The Louisiana Coast - Guide to an American Wetland

Informationen zum Autor GAY M. GOMEZ is associate professor of geography at McNeese State University in Lake Charles, Louisiana. A professional nature guide and longtime activist and champion for the preservation of the state's wetlands, she has served on the board of directors for the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana and the Louisiana Ornithological Society, and on the advisory board for the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries' White Lake Wetland Conservation Area. Klappentext Hurricane Katrina gave the nation an urgent reminder of the extent and value of Louisiana's wetlands when daily discussions of subsidence and sedimentation revealed how much ordinary coastal processes affect humanity - and vice versa. This book helps readers learn how best to enjoy, appreciate, and protect this vanishing landscape.Hurricane Katrina gave the nation an urgent reminder of the extent and value of Louisiana's wetlands when daily discussions of subsidence and sedimentation revealed how much ordinary coastal processes affect humanity - and vice versa. This book helps readers learn how best to enjoy, appreciate, and protect this vanishing landscape.

Product details

• Authors: Gay M Gomez, Gay M. Gomez
• Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2008
• EAN: 9781603440332
• ISBN: 978-1-60344-033-2
• No. of pages: 189
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 222 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Tam Nature Guides; Gulf Coast Books, Sponsored by Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi; Gulf Coast Books, Sponsored by; Gulf Coast Books, Sponsored by Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
• Subjects: Guides > Nature; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature: general, reference works; Travel