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Overview
In 1991, Island Press published Turning the Tide, a unique and accessible examination of the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem. The book took an indepth look at the Bay’s vital signs to gauge the overall health of its entire ecosystem and to assess what had been done and what remained to be done to clean up the Bay.
This new edition of Turning the Tide addresses new developments of the past decade and examines the factors that will have the most significant effects on the health of the Bay in the coming years.With new case studies and updated maps, charts, and graphs, the book builds on the analytical power of ten years of experience to offer a new perspective, along with clear, science-based recommendations for the future.
For all those who want to know not only how much must be done to save the Bay but what they can do and how they can make a difference, Turning the Tide is an essential source of information.
Synopsis
Horton (an environmental columnist for The Baltimore Sun) updates his 1991 work describing the ecosystem of the Chesapeake Bay, into which waters from the states of Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and New York flow, and assessing the state of its environment and efforts to clean it up. He argues that progress on pollution has been uneven and makes recommendations for programs and policies to be implemented by the federal government and the involved states. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR