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Title:
Sustaining Lake Superior : an extraordinary lake in a changing world
ISBN:
9780300212983

9780300231663
Physical Description:
xv, 292 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Contents:
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.
Summary:
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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