Ripple Effects
How We're Loving Our Lakes to Death
Seiten
2022
University of Wisconsin Press (Verlag)
978-0-299-33960-9 (ISBN)
University of Wisconsin Press (Verlag)
978-0-299-33960-9 (ISBN)
Draws on personal experience, interviews, academic research, and government reports to describe the state of the Great Lakes, the stresses they are under, and avenues to successful lakeside living for a sustainable future. Ripple Effects will be a go-to source for all who love lakes and who advocate for their protection.
Lakes are among the Upper Midwest’s greatest treasures and most valuable natural resources. The Great Lakes define the region, and thousands of smaller lakes offer peace, joy, and recreation to millions. And yet, in large part because of the numbers of people who enjoy the local waterways, the lakes of Wisconsin, Michigan, and Minnesota face numerous challenges. Invasive species, pollution, defective septic systems, inadequate shoreland zoning laws, and climate change are present and increasingly existential threats. We are, quite possibly, loving our lakes to death.
In his engaging and conversational style, Ted Rulseh details each of these challenges and proposes achievable solutions. He draws on personal experience, interviews, academic research, and government reports to describe the state of the lakes, the stresses they are under, and avenues to successful lakeside living for a sustainable future. Ripple Effects will be a go-to source for all who love lakes and who advocate for their protection; its driving question is summed up by one of Rulseh’s interviewees: “We love this lake. What can we do to keep it healthy?”
Lakes are among the Upper Midwest’s greatest treasures and most valuable natural resources. The Great Lakes define the region, and thousands of smaller lakes offer peace, joy, and recreation to millions. And yet, in large part because of the numbers of people who enjoy the local waterways, the lakes of Wisconsin, Michigan, and Minnesota face numerous challenges. Invasive species, pollution, defective septic systems, inadequate shoreland zoning laws, and climate change are present and increasingly existential threats. We are, quite possibly, loving our lakes to death.
In his engaging and conversational style, Ted Rulseh details each of these challenges and proposes achievable solutions. He draws on personal experience, interviews, academic research, and government reports to describe the state of the lakes, the stresses they are under, and avenues to successful lakeside living for a sustainable future. Ripple Effects will be a go-to source for all who love lakes and who advocate for their protection; its driving question is summed up by one of Rulseh’s interviewees: “We love this lake. What can we do to keep it healthy?”
Foreword
Chapter 1: A Lake, A Family
Chapter 2: Cabin Country
Chapter 3: Paradise Discovered
Chapter 4: One Water
Chapter 5: NPK
Chapter 6: Changing Lakescapes
Chapter 7: Zoning and Its Discontents
Chapter 8: Defective Septic Systems: How big a problem?
Chapter 9: In the Wake
Chapter 10: Stealth Invaders
Chapter 11: Preventing the Spread: Holes in the Safety Net
Chapter 12: Changing Climate, Changing Lakes
Chapter 13: Loons Under Stress
Chapter 14: Pressure Rising
Chapter 15: Ways Forward: Forging Connections
Epilog: Toward a Land and Water Ethic
| Erscheinungsdatum | 08.10.2022 |
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| Zusatzinfo | 32 b&w illus, 10 tables |
| Verlagsort | Wisconsin |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 363 g |
| Themenwelt | Reiseführer ► Nord- / Mittelamerika ► USA |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Hydrologie / Ozeanografie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-299-33960-2 / 0299339602 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-299-33960-9 / 9780299339609 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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