sELECTED RECENT ACQUISITIONS - March 2006

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Barnes, Peter W. and James P. Thomas. Benthic Habitats and the Effects of Fishing. American Fisheries Society Symposium 41. Bethesda, Md: The Society, 2005.

This volume focuses on the effects of fishing activities on benthic
habitats and the related science and knowledge needed to
understand and quantify those effects.

130564
Sullivan, Patrick J., Franklin J. Agardy, and James J. J. Clark. The Environmental Science of Drinking Water. 1st ed. Burlington, Mass.: Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann, 2005.

Environmental Science of Drinking Water demonstrates why we need to make a fundamental change in our approach toward protecting our drinking water. Factual and circumstantial evidence showing the failure of current drinking water standards to adequately protect human health is presented along with analysis of the extent of pollution in our water resources and drinking water.

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Magnuson, John J., Timothy K. Kratz, and Barbara J. Benson. Long-Term Dynamics of Lakes in the Landscape: Long-Term Ecological Research on North Temperate Lakes. Long-Term Ecological Research Network Series. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2006.

This book synthesizes two decades of research conducted by the North Temperate Lakes Long-Term Ecological Research Program at UW-Madison. Readers will learn the benefits of doing long-term
ecological research, and limnologists will discover the richness of new information derived from studying suites of neighboring lakes across time.

061401
LaBerge, Gene L. Geology of the Lake Superior Region. Phoenix, Ariz.: Geoscience Press, 1994.

Full of examples, photographs, maps and diagrams, this book
integrates a discussion of basic physical geology into a
chronological view of the geological processes that formed the
Upper Midwest and Lake Superior.

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Palmer, Tim. The Heart of America: Our Landscape, Our Future. Washington, D.C: Island Press, 1999.

Weaving together geographical, historical, and ecological
information and insights, Palmer draws on thirty years of
professional experience as a writer, photographer,
conservationist, planner, landscape architect, and veteran
traveler to present a fresh look at the past, present, and future
of our land.

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Ellis, Richard. Sea Dragons: Predators of the Prehistoric Oceans. Lawrence, Kan.: University Press of Kansas, 2003.

In the days when dinosaurs dominated the earth, their marine
counterparts - every bit as big and ferocious - reigned supreme in prehistoric seas. In this entrancing book, Richard Ellis, one of
the world's foremost writers on the denizens of the deep, takes us back to the Mesozoic era to resurrect the fascinating lives of
these giant seagoing reptiles.

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Lawlor, Laurie. This Tender Place: The Story of a Wetland Year. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2005.

This Tender Place is a celebration of nature, the elements, and
humanity. From the wetland's genesis during the ice age to its
survival in the twenty-first century, Lawlor chronicles the
universal ties among people, wild places, and healthy wetlands.

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Rodes, Barbara K. and Rice Odell. A Dictionary of Environmental Quotations. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992.

Thousands of quotations are divided into categories ranging from
Acid rain to Industry to Zoos. An enlightening collection covering the full range of attitudes about the environment.

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Duncan, David James. My Story As Told by Water: Confessions, Druidic Rants, Reflections, Bird-Watchings, Fish-Stalkings, Visions, Songs and Prayers Refracting Light, From Living Rivers, in the Age of the Industrial Dark. 1st ed. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, 2001.

Offering a wide-ranging, contemplative exploration of the rivers
that touch his life, Duncan backs his insights with a fierce
defense of the sacred cultures and fauna that living waters
sustain. Duncan is already known as a master of writing about fishing. These essasys are something more: a "love song to wild places and the creatures which inhabit them."

071162
Benke, Arthur C. and C. E. Cushing. Rivers of North America. Amsterdam; Boston: Elsevier/Academic Press, 2005.

Rivers of North America is an important reference for scientists,
ecologists, and students studying rivers and their ecosystems. It
brings together information from several regional specialists on
the major river basins of North America and presents it in a
large-format, full-color book.

130563
Carle, David. Water and the California Dream: Choices for the New Millennium. 1st pbk. ed. San Francisco: Sierra Club, 2003.

Using oral histories, newspaper articles, and autobiographies of
major and minor historical players, Carle shows how the
importation of water has shaped the state's population growth and at the same time contributed to damaging the environment and
reducing the quality of life.

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Righter, Robert W. The Battle Over Hetch Hetchy: America's Most Controversial Dam and the Birth of Modern Environmentalism. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2005.

In a narrative peopled by politicians and business leaders,
engineers and laborers, preservationists and ordinary citizens,
Robert W. Righter tells the epic story of the first major
environmental battle of the twentieth century, which reverberates
to this day.

130565
Segerfeldt, Fredrik. Water for Sale: How Business and the Market Can Resolve the World's Water Crisis. Washington, D.C, Lanham, Md.: Cato Institute, 2005.

The critics of privatization maintain that water is is too important to be left to private enterprise. Segerfeldt, on the other hand, presents compelling evidence that moving the control of water distribution into the hands of private enterprises will enable more people to have access to clean and safe water.