The Waters Of Michigan

Author : Peter Annin
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2009-08-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781597266376

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The Great Lakes Water Wars by Peter Annin Pdf

The Great Lakes are the largest collection of fresh surface water on earth, and more than 40 million Americans and Canadians live in their basin. Will we divert water from the Great Lakes, causing them to end up like Central Asia's Aral Sea, which has lost 90 percent of its surface area and 75 percent of its volume since 1960? Or will we come to see that unregulated water withdrawals are ultimately catastrophic? Peter Annin writes a fast-paced account of the people and stories behind these upcoming battles. Destined to be the definitive story for the general public as well as policymakers, The Great Lakes Water Wars is a balanced, comprehensive look behind the scenes at the conflicts and compromises that are the past-and future-of this unique resource.

Author : Lee Botts,Paul Robert Muldoon
Publisher : Dave Dempsey Environmental
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Nature
ISBN : UVA:35007006277549

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Evolution of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement by Lee Botts,Paul Robert Muldoon Pdf

Water quality concerns are not new to the Great Lakes. They emerged early in the 20th century, in 1909, and matured in 1972 and 1978. They remain a prominent part of today's conflicted politics and advancing industrial growth. The Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, under the Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909, became a model to the world for environmental management across an international boundary. Evolution of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement recounts this historic binational relationship, an agreement intended to protect the fragile Great Lakes. One strength of the agreement is its flexibility, which includes a requirement for periodic review that allows modification as problems are solved, conditions change, or scientific research reveals new problems. The first progress was made in the 1970s in the area of eutrophication, the process by which lakes gradually age, which normally takes thousands of years to progress, but is accelerated by modern water pollution. The binational agreement led to the successful lowering of phosphorus levels that saved Lake Erie and prevented accelerated eutrophication in the rest of the Great Lakes ecosystem. Another major success at the time was the identification and lowering of the levels of toxic contaminants that cause major threats to human and wildlife health, from accumulating PCBs and other persistent organic pollutants

Author : Matthew R Thick
Publisher : Michigan State University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2018-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1611862671

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The Great Water by Matthew R Thick Pdf

Michigan’s location among the Great Lakes has positioned it at the crossroads of many worlds. Its first hunters arrived ten thousand years ago, its first farmers arrived about six thousand years after that, and three hundred years ago the French expanded into the territory. This book is a small sample of the words of Michigan’s people—a collection of stories, letters, diary entries, news reports, and other documents—that give personal insights into important aspects of Michigan’s history. Designed to provoke thought and discussion about Michigan’s past, the documents in this reader are expressions of past ideas, markers of change, and windows into the lives of the people who lived during well-known events in Michigan history.

Author : Monty McGahey II
Publisher : Makwa Enewed
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2021-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1938065123

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Bkejwanong Dbaajmowinan/Stories of Where the Waters Divide by Monty McGahey II Pdf

Bkejwanong means "where the waters part," but the waters of St. Clair River are not a point of separation. The same waters that sustain life on and around Bkejwanong--formerly known as Walpole Island, Ontario--flow down into Chippewas of the Thames, the community to which author Monty McGahey II belongs. While there are no living fluent speakers of Anishinaabemowin in this community, McGahey has fostered relationships with fluent speakers from nearby Bkejwanong. Bkejwanong Dbaajmowinan is a collection of stories from these elders, who understand the vital importance of passing on the language to future generations in order to preserve the eloved language and legacy of the community. Like the waters of St. Clair River, the relationships between language speakers and learners have continued to nourish Anishinaabe communities in Bkejwanong and Chippewas of the Thames, particularly in language revitalization. With English translations, this resource is essential for Anishinaabemowin learners, teachers, linguists, and historians.

Author : Michigan. Water Resources Commission
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Great Lakes (North America)
ISBN : UOM:39015012639939

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Michigan and the Great Lakes by Michigan. Water Resources Commission Pdf

Author : Candy J Cooper,Marc Aronson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2020-05-19
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781547602339

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Poisoned Water by Candy J Cooper,Marc Aronson Pdf

Based on original reporting by a Pulitzer Prize finalist and an industry veteran, the first book for young adults about the Flint water crisis In 2014, Flint, Michigan, was a cash-strapped city that had been built up, then abandoned by General Motors. As part of a plan to save money, government officials decided that Flint would temporarily switch its water supply from Lake Huron to the Flint River. Within months, many residents broke out in rashes. Then it got worse: children stopped growing. Some people were hospitalized with mysterious illnesses; others died. Citizens of Flint protested that the water was dangerous. Despite what seemed so apparent from the murky, foul-smelling liquid pouring from the city's faucets, officials refused to listen. They treated the people of Flint as the problem, not the water, which was actually poisoning thousands. Through interviews with residents and intensive research into legal records and news accounts, journalist Candy J. Cooper, assisted by writer-editor Marc Aronson, reveals the true story of Flint. Poisoned Water shows not just how the crisis unfolded in 2014, but also the history of racism and segregation that led up to it, the beliefs and attitudes that fueled it, and how the people of Flint fought-and are still fighting-for clean water and healthy lives.

Author : David Lubbers,Dave Dempsey
Publisher : Dave Dempsey Environmental Stu
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Nature
ISBN : UOM:39015071514031

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The Waters of Michigan by David Lubbers,Dave Dempsey Pdf

Water. One cannot think of Michigan without the image of water. Water as vast as the Great Lakes, as serene as the inland lakes, and as long and lazy or sleek and fast as the numerous byways that run between and among them. Waters of Michigan is a tribute to this treasured resource of Michigan. Combining the vision of internationally renowned photographer David Lubbers with the stewardship focus of environmentalist Dave Dempsey, this collection presents a truly unique view and understanding of the waters of Michigan. Foreword by Governor Willim G. Milliken.

Author : Benjamin J. Pauli
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2019-05-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780262352949

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Flint Fights Back by Benjamin J. Pauli Pdf

An account of the Flint water crisis shows that Flint's struggle for safe and affordable water is part of a broader struggle for democracy. When Flint, Michigan, changed its source of municipal water from Lake Huron to the Flint River, Flint residents were repeatedly assured that the water was of the highest quality. At the switchover ceremony, the mayor and other officials performed a celebratory toast, declaring “Here's to Flint!” and downing glasses of freshly treated water. But as we now know, the water coming out of residents' taps harbored a variety of contaminants, including high levels of lead. In Flint Fights Back, Benjamin Pauli examines the water crisis and the political activism that it inspired, arguing that Flint's struggle for safe and affordable water was part of a broader struggle for democracy. Pauli connects Flint's water activism with the ongoing movement protesting the state of Michigan's policy of replacing elected officials in financially troubled cities like Flint and Detroit with appointed “emergency managers.” Pauli distinguishes the political narrative of the water crisis from the historical and technical narratives, showing that Flint activists' emphasis on democracy helped them to overcome some of the limitations of standard environmental justice frameworks. He discusses the pro-democracy (anti–emergency manager) movement and traces the rise of the “water warriors”; describes the uncompromising activist culture that developed out of the experience of being dismissed and disparaged by officials; and examines the interplay of activism and scientific expertise. Finally, he explores efforts by activists to expand the struggle for water justice and to organize newly mobilized residents into a movement for a radically democratic Flint.

Author : Gerth Edison Hendrickson,C. J. Doonan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Recreation
ISBN : UIUC:30112112922411

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Hydrology and Recreation on the Cold-water Rivers of Michigan's Southern Peninsula by Gerth Edison Hendrickson,C. J. Doonan Pdf

Author : Michigan. State Planning Commission
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1112 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1936
Category : Water
ISBN : UOM:39015006158235

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Michigan's Water Resources by Michigan. State Planning Commission Pdf

Author : Grace Caren Chaillier,Rebecca Tavernini
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : Indians of North America
ISBN : 0984017909

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Voice on the Water by Grace Caren Chaillier,Rebecca Tavernini Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2024-07-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781428985162

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Effects of Residential Development on the Water Quality of Higgins Lake, Michigan 1995-99 by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Flood control
ISBN : MINN:31951002876012Y

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Water Resources Development in Michigan by Anonim Pdf

Author : Dan Egan
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2017-03-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780393246445

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The Death and Life of the Great Lakes by Dan Egan Pdf

New York Times Bestseller Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize Winner of the J. Anthony Lukas Award "Nimbly splices together history, science, reporting and personal experiences into a taut and cautiously hopeful narrative.… Egan’s book is bursting with life (and yes, death)." —Robert Moor, New York Times Book Review The Great Lakes—Erie, Huron, Michigan, Ontario, and Superior—hold 20 percent of the world’s supply of surface fresh water and provide sustenance, work, and recreation for tens of millions of Americans. But they are under threat as never before, and their problems are spreading across the continent. The Death and Life of the Great Lakes is prize-winning reporter Dan Egan’s compulsively readable portrait of an ecological catastrophe happening right before our eyes, blending the epic story of the lakes with an examination of the perils they face and the ways we can restore and preserve them for generations to come.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1955
Category : Water resources development
ISBN : UOM:39015023868162

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Water Resources Development in Michigan by Anonim Pdf