Lakes Ponds category: 88 books
Lake Nipigon
Where the Great Lakes Begin
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2014
2017 Gertrude H. Dyke Award — Nominated
The history of Lake Nipigon, where the Great Lakes begin.
The name Nipigon is evocative of storied brook trout, cold clear waters, elusive woodland caribou, sweeping vistas, and spectacular scenery. Situated in the heart of Northwestern Ontario,...
Lake Erie Rehabilitated
Controlling Cultural Eutrophication 1960s-1990s
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2000
During the 1960s, inland bodies of water in North America and Europe experienced a dangerous transformation. Nutrients were dumped into the lakes, causing chain reactions which severely impacted on lake environments. The excessive increase into inland waters through human activity, known as cultural...
by Baby Professor
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2017
Where do waters in streams and rivers go? Where do oceans lead to? These are important questions that need good answers. Luckily, there are resources – like this book – that have been designed especially for 2nd graders. Big words and systems have been cleverly reworded to make sure that even the...
Lakeland
Journeys into the Soul of Canada
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2009
"With his gentle, exquisite and sometimes playful prose, Allan Casey conveys a powerful message about the value of Canada's lakes, introduces us to the people who cherish them, and offers both a celebration of and lament for these precious and oft-abused natural treasures." -- Governor General's Award...
Nature's Year in the Kawarthas
A Guide to the Unfolding Seasons
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2002
Nature’s Year in the Kawarthas is an almanac of key events occurring in the natural world over the course of a year in the Kawartha Lakes district – and in cottage country in general. Covering all areas of our flora and fauna as well as weather and the night sky, the book is a month-by-month chronicle...
Reviving Lakes and Wetlands in People's Republic of China, Volume 3
Best Practices and Prospects for the Sanjiang Plain Wetlands
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2016
The Sanjiang Plain wetlands are among the most important wetlands in the People’s Republic of China with unique habitats, species, and ecology. There is a considerable body of literature devoted to various aspects of the Sanjiang Plain wetlands including their ecological values. Building on lessons...
by Lisa M. Russell
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2018
North Georgia has more than forty lakes, and not one is natural. The state's controversial decision to dam the region's rivers for power and water supply changed the landscape forever. Lost communities, forgotten crossroads, dissolving racetracks and even entire towns disappeared, with remnants occasionally...
Eager
The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2018
WINNER of the 2019 PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award
Washington Post “50 Notable Works of Nonfiction”
Science News “Favorite Science Books of 2018”
Booklist “Top Ten Science/Technology Book of 2018”
"A marvelously humor-laced page-turner about...
Beneath The Surface
A Natural History of a Fisherman's Lake
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2010
Each summer millions experience the beauty of America's lakes—the whirl of sights and sounds as boats cut through the water and birds call to each other from surrounding trees. Now biologist and ichthyologist Bruce M. Carlson takes nature lovers to the side of the lake that few will experience firsthand—a...
Mono Lake
From Dead Sea to Environmental Treasure
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
Mono Lake is one of the largest lakes in California, and Californians have been using it, enjoying it, and abusing it since nomadic northern Paiutes began hunting the lake’s vast bird populations. Controversy between environmentalists and the City of Los Angeles brought so much attention to Mono...
Governing Transboundary Waters
Canada, the United States, and Indigenous Communities
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2014
Winner of the Political Geography Specialty Group's 2015 Julian Minghi Distinguished Book Award!
With almost the entire world’s water basins crossing political borders of some kind, understanding how to cooperate with one’s neighbor is of global relevance. For Indigenous communities, whose...
Never Light a Match in the Outhouse
Funny Stories from Cottage Country
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2014
Cottage Country: a place for antics, shenanigans and perfectly executed belly flops.
Spending time at the cottage is arguably the quintessential summer experience. Whether one travels there to swim in the lake, go fishing, pick berries, or lie out on the dock and watch the stars appear one...
by Ellie Whitney, D Bruce Means, Anne Rudloe
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2015
Taken from the earlier book Priceless Florida (and modified for a stand-alone book), this volume discusses Florida's wetlands, including interior wetlands, seepage wetlands, marshes, flowing-water swamps, beaches and marine marshes, and mangrove swamps. Introduces readers to the trees and plants,...
The Guide to Walden Pond
An Exploration of the History, Nature, Landscape, and Literature of One of America's Most Iconic Places
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2018
An exploration of the history, nature, landscape, and literature of one of America’s most iconic places
This is the first guidebook to Henry David Thoreau’s most defining place, visited by half a million people each year and widely known as the fountainhead of America's environmental consciousness.
Using...