1st Edition
Biodiversity, Conservation and Environmental Management in the Great Lakes Basin
The Great Lakes Basin in North America holds more than 20 percent of the world's fresh water. Threats to habitats and biodiversity have economic, political, national security, and cultural implications and ramifications that cross the US-Canadian border. This multidisciplinary book presents the latest research to demonstrate the interconnected nature of the challenges facing the Basin.
Chapters by U.S. and Canadian scholars and practitioners represent a wide range of natural science and social science fields, including environmental sciences, geography, political science, natural resources, mass communications, environmental history and communication, public health, and economics. The book covers threats from invasive species, industrial development, climate change, agricultural and chemical runoff, species extinction, habitat restoration, environmental disease, indigenous conservation efforts, citizen engagement, environmental regulation, and pollution.Overall the book provides political, cultural, economic, scientific, and social contexts for recognizing and addressing the environmental challenges faced by the Great Lakes Basin.
1. Introduction: Examining the terrain
Eric Freedman & Mark Neuzil
Part I: Habitat, conservation, and restoration
2. The dam dilemma for fisheries management in the Great Lakes
Daniel B. Hayes, Robert McLaughlin, Brian Roth & Lisa Peterson
3. Irrigation in the Great Lakes Basin: prospects and conflicts
B. Timothy Heinmiller
4. Artificial reefs and reef restoration in the Laurentian Great Lakes
Edward F. Roseman, Jeremy Pritt & Matthew McLean
Part II: Extinction & survival
5. Georgian Bay, Lake Huron: turtles and their wetland habitat in a changing landscape
Chantel Markle & Patricia Chow-Fraser
6. Framing extinction: Societal attitudes toward the passenger pigeon in editorials and opinion pieces
Bruno Takahashi, Ran Duan, Apoorva Joshi, Anthony Van Witsen & Eric Freedman
7. Recovering the ecology of fear: Cascading effects of gray wolf predation and competition in a Great Lakes Basin forest
David G. Flagel
8. Linear corridors and predator movement dynamics in the Great Lakes Basin
Victoria M. Donovan & Jesse N. Popp
Part III: Pollution, climate change, and invasive species
9. Toxicants in the Great Lakes: living with a toxic legacy while managing for chemicals of emerging concern
Dalma Martinovic-Weigelt, Heiko L. Schoenfuss & Jane R. Feely
10. Water quality in the Great Lakes: Interactions between nutrient pollution, invasive species, and climate change
Gaston E. Small
11. Emerald ash borer, black ash, and Native American basketmaking: Invasive insects, forest ecosystems and cultural practices
Therese M. Poland, Maria R. Emery, Tina Ciaramitaro, Ed Pigeon & Angie Pigeon
Part IV: Public Policy
12. Legislating the Great Lakes: socially constructing water through congressional discourse
Theresa R. Castor
13. Conservation authorities in Ontario: key players in the governance of invasive and endangered species
Andrea Olive
14. Citizen engagement, interpretation, and resource management in the Great Lakes Basin
Gail Vander Stoep
15. 7 Indigenous principles for successful cooperation in Great Lakes conservation initiatives
Kyle P. Whyte, Nicholas J. Reo, Deborah McGregor, M.A. (Peggy) Smith, James F. Jenkins & Kathleen A. Rubio
Part V: Conclusions
16. Through the crystal ball
Mark Neuzil & Eric Freedman
Biography
Eric Freedman is Knight Chair, Director of the Knight Center for Environmental Journalism, and Professor of Journalism at Michigan State University, USA. He also won a Pulitzer Prize in Journalism.
Mark Neuzil is Professor of Communication and Journalism at University of St Thomas, Minnesota, USA.