LEADER 04623nam 22006013u 450 001 9910828671503321 005 20240516160423.0 035 $a(CKB)2670000000315763 035 $a(EBL)909435 035 $a(OCoLC)818856768 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC909435 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000315763 100 $a20130418d2012|||| u|| | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aRiver Republic$b[electronic resource] $eThe Fall and Rise of America's Rivers 210 $aNew York $cColumbia University Press$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (655 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-231-16130-1 327 $aCover; Half title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Green River; Map: Selected Sites; Part I: The Fall; 1. Crumbling Edifice; The Disjuncture; Instigators; The Glen; Water Hubris; 2. Planters, Sawyers, and Snags: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; "Building Strong"; Not Just Peanuts; Rusting Rebar; The Big Boo-Boo; Under Siege; The Invitation; 3. The Manless Land: The Bureau of Reclamation; Watery Science; The Inland Empire and the Fifty Princesses; Dinosaur; Dominy; Sugar City; Turning the Corner; Blueprint for Reform; The Pendulum and the Rogue; Water 2025 327 $aHeritage of ConflictPart II: Dismemberment; 4. Handout Horticulture: Farming and the Feds; The Agro-industrial Complex; Fish Traps; Dying 4 Water; Crops, Capitalism, and Context; 5. Falling Waters: Hydropower and Renewable Energy; Smolts and Volts; The Scenic and the Sacred; Bucket of Ashes; 6. Rivers Into Waterways: Barging, Locks, and Dams; Tallstacks; Cooking the Data; Dinner Buckets and Party Barges; A National Duty; 7. Black Water Rising: The Myth of Flood Control; The Storm of Good Friday; Galloway; House-a-Fire; Coon-Ass; The House of Death Floats By 327 $a8. Downstream Dilemma: Water PollutionToxics Run Through It; Song of the Chattahoochee; Too Many Federal Toilets, Not Enough Senators; Superfund River; Pure River of Water of Fife; Part III: Resurrection; 9. River City: Urban Riverscapes; Belle Isle; River of the Angels; River of Democracy and the Emerald Necklace; A Great Multitude of Fish; The Pleasantness of the River; 10. Net Losses: Habitat and Endangered Species; Alphabet Gumbo; God Bless America; Ten Thousand Years of Fishing; A Foot Deep with Fish; The Other Side of the River; Show Me the Money 327 $a11. Playground on the Move: River RecreationMoving-Water Recreation; Agents of Change; Lunkers and Extreme Instant Shade; Water Warriors; 12. The River Commons; Kitty Clyde's Sister; Black-Side Up; The Katrina Syndrome; Amenity Rivers; Instigators Redux; Lotic Dreams; Notes; Index 330 $aDaniel McCool not only chronicles the history of water development agencies in America and the way in which special interests have abused rather than preserved the country's rivers. He also narrates the second, brighter act in this ongoing story: the surging, grassroots movement to bring these rivers back to life and ensure they remain pristine for future generations.The culmination of ten years of research and observation, McCool's book confirms the surprising news that America's rivers are indeed returning to a healthier, free-flowing condition. The politics of river restoration 606 $aRivers - Environmental aspects - United States - History 606 $aRivers -- Environmental aspects -- United States -- History 606 $aStream conservation - United States 606 $aStream conservation -- United States 606 $aStream restoration - United States 606 $aStream restoration -- United States 606 $aWater - Pollution - United States - History 606 $aWater -- Pollution -- United States -- History 615 4$aRivers - Environmental aspects - United States - History. 615 4$aRivers -- Environmental aspects -- United States -- History. 615 4$aStream conservation - United States. 615 4$aStream conservation -- United States. 615 4$aStream restoration - United States. 615 4$aStream restoration -- United States. 615 4$aWater - Pollution - United States - History. 615 4$aWater -- Pollution -- United States -- History. 676 $a333.91620973 700 $aMcCool$b Daniel$0684326 801 0$bAU-PeEL 801 1$bAU-PeEL 801 2$bAU-PeEL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910828671503321 996 $aRiver Republic$94120530 997 $aUNINA