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- Florida Historical Society Stetson Kennedy AwardFlorida Book Awards, Silver Medal for Florida NonfictionExploring the environmental history of an important natural area The largest open water estuary in Florida, Tampa Bay has been a flashpoint of environmental struggles and action in recent years.
- Author(s): Evan P Bennett
- 180 Pages
- Nature, Ecosystems & Habitats
- Series Name: Florida in Focus
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This book explores the environmental history of the largest open water estuary in Florida, revealing how people have interacted with nature throughout the long history of Tampa Bay.Book Synopsis
Florida Historical Society Stetson Kennedy AwardFlorida Book Awards, Silver Medal for Florida Nonfiction
Exploring the environmental history of an important natural area The largest open water estuary in Florida, Tampa Bay has been a flashpoint of environmental struggles and action in recent years. This book goes beneath today's news headlines to explore how people have interacted with nature in the region throughout its long history.
In Tampa Bay, Evan Bennett reveals that humans have been part of the bay's ecology since the estuary took its modern form 2,000 years ago, along with the communities of fish, birds, reptiles, and mammals that proliferated in its seagrass meadows, tidal salt flats, and mangrove forests. Bennett discusses the natural resources that drew people to settle there, the trade that encouraged development, and the shipping and industry that increased biological and ecological change.
While the past 150 years have seen serious environmental damage from dredging, water pollution, red tides, and more, Bennett shows how people have been fighting to clean up the bay and regain a balance with nature. Informed by the latest in marine science, area environmentalists, policymakers, and citizens are working to create a model for other societies that have developed in fragile natural areas.
The first book to examine the environmental history of the region, Tampa Bay uncovers deep-rooted relationships between water, land, and people and offers hope for bringing threatened coastal spaces back from the brink. A volume in the series Florida in Focus, edited by Andrew K. Frank
Review Quotes
"Offers real-world lessons for readers interested in coastal clean-up. . . . With all its muck and scum, a book worthy of gloom, yet this telling of the Tampa Bay's turnaround offers hope."--Library Journal
Dimensions (Overall): 8.9 Inches (H) x 6.11 Inches (W) x .59 Inches (D)
Weight: .62 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 180
Series Title: Florida in Focus
Genre: Nature
Sub-Genre: Ecosystems & Habitats
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Theme: Coastal Regions & Shorelines
Format: Paperback
Author: Evan P Bennett
Language: English
Street Date: April 9, 2024
TCIN: 90718707
UPC: 9780813080512
Item Number (DPCI): 247-44-7748
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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