Wetlands of the American Midwest: A Historical Geography of Changing AttitudesUniversity of Chicago Press, 15 Apr 2008 - 410 halaman How people perceive wetlands has always played a crucial role in determining how people act toward them. In this readable and objective account, Hugh Prince examines literary evidence as well as government and scientific documents to uncover the history of changing attitudes toward wetlands in the American Midwest. As attitudes changed, so did scientific research agendas, government policies, and farmers' strategies for managing their land. Originally viewed as bountiful sources of wildlife by indigenous peoples, wet areas called "wet prairies," "swamps," or "bogs" in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries were considered productive only when drained for agricultural use. Beginning in the 1950s, many came to see these renamed "wetlands" as valuable for wildlife and soil conservation. Prince's book will appeal to a wide readership, ranging from geographers and environmental historians to the many government and private agencies and individuals concerned with wetland research, management, and preservation. |
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... agricultural and environmental history. Over very long periods of time, physical processes, including glacial deposition, climatic fluctuations, and vegetational changes, have formed and modified wetlands. In Holocene times, beavers ...
... agricultural and environmental history. Over very long periods of time, physical processes, including glacial deposition, climatic fluctuations, and vegetational changes, have formed and modified wetlands. In Holocene times, beavers ...
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... Agriculture described drained lands as those that were "actually benefited or made of more value for agricultural purposes by artificial drainage. In 1990, Thomas Dahl of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service drew upon similar evidence to ...
... Agriculture described drained lands as those that were "actually benefited or made of more value for agricultural purposes by artificial drainage. In 1990, Thomas Dahl of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service drew upon similar evidence to ...
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A Historical Geography of Changing Attitudes Hugh Prince. to 1980s, portraying agricultural drainage as a threat to wildlife conservation. The report concluded that "wetland acreage has diminished to the point where environmental, and ...
A Historical Geography of Changing Attitudes Hugh Prince. to 1980s, portraying agricultural drainage as a threat to wildlife conservation. The report concluded that "wetland acreage has diminished to the point where environmental, and ...
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... agriculture, urged farmers to press ahead with reclamation and plant "from fencerow to fence- row" in furtherance of a productivist policy. Gregg Easterbrook, reflecting on this declaration after world markets had been glutted in the ...
... agriculture, urged farmers to press ahead with reclamation and plant "from fencerow to fence- row" in furtherance of a productivist policy. Gregg Easterbrook, reflecting on this declaration after world markets had been glutted in the ...
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... agricultural settlement advanced into treeless grasslands, demands for timber increased to unprecedented levels. At ... Agriculture, Forest Service, St. Paul, Minn. 1976); a useful general account is provided by E. A. Bourdo, A review of ...
... agricultural settlement advanced into treeless grasslands, demands for timber increased to unprecedented levels. At ... Agriculture, Forest Service, St. Paul, Minn. 1976); a useful general account is provided by E. A. Bourdo, A review of ...
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2 Physical Characteristics of Wet Prairies and Bogs | 27 |
3 Native American Occupation | 75 |
4 Early Nineteenthcentury Views of Wetlands | 117 |
5 Landowners Cattlemen Railroads and Tenants on Wet Prairies | 159 |
6 Draining and Agricultural Change on Wet Prairies | 203 |
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