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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Margaret WoosterPublisher: State University of New York Press Imprint: Excelsior Editions Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.295kg ISBN: 9780791477045ISBN 10: 0791477045 Pages: 213 Publication Date: 29 January 2009 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Global Context Part I. The Niagara Frontier 2. What Is Niagara? Interlude: Harmonic Convergence, Niagara Falls 3. Scajaquada: Portrait of an Urban Creek 4. Buffalo River Abandoned Interlude: The Power of Water Part II. Beginnings 5. Genesee Torture Tree: Rereading Little Beard's Signs 6. Zoar Valley Genesis Interlude: Killdeer and Other Mysteries Part III. The Eastern Door 7. High Peaks, Cloud Lakes 8. Oswego, Onondaga, and the Politics of Listing 9. Le Fleuve Interlude: Second Voyage 10. Leopold Revisited Notes Bibliography IndexReviews"""General readers and students of natural history and conservation will find Living Waters a valuable addition to their collections."" - CHOICE ""...an easy-to-read tour de force of the complex issues, people, and cultures that have shaped our current ecological conditions."" - Artvoice ""...simply wonderful. Everyone interested in the natural history of our region should read this."" - The Buffalo News ""Living Waters explores tributaries and rivers that feed and drain to Great Lakes across New York State and down the St. Lawrence with an appreciation for their rich natural and cultural histories, and an awareness of their impact on the largest freshwater ecosystem in the world. Aldo Leopold, a guiding voice throughout, once said that the best way to nurture an environmental ethic in society is to help people see, feel, love and have faith in actual places. These river stories cultivate that intimacy."" - Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Chairman, Waterkeeper Alliance ""This is a tremendously good book. People tend to overlook the magnificently aqueous nature of New York State and Living Waters does that watery topography a great deal of justice."" - Bill McKibben ""This is one of the most important and entertaining chronicles ever written of Great Lakes Country. Wooster is a sharp-eyed journalist, a talented writer, and a big-hearted member of the Great Lakes community."" - Dave Dempsey, author of On the Brink: The Great Lakes in the 21st Century and Great Lakes for Sale" General readers and students of natural history and conservation will find Living Waters a valuable addition to their collections. - CHOICE ...an easy-to-read tour de force of the complex issues, people, and cultures that have shaped our current ecological conditions. - Artvoice ...simply wonderful. Everyone interested in the natural history of our region should read this. - The Buffalo News Living Waters explores tributaries and rivers that feed and drain to Great Lakes across New York State and down the St. Lawrence with an appreciation for their rich natural and cultural histories, and an awareness of their impact on the largest freshwater ecosystem in the world. Aldo Leopold, a guiding voice throughout, once said that the best way to nurture an environmental ethic in society is to help people see, feel, love and have faith in actual places. These river stories cultivate that intimacy. - Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Chairman, Waterkeeper Alliance This is a tremendously good book. People tend to overlook the magnificently aqueous nature of New York State and Living Waters does that watery topography a great deal of justice. - Bill McKibben This is one of the most important and entertaining chronicles ever written of Great Lakes Country. Wooster is a sharp-eyed journalist, a talented writer, and a big-hearted member of the Great Lakes community. - Dave Dempsey, author of On the Brink: The Great Lakes in the 21st Century and Great Lakes for Sale Author InformationMargaret Wooster is the author of Somewhere to Go on Sunday: A Guide to Natural Treasures in Western New York. She lives in Buffalo, New York. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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