Raritan River - Our Landscape, Our Legacy

Informationen zum Autor Judy Auer Shaw with a Foreword by Michael R. Greenberg Klappentext On the banks of the old Raritan, environmental expert Judy Shaw gives readers a tour of the remarkable river, a major waterway 90 miles long, with 2,000 miles of tributary streams and brooks that twists and turns from its source in Morris County, down to the Raritan Bay. It is the longest river that is completely within New Jersey, includes the state's largest contiguous stretch of wildlife habitat and runs through one of the most populated areas of the United States. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword by Michael R. Greenberg Preface Acknowledgments Acronyms Artist Gallery I Introduction: The Tapestry of Our Connections Part One: Defining Our Place and Our Role Chapter 1 The Headwaters: The North Branch and the South Branch Chapter 2 The Central Region: The Millstone Watershed Chapter 3 The Main Stem and Raritan Bay Connecting Our Environment to Our World (Web Section) Part Two: Connecting Our Communities Chapter 4 Restoring and Protecting Our Landscape Chapter 5 Reconnecting with the River Chapter 6 Where Do We Go from Here? Artist Gallery II Appendix A: Photographers and Artists Appendix B: Municipalities in the Watershed by County Appendix C: Internet Resources Notes Sources Index

Product details

• Authors: Judith Auer Shaw, Judith Auer Shaw Shaw, Judy Auer Shaw, Judy Auer/ Greenberg Shaw
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2015
• EAN: 9780813565415
• ISBN: 978-0-8135-6541-5
• No. of pages: 208
• Series: Rivergate Regionals Collection; Rivergate Regionals Collection
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature: general, reference works