Finding the River: An Environmental History of the Elwha An Environmental History of the Elwha
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Beschreibung
Produktdetails
Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
01.12.2011
Verlag
Oregon State University PressSeitenzahl
256
Maße (L/B/H)
22.8/16.6/1.5 cm
Gewicht
399 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-0-87071-607-2
"Finding the River" examines the ways that different communities--from the Lower Elwha Klallam Indians to current-day residents--have used the river and its resources, giving close attention to the harnessing of the Elwha for hydroelectric production and the resulting decline of its fisheries. Jeff Crane describes efforts begun in the 1980s to remove the dams and restore the salmon. He explores the rise of a river restoration movement in the late twentieth century and the roles that free-flowing rivers could play in preserving salmon as global warming presents another set of threats to these endangered fish.
A significant and timely contribution to American Western and environmental history--removal of the two Elwha River dams is scheduled to begin in September 2011--"Finding the River" will be of interest to historians, to environmentalists, and to fisheries biologists, as well as to general readers interested in the Puget Sound and Olympic Peninsula and environmental issues
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