Title:
Saving America's Amazon : the threat to our nation's most biodiverse river system
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Publication Date:
2020
Publication Information:
Montgomery, AL : NewSouth Books, [2020]
Physical Description:
128 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 25 x 27 cm
ISBN:
9781588383389
Abstract:
Described as America's Amazon, the forests and aquatic systems of Alabama have more species per square mile than any other state. But the wild places of the state are under siege: Alabama has suffered more aquatic extinctions than any other state-- thanks to the destructive hand of man. Raines highlights Alabama as a wild place of incredible diversity, of ancient gardens and modern Edens. Alabama's wild places should be treasured and protected as one of the richest and most diverse regions on the globe, but less is spent on environmental protection in Alabama than any other state. -- condensed from jacket
Contents:
Saving America's Amazon -- Meet America's Amazon -- not always fresh, but never frozen -- Behold the Zeuglodon! -- A desert but for the rain -- Where the rivers meet the sea -- The bog -- a real-life little shop of horrors -- The fertile crescent -- Harnessing nature's bounty -- Dam it all! -- A delta dimmed -- Protecting the edges.
Language:
English
