An edition of The Mississippi
(2009)
The Mississippi
a visual biography
by Quinta Scott
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"A photographic documentation of the Mississippi River, illustrating the geographical and botanical features of the river and its wetlands. Using 200 color photographs and accompanying vignettes, Scott explains how we have changed each site depicted, how we try to manage and restore it, and the wildlife that occupies it"--Provided by publisher.
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The Mississippi: a visual biography
2009, University of Missouri Press
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Table of Contents
Assembling the Mississippi basin
Shaping the master river : the last glacier
European exploration and political control of the Mississippi
Managing the Mississippi for flood control and navigation to 1860
Improving the river for navigation after the Civil War
Logging and draining the floodplain
The beginnings of the restoration movement
The flood of 1927
Reengineering the river for flood control : the lower Mississippi
The beginnings of the environmental movement
Reengineering the Atchafalaya
The Water resources development act, 1965-1986
Restoration efforts on the upper Mississippi
The flood of 1993 : lessons not learned
Middle Mississippi restoration
Restoration efforts on the lower Mississippi
Managing the delta for oil, gas, and navigation
Restoring the Louisiana coast
The flood of 2005 : the law of unintended consequences
Post-Katrina restoration
Restoration efforts
the managed river
Congress and the Corps
The headwaters
The upper Mississippi
The western lowlands
The eastern lowlands
The Yazoo basin
The Arkansas lowlands, the Boeuf basin, and the Tensas basin
The Mississippi meander belt
The Atchafalaya
The delta
The Teche delta and Vermilion basin
Terrebonne basin
Barataria basin and the Lafourche, St. Bernard, and modern deltas
Barrier islands of the Lafourche delta
The Lake Pontchartrain basin
Breton Sound and the Birdfoot delta.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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