Rivers category: 174 books
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Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2018
From Lake Coeur d�Alene to its confluence with the Columbia, the Spokane River travels 111 miles of varied and often spectacular terrain�rural, urban, in places wild. The river has been a trading and gathering place for Native peoples for thousands of years. With bountiful trout, accessible swimming...
Fly Fishing Mastery
A Guide to Fly Fishing
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2018
Learn What It Takes To Become An Expert Fly Fisher
Remember when you were a kid sitting on the bank beside some lake or watering hole with your pole dangling in the water, a night crawler on the hook, hoping a fish would bite? Sometimes you would get a bite and other times you would get just...
Keepers of the Spring
Reclaiming Our Water In An Age Of Globalization
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2012
Water has long been the object of political ambition and conflict. Rechistory is full of leaders who tried to harness water to realize national dreams. Yet the people who mneed water--farmers, rural villages, impoverished communities--are too often left, paradoxically, with desiccated fields, unfulfilled...
Indian River Lagoon
An Environmental History
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016
Stretching along 156 miles of Florida's East Coast, the Indian River Lagoon contains the St. Lucie estuary, the Mosquito Lagoon, Banana River Lagoon, and the Indian River. It is a delicate ecosystem of shifting barrier islands and varying salinity levels due to its many inlets that open and close...
River of Lakes
A Journey on Florida's St. Johns River
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2011
First explored by naturalist William Bartram in the 1760s, the St. Johns River stretches 310 miles along Florida's east coast, making it the longest river in the state. The first "highway" through the once wild interior of Florida, the St. Johns may appear ordinary, but within its banks are some of...
River
One Man's Journey Down the Colorado, Source to Sea
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2014
At age sixty-seven, Colin Fletcher, the guru of backpacking in America, undertook a rigorous six-month raft expedition down the full length of the Colorado River--alone. He needed "something to pare the fat off my soul...to make me grateful, again, for being alive." The 1,700 miles between...
by Jim McClellan
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2014
In the Apalachicola River Valley, outdoor adventure is a way of life. It's a culture of fishing, hunting and everything in between, but this culture is fading as overdevelopment upstream dries up the region's natural resources. These narratives are part of an effort to capture the memories and keep those...
by Jan Dobrzynski
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2011
At 220 miles in length, the Severn is Britain's longest river. The author has followed the Severn's final 100 miles course to the sea, revisiting the locations of the older scenes, and taking an equvivalent photograph today. This is an exciting examination of how the Severn, known to the Welsh as...
River Basin Management Planning in Indonesia
Policy and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
This publication summarizes the strengths, challenges, opportunities, and risks characterizing the prospects for integrated water resources management in Indonesia. Integrated water resources management planning is essential for sustainable growth. Indonesia’s rapid economic growth, increasing populations,...
Chattooga
Descending into the Myth of Deliverance River
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
Before the novel and the film Deliverance appeared in the early 1970s, any outsiders one met along the Chattooga River were likely serious canoeists or anglers. In later years, untold numbers and kinds of people have felt the draw of the river’s torrents, which pour down the Appalachians along the...
by Derek Tait
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2011
Bordering Devon and Cornwall, the River Tamar stretches through some of the most beautiful and scenic parts of the south west. Over the years, much has changed in the region. Gone are the many barges that once took fruit, vegetables and other produce up and down the river. The river was once a hive...
The Zambezi River Basin
Water and sustainable development
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2017
The Zambezi river is the fourth longest in Africa, crossing or bordering Zambia, Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Mozambique. The river basin is widely recognised as one of the most important basins in southern Africa and is the focus of contested development, including water for hydropower...
Elwha
A River Reborn
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
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A compelling exploration of one of the largest dam removal projects in the world—and the efforts to save a stunning Northwest ecosystem
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Contested Waters
An Environmental History of the Colorado River
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
"To fully understand this river and its past, one must examine many separate pieces of history scattered throughout two nations--seven states within the United States and two within Mexico--and sort through a large amount of scientific data. One needs to be part hydrologist, geologist, economist,...