River of redemption : almanac of life on the Anacostia / Krista Schlyer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schlyer, Krista, 1971- author.

Series:

River books (Series)

River books

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Stream conservation--Anacostia River Watershed (Md. and Washington, D.C.).

Stream conservation.

Stream ecology--Anacostia River Watershed (Md. and Washington, D.C.).

Stream ecology.

Anacostia River Watershed (Md. and Washington, D.C.)--Pictorial works.

Anacostia River Watershed (Md. and Washington, D.C.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (338 pages).

Place of Publication:

College Station : Texas A&M University Press, 2018.

Summary:

Incorporating seven years of photography and research, Krista Schlyer portrays life along the Anacostia River, a Washington, DC, waterway rich in history and biodiversity that has nonetheless lingered for years in obscurity and neglect in our nation's capital. River of Redemption offers an experience of the river that reveals its eons of natural history, centuries of destruction, and decades of restoration efforts. The story of the Anacostia echoes the story of rivers across America. Inspired by Aldo Leopold's classic book, A Sand County Almanac , Krista Schlyer evokes a consciousness of time and place, taking readers through the seasons in the watershed as well as through the river's complex history and ecology. As with rivers nationwide, the ways we've changed the Anacostia affect the people and wildlife that inhabit its shores, from the headwaters in Maryland, past its confluence with the Potomac River, and ultimately to the Chesapeake Bay. Centuries of abuse at the hands of people who have altered the landscape and mistreated the waterway have transformed it into a polluted, toxic soup unfit for swimming or fishing. The forgotten river is both a reminder of the worst humanity can do to the natural landscape and a wellspring of memory that offers a roadmap back to health and well-being for watershed residents, human and non-human alike. Blending stunning photography with informative and poignant text, River of Redemption offers the opportunity to reinvent our role in urban ecology and to redeem our relationship with this national river and watersheds nationwide.

Contents:

Foreword / Andrew Sansom

Introduction: Remembering

The deprivation moon

The fire and ice moon

The waking moon

The confluence moon

The gilded moon

The mallow moon

The sacred moon

The elliptio moon

The bombus moon

The abundance moon

The zugunruhe moon

The prodigal moon

Epilogue.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-62349-693-4