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Overrun : Dispatches from the Asian Carp Crisis

2019

Intelligent investigative writing meets experiential journalism in this important look at one of North America's most voraciously invasive species. 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, Overrun 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 we create equilibrium in a shrinking world. With writing that is both urgent and wildly entertaining, Andrew Reeves traces the carp's explosive spread throughout North America from an unknown import meant to tackle invasive water weeds to a continental scourge that bulldozes through everything in its path.
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Authors

Andrew Reeves

Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-357) and index
Control Number Identifier
CaOOCEL
Description conventions
rda
Dewey Decimal Classification Number
597/.4820973
Dewey Decimal Edition Number
23
Distributor
Canadian Electronic Library (Firm),
General Note
Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
Geographic Area Code
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ISBN
9781773053363 9781770414761
LCCN
QL638.C94
LCCN Item number
R447 2019eb
Modifying agency
CaBNVSL
Original cataloging agency
CaBNVSL
Physical Description | Extent
1 electronic text (373 pages)
Published in
Ottawa, Ontario
Publisher or Distributor Number
CaOOCEL
Rights
Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
System Control Number
(CaBNVSL)thg00978660 (OCoLC)1080215933 (CaOOCEL)479959
System Details Note
Mode of access: World Wide Web
Title proper/short title
Dispatches from the Asian carp crisis
Transcribing agency
CaBNVSL

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