Hill River Profiles

The People Restoring Our Waterways
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-0-231-55706-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 288 Seiten

Pete Hill—a twenty-year veteran of the field of watershed restoration—provides a deep dive into the world of river and stream conservation.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hill, Pete

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften, Biologie: Sachbuch, Naturführer
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Geographie: Sachbuch, Reise
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltschutz, Umwelterhaltung
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Limnologie (Süßwasser)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Fumbling for Bankfull: Dave Rosgen and the Strong Currents of a Stream-Restoration Methodology
2. The Bog Architect: Reimagining Streams and Stormwater on the Coastal Plain of the Chesapeake
3. Legacy Sediment: Dorothy Merritts and Robert Walter Dig Back in Time in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
4. The Human Beaver: Mega- to Micro-Engineering Solutions in Greater Cincinnati
5. Beaver Wranglers: Facilitating Functional River Restoration in Western Washington
6. Wisconsin Trout: Restoring Driftless Area Streams and Mitigating for Effects of Climate Change
7. River Cane Dreams: A Plant That Restores Connections
8. Naturalized Channels in Milwaukee: Removing Concrete and Lowering Floodwaters
9. Community Bonds: Organization and Collaboration in West Atlanta
10. South River Action Hero: Environmental Justice and Activism in Suburban Atlanta
11. Dam Removal and Complicated Histories: Unfinished Business on the Elwha River in Washington State
Conclusion: Returning to Watts Branch
Epilogue: New Currents of the Snake River
Notes
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Pete Hill is the principal and owner of Great Lakes Watershed Opportunities, a consultancy in the Milwaukee area. He previously worked in watershed planning and stream and wetland restoration for the Washington, DC, Department of Energy and the Environment. Hill holds a master’s degree in environmental management from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies.