Sustaining Lake Superior: An Extraordinary Lake in a Changing World

by Nancy Langston

Book Overview

A compelling exploration of Lake Superior's conservation recovery and what it can teach us in the face of climate change

Lake Superior, the largest lake in the world, has had a remarkable history, including resource extraction and industrial exploitation that caused nearly irreversible degradation. But in the past fifty years it has experienced a remarkable recovery and rebirth. In this important book, leading environmental historian...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300212984
• ISBN13: 9780300212983
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

Sustaining Lake Superior opened my eyes (and I thought they were already open!)

Langston provides a deep and broad history of Lake Superior from the competing economic interests of fishermen and pulp mill owners to the long-term health impacts of chemical levels on indigenous residents of the Superior coast. A wonderful combination of science and community development.