The Heart of the Lakes

Freshwater in the Past, Present and Future of Southeast Michigan

Dave Dempsey (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

166 Seiten

2019
Greenstone Books (Verlag)
978-1-948314-04-6 (ISBN)

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The water corridor that defines southeast Michigan sits at the heart of the world’s largest freshwater ecosystem, the Great Lakes. Over forty-three trillion gallons of water a year flow through the Detroit River, providing a natural conduit for everything from fish migration to the movement of cargo-bearing one thousand–foot freighters, and a defining sense of place. But in both government policies and individual practices, the freshwater at the heart of the lakes was long neglected and sometimes abused. Today southeast Michigan enjoys an opportunity to learn from that history and put freshwater at the center of a prosperous and sustainable future. Joining this journey downriver in place and time, from Port Huron to Monroe, from the 1600s to the present, provides insight and hope for the region’s water-based renaissance.

Dave Dempsey is the author and coauthor of nine nonfiction books and was named Michigan Author of the Year by the Michigan Library Association and the Michigan Center for the Book in 2009. He is a former policy advisor to the International Joint Commission and former member of the Great Lakes Fishery Commission.

Contents Foreword, by John Dingell Preface Acknowledgments Chapter 1. Where the Water Came From Chapter 2. The Headwaters Chapter 3. Metropolis Bound Chapter 4. The Heart of the Lakes Chapter 5. Downriver Epilogue. A Water Legacy Notes Bibliography

Erscheinungsdatum	18.05.2019
Reihe/Serie	Greenstone Books
Zusatzinfo	26
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturführer
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Hydrologie / Ozeanografie
ISBN-10	1-948314-04-5 / 1948314045
ISBN-13	978-1-948314-04-6 / 9781948314046
Zustand	Neuware