Sustaining Lake Superior
Subtitle: an extraordinary lake in a changing world
By: Nancy Langston
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9780300212983; 9780300231663
Subjects: Climatic changes; Description and travel; Lake conservation; Water; Environmental conditions; Water quality; Natural history; Lake ecology; Pollution; History
Description: A compelling exploration of Lake Superior's conservation recovery and what it can teach us in the face of climate change.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-277) and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Ecological history of the Lake Superior Basin; title: Industrializing the forests, 1870s to 1930s; title: The postwar pollution boom; title: Taconite and the fight over Reserve Mining Company; title: Mining pollution debates,1950s through the 1970s; title: Mining, toxics, and environmental justice for the Anishinaabe; title: The mysteries of toxaphene and toxic fish; title: The Great Lakes Water Quality Agreements; title: Climate change, contaminants, and the future of Lake Superior; title: Notes; title: Index.