Turning the Tide: Saving The Chesapeake Bay

by Horton, Tom

• ISBN13: 9781559635493
• ISBN10: 1559635495
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-07-15
• Publisher: Island Pr

Summary

In 1991, Island Press published Turning the Tide, a unique and accessible examination of the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem. The book took an in-depth 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. Much has changed since that book came out, and while success is evident in many areas, the bottom line on the last decade is sobering. How can we ensure that the next decade does not end like the last, with numerous battles won but little progress made?

This new edition of Turning the Tide makes a vital contribution to the effort to restore the Bay. It 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 significantly 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.

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Table of Contents

List of Figures	xi
Foreword, by William C. Baker	xiii
Preface: Saving the Bay, Failing the Bay: The Last Decade and the Next	xvii
About This Book	xxxv
PART I. The Chesapeake Ecosystem	1	(36)
1. The Bay Connects Us, the Bay Reflects Us	3	(34)
The Small, Skinny Bay	3	(1)
The Great, Green Filter	4	(2)
The Amputated Bay	6	(3)
An Unruly Beast-The Estuary	9	(1)
A Rare Flower-The Geologic Bay	10	(2)
Slosh and Burp-The Wind's Will	12	(2)
The Only Constant Is Change	14	(2)
Invisible Fences	16	(2)
If You Harvest the Bay, Pray for Drought	18	(3)
Avalanche! A Bit of River Goes a Long Way	21	(1)
Productivity-The Bay's True Value	22	(3)
Doing More with Less	25	(2)
Ordering the Bay's House	27	(2)
Oysters Are Much More than Hors D'Oeuvres	29	(2)
The Chesapeake Ecosystem	31	(1)
What the Animals Are Saying	32	(3)
Vicious Cycles in Reverse	35	(2)
PART II. State of the Bay	37	(262)
2. Pollution	43	(108)
Agriculture	43	(26)
Sewage-Real Progress, but Big Tests to Come	69	(15)
Air	84	(10)
Susquehanna-The River That Is the Bay	94	(7)
Sediment-Dirt's Long, Slow Dance	101	(4)
Dredging	105	(4)
Stormwater Pollution	109	(10)
Toxics and Bacteria	119	(15)
Dissolved Oxygen-The Bay's Bottom Line	134	(5)
Oil Spills	139	(4)
Recreational Pollution-Boats	143	(4)
If Fish Made Clean Water Rules	147	(4)
3. Harvests	151	(36)
Lesson of the Rockfish	153	(7)
Managing Fish-The Big Picture	160	(1)
Crabs-A Historic Opportunity Lost	161	(5)
Oysters-Rebuilding, Restoring	166	(6)
Shad-Welcome Home	172	(3)
Management of Other Species	175	(3)
Watermen	178	(2)
Waterfowl	180	(7)
4. Resilience	187	(58)
Forests	189	(11)
Nontidal Wetlands	200	(7)
Edges of the Bay	207	(17)
Bottom of the Bay	224	(15)
Upstream and Down	239	(6)
5. The Ultimate Issue: People	245	(54)
How We Live	249	(34)
How Many of Us	283	(16)
PART III. Lessons and Recommendations	299	(30)
6. Recommendations	301	(28)
What Kind of Bay Do We Want?	303	(6)
Pollution	309	(7)
Harvests	316	(2)
Resilience	318	(4)
The Ultimate Issue: People	322	(2)
Toward an Environmental Ethic	324	(5)
Appendix A: CBF 'S State of the Bay Report	329	(6)
Appendix B: Chesapeake 2000	335	(16)
Appendix C: Chesapeake Bay Timeline	351	(10)
Glossary	361	(4)
References	365	(10)
Acknowledgments	375	(2)
Index	377