Sustaining Lake Superior : : an Extraordinary Lake in a Changing World
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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.
A compelling exploration of Lake Superior's conservation recovery and what it can teach us in the face of climate change.
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PUBLISHED
London : Yale University Press, [2017]
Year Published: 2017
Description: xv, 292 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780300212983
0300212984
9780300231663
0300231660
SUBJECTS
Lake conservation -- Superior, Lake.
Water quality -- Superior, Lake.
Water -- Pollution -- Superior, Lake.
Natural history -- Superior, Lake.
Lake ecology -- Superior, Lake.
Climatic changes -- Superior, Lake.
Superior, Lake -- History.
Superior, Lake -- Environmental conditions.
Superior, Lake -- Description and travel.