminates the actions of the bureaucracy and gives it a human face.
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Fishing -- Lake Superior |
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Perich, Shawn. Fishing Lake Superior: A Complete Guide to Stream, Shoreline, and Open-Water Angling. Duluth, Minn.: Pfeifer-Hamilton, 1994.
Experienced fisherman Shawn Perich provides proven tactics for catching steelhead, lake trout, salmon, and walleye, as well as accurate information for boaters, shore casters, and stream anglers. Fishing Lake Superior gives clear advice about when, where, and how to hook the big one.
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Great Lakes region |
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Spring, Barbara. The Dynamic Great Lakes. Baltimore, Md.: Independence Books, 2001.
Through knowledge, and the democratic process, The Dynamic Great Lakes encourages us to appreciate and understand the five lakes and to get involved in finding answers to their problems.
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Mapping -- Pacific Ocean
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Suárez, Thomas. Early Mapping of the Pacific: The Epic Story of Seafarers, Adventurers, and Cartographers Who Mapped the Earth's Greatest Ocean. Singapore: Periplus, 2004.
The mapping and exploration of the Pacific Ocean, from Classical times through the nineteenth century, is deftly described in this book, complemented by over 200 images of early maps and prints. |
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Marine pollution
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Miyazaki, Nobuyuki, Zafar Adeel, and Kouichi Ohwada. Mankind and the Oceans. Tokyo, Japan, New York: United Nations University Press, 2005.
The oceans play an important part in our lives by controlling climate and weather conditions; hosting shipping, transportation, recreation and tourism; and providing us with food, minerals and petroleum. With the growth of the human population, there is a growing threat to oceans. This book focuses on regional and national case studies and emphasizes approaches that can help remedy our impact on the oceans.
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Underwater exploration |
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110230
Cousteau, Jacques Yves and Frédéric Dumas. The Silent World. National Geographic Adventure Classics. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 2004.
Originally written in 1953, The Silent World is a thrilling tale full of adventure, exploration and awe as the world's first "menfish" explore the ocean depths. Before SCUBA there was the aqualung and this book captures the first explorations with this underwater invention. |
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Matsen, Bradford. Descent: The Heroic Discovery of the Abyss. 1st ed. New York: Pantheon Books, 2005.
At a time when no one had traveled deeper than a few hundred feet, William Beebe and Otis Barton took the
world to a half mile down. At the height of the Depression, Beebe and Barton plumbed the depths of the
ocean in nothing but a steel sphere, setting two records at once. It was also the first time a dramatic journey of discovery was broadcast live in
America and Europe.
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Rozwadowski, Helen M. Fathoming the Ocean: The Discovery and Exploration of the Deep Sea. Cambridge, Mass: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2005.
By the middle of the nineteenth century, as scientists explored the frontiers of polar regions and the atmosphere, the ocean remained silent and inaccessible. The history of how this changed, is the story that unfolds in Fathoming the Ocean. |
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Water -- Government policy |
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201634
Bauer, Carl J. Siren Song: Chilean Water Law As a Model for International Reform. Washington, DC: Resources for the Future, 2004.
Siren Song is an interdisciplinary analysis combining law, political economy, and geography. The resulting book provides insights about law, economics, and public policy within Chile and lessons for the countries around the world that are wrestling with the challenges of water policy reform.
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Water rights |
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Salman, Salman M. A and Siobhán McInerney-Lankford. The Human Right to Water: Legal and Policy Dimensions. Law, Justice, and Development. Washington, D.C.: World Bank, 2004.
The Human Right to Water traces the issue of the right to water through a number of international legal instruments, particularly General Comment No. 15 which recognizes such a right. The authors are recognized experts in the field and argue that there is an incipient right to water emerging in international law. |
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Water supply |
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Simpson, John W. Dam! Water, Power, Politics, and Preservation in Hetch Hetchy and Yosemite National Park. 1st ed. New York: Pantheon Books, 2005.
The building of the O’Shaughnessy Dam and Hetch Hetchy Reservoir in the middle of Yosemite National Park set off America's first environmental cause célèbre. Professor Simpson vividly describes the classic American confrontation -- wilderness versus civilization.
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Young, Robert A. Determining the Economic Value of Water: Concepts and Methods. Washington, DC: Resources for the Future, 2005.
Robert Young's emphasis is on the commodity uses of water by agriculture, industries, and households. The discussion describes the various measurement methods, illustrates how they are applied in practice, and discusses their strengths, limitations, and appropriate roles. |
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Tsur, Yacov and Resources for the Future. Pricing Irrigation Water: Principles and Cases From Developing Countries. Washington, D.C.: Resources for the Future, 2004.
As globalization links economies, the value of a country's irrigation water is becoming increasingly sensitive to competitive forces in world markets. Focusing on the examples of China, Mexico, Morocco, South Africa, and Turkey, Pricing Irrigation Water provides a clear methodology for studying farm-level demand for irrigation water. |
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201630
Scholz, John T. and Bruce Stiftel. Adaptive Governance and Water Conflict: New Institutions for Collaborative Planning. Washington, D.C.: Resources for the Future, 2005.
Eight case studies of water quality, water quantity, and habitat preservation or restoration in Florida were chosen to span the range of conflicts crossing fragmented regulatory boundaries. Each begins with a history of the conflict and then focuses on the innovative institutional arrangements -- some successful, some not -- that evolved to grapple with the resulting challenges.
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Wetland conservation |
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Lewis, William M. Wetlands Explained: Wetland Science, Policy, and Politics in America. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, 2001.
This book brings together in compact form a broad scientific and sociopolitical view of US wetlands. It describes the
role of wetland science in facilitating the evolution of a rational and defensible system for regulating wetlands and will shed light on many of the problems and possibilities facing those who attempt to protect and conserve our wetlands. |
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Wetland plants |
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Cox, Donald D. A Naturalist's Guide to Wetland Plants: An Ecology for Eastern North America. 1st ed. Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse University Press, 2002.
Cox has written a nontechnical illustrated guidebook to the ecology of freshwater wetlands in Eastern and Central North America. Handsomely illustrated, informative, and easy to read, this hands-on guide will prove an accessible and invaluable companion to professional and amateur naturalists as well as to students and the general public. |
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Wind River Indian Reservation |
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201632
O'Gara, Geoffrey. What You See in Clear Water: Life on the Wind River Reservation. 1st ed. New York: Alfred Knopf, 2000.
For nearly a century, the Indians on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming have been battling their white farmer neighbors over the rights to the Wind River. What You See in Clear Water tells the story of this epic struggle, shedding light on the ongoing conflict over water rights in the American West, one of the most divisive and essential issues in America today. |
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