Two Lakes, One Problem, and Seeking Solutions
An Environmental History of Greenwood Lake and Lake Hopatcong
Two Lakes, One Problem, and Seeking Solutions
An Environmental History of Greenwood Lake and Lake Hopatcong
Description
This book tells the story of the volunteers, regional elected officials, journalists, and scientists who refused to let their local New Jersey lakes deteriorate. For decades storm water runoff, inadequate septic management, weed growth, eutrophication, and Harmful Agal Blooms turned lakes Hopatcong and Greenwood into environmental problems and public health emergencies. Yet with the determination of a grassroots movement to restore the lakes, local organizations demanded better. Regional planning boards emerged and local commissions appointed volunteer members to pursue scientific studies and large-scale remediation. Through the tale of lakes Hopatcong and Greenwood, this book offers an optimistic and practical example of how local residents, leaders, and organizations can make substantial progress in environmental rehabilitation and preservation in their own backyard.
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Table of Contents
1. The Morris Canal Dams
2. The Railroads open the Resort Era
3. Demands for Potable Water
4. From Resort to Suburb
5. Trouble in Paradise, Sewage and Weeds
6. The Lake of Paper
7. Here Come the Sewers
8. Greenwood Lake: Focus on Belcher Creek
9. Getting Organized
10. The Highlands Act 2004 and Beyond
11. The Money Begins to Flow, Part One - Before the Harmful Algae Blooms.
12. The Money Begins to Flow, Part Two - After the Harmful Algal Blooms
13. So What Have We Learned?
Product details
| Published | 04 Feb 2027 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (PDF) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 280 |
| ISBN | 9798216265634 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Series | Environment and Society |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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