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OverviewOffers a vision for how the Southeast can manage its rivers and water supply as we confront a perfect storm of species extinction, climate-driven extreme weather events, and sea level rise. Full Product DetailsAuthor: R. Scot DuncanPublisher: The University of Alabama Press Imprint: The University of Alabama Press ISBN: 9780817321826ISBN 10: 0817321829 Pages: 500 Publication Date: 31 May 2024 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Forthcoming Availability: In Print  Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock. Table of ContentsReviews"""Duncan pulls us in to his fold with an engaging first-person writing style, not an easy task with such a deep trove of scientific, political, cultural, and historical information."" --James B. McClintock is the Endowed University Professor of Polar and Marine Biology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He is author of A Naturalist Goes Fishing: Casting in Fragile Waters from the Gulf of Mexico to New Zealand's South Island; Lost Antarctica: Adventures in a Disappearing Land; and The Diversity of Invertebrates: Gulf of Mexico edition. ""R. Scot Duncan's Creeks to Coast: Restoring the Rivers at the Heart of America's Freshwater Diversity is an excellent and original synthesis of the Southeast's water marvels, problems, threats, and solutions. Duncan provides a personalized meta-meditation on the region's rivers and coastlines in a rich context anchored in biological diversity and human history."" --Chris Manganiello is water policy director for Chattahoochee Riverkeeper. He is author of Southern Water, Southern Power: How the Politics of Cheap Energy and Water Scarcity Shaped a Region, which won the American Society for Environmental History's Rachel Carson Prize" "Duncan pulls us in to his fold with an engaging first-person writing style, not an easy task with such a deep trove of scientific, political, cultural, and historical information.""—James B. McClintock is the Endowed University Professor of Polar and Marine Biology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He is author of A Naturalist Goes Fishing: Casting in Fragile Waters from the Gulf of Mexico to New Zealand’s South Island; Lost Antarctica: Adventures in a Disappearing Land; and The Diversity of Invertebrates: Gulf of Mexico edition. ""R. Scot Duncan’s Creeks to Coast: Restoring the Rivers at the Heart of America’s Freshwater Diversity is an excellent and original synthesis of the Southeast’s water marvels, problems, threats, and solutions. Duncan provides a personalized meta-meditation on the region’s rivers and coastlines in a rich context anchored in biological diversity and human history.""—Chris Manganiello is water policy director for Chattahoochee Riverkeeper. He is author of Southern Water, Southern Power: How the Politics of Cheap Energy and Water Scarcity Shaped a Region, which won the American Society for Environmental History’s Rachel Carson Prize" Author InformationR. Scot Duncan is a biologist and executive director of Alabama Audubon. He is author of Southern Wonder: Alabama's Surprising Biodiversity, winner of the Southern Environmental Law Center's 2014 Phil Reed Environmental Writing Award, and the Southeastern Library Association's 2013 Overall Excellence: Hard Cover Award. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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