Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-297) and index.
Why should we care about rivers? -- American rivers -- Conquering a new world : pioneer impacts -- Poisoning America : commercial impacts -- Institutional conquest : bureaucratic impacts -- Trying to do the right thing : rehabilitation impacts -- Thinking in terms of rivers.
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Ellen Wohl offers a survey of the history & present condition of river systems across the US. After describing the biological chemical & physical aspects of the functioning of rivers, she discusses the changes as the result of development & federal management, & examines rehabilitation projects.
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Disconnected rivers.
Rivers
Stream conservation-- United States.
Stream ecology-- United States.
Watershed management-- United States.
Ecology.
Rivers.
NATURE-- Ecology.
NATURE-- Ecosystems & Habitats-- Wilderness.
SCIENCE-- Environmental Science (see also Chemistry-- Environmental)