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On the brink : the Great Lakes in the 21st century

Call Number

  • 977 D393 (CEN)

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Publication Information

East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, c2004.

Physical Description

xi, 304 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.

Contents

  • Dreams of wealth and glory
  • Failing the fish
  • Protecting a new home
  • Degradation
  • Indignation
  • Manipulating the lakes
  • The comeback
  • Losing the lakes?
  • A future in peril
  • Hope for home.