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Rivers Under Siege: The Troubled Saga of West Tennessee Wetlands (Outdoor Tennessee Series)
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 333.916215309768
EAN: 9781572334908
Edition: 1
ISBN: 1572334908
Label: Univ Tennessee Press
Manufacturer: Univ Tennessee Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 328
Publication Date: June 15, 2007
Publisher: Univ Tennessee Press
Studio: Univ Tennessee Press
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Rating: - Recommended to Anyone Interested in Wetland Ecology!
For my M.S. degree in wetland ecology in 2001, I studied the impacts of channelization and sedimentation on the Middle Fork of the Forked Deer River in West Tennessee--one of the river systems discussed by Mr. Johnson. At the time, I thought "someone should really write a book about this." Finally, someone has given voice to the problems plaguing the rivers in our state. I'm thrilled to see this book in print, and even more thrilled to read it! This topic touches my soul, as well as my scientific ... Read More
Rating: - story finally told
Finally someone has told the true the story of the devastation of the West Tennesee river system - a major player in the complex hydraudics of the Mississippi, our major river in the US. The pork barrel politics, the bureaucratic boondoggles are all here- and best of all, the author has proposed a solution that may just bring us back to somewhere near normal.
Rating: - Rivers Under Siege
Rivers Under Siege provides a detailed description of how government agencies, farm interest and politicians forced a 225 mile river channelization (ditching) and wetland drainage project on the public. Jim Johnson, the author, then explains how conservationists fought the project to a halt over a 30 year period. Yet over time, efforts to resolve the destructive project brought harmony and then tremendous rift even between conservation interest. To date the project has destroyed 122 miles of beautiful ... Read More
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