environmental conditions

Provides comprehensive information on the geography, history, wildlife, peoples, and environmental issues of the Grand Canyon.

An exploration of the biology and ecology of the Great Lakes region with illustrations, photographs, and maps that show the damage done by industrial pollution, invasive species, and water diversion projects, but also more recent renewal and conservation strategies that have helped to revive this continental resource.

Looks at Adirondack Park as a case study in conservation and development, featuring articles in which scholars, activists, and practitioners discuss the biological and physical foundations of the Adirondack ecosystem and economy, political institutions and management, and social and economic dimensions.

Jerry Dennis discusses his experiences with the Great Lakes during a particular winter.

Provides evidence from different branches of science to portray the changes in climate that may be expected, and the effects that those changes will have in the Adirondacks, and includes photographs, maps, and charts.

Margaret Wooster canoed, camped beside, and waded into eight Great Lakes watersheds across New York and Quebec and returned with stories of the history of hydropower development on the Niagara River, a portrait of an urban creek in Buffalo, and others.

Argues that the United States needs to adopt an environmentally friendly national strategy to be healthier, wealthier, and more secure, innovative, and productive.

The author discusses her idyllic childhood in Shirley, New York, a typical American working-class town, and considers how attitudes toward the town changed when neighbors began getting sick from waste from a nearby nuclear laboratory.

Reports on the state of America's environment, discussing issues of water pollution, the generation of energy, global warming, air pollution, the depletion of the ozone layer, nuclear energy, and the storage of radioactive waste, and offering suggestions for achieving a sustainable future.

Provides an overview of the environmental issues, problems, and controversies threatening North America.