River Republic [electronic resource] : The Fall and Rise of America's Rivers

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McCool, Daniel.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rivers--Environmental aspects--United States--History.

Stream conservation--United States.

Stream restoration--United States.

Water--Pollution--United States--History.

Local Subjects:

Rivers--Environmental aspects--United States--History.

Stream conservation--United States.

Stream restoration--United States.

Water--Pollution--United States--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (655 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, 2012.

Summary:

Daniel McCool not only chronicles the history of water development agencies in America and the way in which special interests have abused rather than preserved the country's rivers. He also narrates the second, brighter act in this ongoing story: the surging, grassroots movement to bring these rivers back to life and ensure they remain pristine for future generations.The culmination of ten years of research and observation, McCool's book confirms the surprising news that America's rivers are indeed returning to a healthier, free-flowing condition. The politics of river restoration

Contents:

Cover; Half title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Green River; Map: Selected Sites; Part I: The Fall; 1. Crumbling Edifice; The Disjuncture; Instigators; The Glen; Water Hubris; 2. Planters, Sawyers, and Snags: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; "Building Strong"; Not Just Peanuts; Rusting Rebar; The Big Boo-Boo; Under Siege; The Invitation; 3. The Manless Land: The Bureau of Reclamation; Watery Science; The Inland Empire and the Fifty Princesses; Dinosaur; Dominy; Sugar City; Turning the Corner; Blueprint for Reform; The Pendulum and the Rogue; Water 2025

Heritage of ConflictPart II: Dismemberment; 4. Handout Horticulture: Farming and the Feds; The Agro-industrial Complex; Fish Traps; Dying 4 Water; Crops, Capitalism, and Context; 5. Falling Waters: Hydropower and Renewable Energy; Smolts and Volts; The Scenic and the Sacred; Bucket of Ashes; 6. Rivers Into Waterways: Barging, Locks, and Dams; Tallstacks; Cooking the Data; Dinner Buckets and Party Barges; A National Duty; 7. Black Water Rising: The Myth of Flood Control; The Storm of Good Friday; Galloway; House-a-Fire; Coon-Ass; The House of Death Floats By

8. Downstream Dilemma: Water PollutionToxics Run Through It; Song of the Chattahoochee; Too Many Federal Toilets, Not Enough Senators; Superfund River; Pure River of Water of Fife; Part III: Resurrection; 9. River City: Urban Riverscapes; Belle Isle; River of the Angels; River of Democracy and the Emerald Necklace; A Great Multitude of Fish; The Pleasantness of the River; 10. Net Losses: Habitat and Endangered Species; Alphabet Gumbo; God Bless America; Ten Thousand Years of Fishing; A Foot Deep with Fish; The Other Side of the River; Show Me the Money

11. Playground on the Move: River RecreationMoving-Water Recreation; Agents of Change; Lunkers and Extreme Instant Shade; Water Warriors; 12. The River Commons; Kitty Clyde's Sister; Black-Side Up; The Katrina Syndrome; Amenity Rivers; Instigators Redux; Lotic Dreams; Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

OCLC:

818856768