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Sustaining Lake Superior, an extraordinary lake in a changing world, Nancy Langston

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Sustaining Lake Superior, an extraordinary lake in a changing world, Nancy Langston
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-277) and index
Illustrations
illustrationsmaps
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Sustaining Lake Superior
Nature of contents
bibliography
Responsibility statement
Nancy Langston
Sub title
an extraordinary lake in a changing world
Summary
A compelling exploration of Lake Superior's conservation recovery and what it can teach us in the face of climate change.--, Source other than Library of Congress
Table Of Contents
Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Ecological history of the Lake Superior Basin -- Industrializing the forests, 1870s to 1930s -- The postwar pollution boom -- Taconite and the fight over Reserve Mining Company -- Mining pollution debates,1950s through the 1970s -- Mining, toxics, and environmental justice for the Anishinaabe -- The mysteries of toxaphene and toxic fish -- The Great Lakes Water Quality Agreements -- Climate change, contaminants, and the future of Lake Superior -- Notes -- Index
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