Overrun

by Andrew Reeves
Overrun
  • ISBN-13: 9781773053356
  • Author(s): Andrew Reeves
  • Subject: Science: general issues
  • Publisher: Ecw Press
  • Imprint: Ecw Press Digital
  • Publication Date: 12-03-2019
  • Format: Electronic book text

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<p><b>Intelligent investigative writing meets experiential journalism in this important look at one of North America s most voraciously invasive species</b></p> <p>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, <cite>Overrun</cite> 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
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<p><b>Intelligent investigative writing meets experiential journalism in this important look at one of North America s most voraciously invasive species</b></p> <p>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, <cite>Overrun</cite> 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

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