Overrun (eBook)

Dispatches from the Asian Carp Crisis

Andrew Reeves (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2019
384 Seiten
ECW Press (Verlag)
978-1-77305-335-6 (ISBN)

Infos

Intelligent investigative writing meets experiential journalism in this important look at one of North America s most voraciously invasive species Politicians, ecologists, and government wildlife officials are fighting a desperate rearguard action to halt the onward reach of Asian Carp, four troublesome fish now within a handful of miles from entering Lake Michigan. From aquaculture farms in Arkansas to the bayous of Louisiana; from marshlands in Indiana to labs in Minnesota; and from the Illinois River to the streets of Chicago where the last line of defense has been laid to keep Asian carp from reaching the Great Lakes, Overrun takes us on a firsthand journey into the heart of a crisis. Along the way, environmental journalist Andrew Reeves discovers that saving the Great Lakes is only half the challenge. The other is a radical scientific and political shift to rethink how we can bring back our degraded and ignored rivers and waterways and reconsider how we create equilibrium in a shrinking world. With writing that is both urgent and wildly entertaining, Andrew Reeves traces the carp s explosive spread throughout North America from an unknown import meant to tackle invasive water weeds to a continental scourge that bulldozes through everything in its path.

Autor

Andrew Reeves is an award-winning environmental journalist. His work has appeared in the Walrus, This Magazine, and the Globe and Mail. He received a master of fine arts in creative nonfiction from the University of King’s College in 2016. He lives in Toronto, Ontario, with his wife and daughter.

Inhalt

Introduction
Chapter 1 - In the Beginning          
Chapter 2 - 'Ecology's Helper'
Chapter 3 - Tragedy of the White Amur
Chapter 4 - Research Backwater
Chapter 5 - Scientific Salvation
Chapter 6 - Trouble with Fishing
Chapter 7 - 'Eat 'em to Beat 'em?'
Chapter 8 - The Glorious Gate
Chapter 9 - eDNA Rising
Chapter 10 - Via Chicago
Chapter 11 - At Home in the Great Lakes
Conclusion
PostScript

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 12.3.2019
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Weltraum / Astronomie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie
• Schlagworte: adaptive ecosystems • Bayous • bighead carp • commercial fishing • dangerous fish • edna • environmental travelogue • fisheries • Gonzo Journalism • grass carp • indiana marsh • Invasion Ecology • Invasive species • Marshes • Mississipi • Pesticides • Silent Spring • sustainability
• ISBN-10: 1-77305-335-3 / 1773053353
• ISBN-13: 978-1-77305-335-6 / 9781773053356