Books in Penfield Library
The Death and Life of the Great Lakes by
Call Number: QH104.5.G7 E43 2017The Great Lakes--Erie, Huron, Michigan, Ontario and Superior--hold 20 percent of the world's supply of surface fresh water and provide sustenance, work and recreation for tens of millions of Americans. But they are under threat as never before, and their problems are spreading across the continent. The Death and Life of the Great Lakes is prize-winning reporter Dan Egan's compulsively readable portrait of an ecological catastrophe happening right before our eyes, blending the epic story of the lakes with an examination of the perils they face and the ways we can restore and preserve them for generations to come.Contested Waters by
The Colorado River is a vital resource to urban and agricultural communities across the Southwest, providing water to 30 million people. Contested Waters tells the river's story-a story of conquest, control, division, and depletion. Beginning in prehistory and continuing into the present day, Contested Waters focuses on three important and often overlooked aspects of the river's use: the role of western water law in its over-allocation, the complexity of power relationships surrounding the river, and the concept of sustainable use and how it has been either ignored or applied in recent times. It is organized in two parts: the first addresses the chronological history of the river and long-term issues, while the second examines in more detail four specific topics: metropolitan perceptions, American Indian water rights, US-Mexico relations over the river, and water marketing issues.
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Other Useful Materials
- Search for Superfund Sites Where You LiveTry searching for terms like: lake, river, creek, pond.
- Ramsar Sites Information Service (RSIS)Provides access to information on wetlands designated as internationally important under the Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar, 1971). These wetlands are commonly known as Ramsar Sites.
Bentley, W.A. "[Snow Crystal]." Retrieved from https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/670633 CC0.
Carlson, J.F. "Snow Flurries." Retrieved from https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/10377 CC0.
Open Educational Resources
- GEOG 431 - Geography of Water ResourcesA courseware module from Penn State that is "designed to further understanding of the natural processes of aquatic ecosystems, management of water resources, and threats to sustaining water quantity and quality - for all types of freshwater - surface, ground, rivers, lakes, wetlands ... for geographers, ecologists, earth scientists, engineers, planners, other environmental professionals as well as those in non-science fields."
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