Author

Publication

2008 - Sierra Club Books, San Francisco, CA

Language

English

Word Count

79,750 words, Guess

Page Count

319 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • LibraryThing1206960
  • Goodreads545807

Classifications

  • LCCGC

Description

In this volume, the author chronicles America's maritime history and the challenges that American coastal and marine environments face today. He dives deep into the cultures of those who know the sea in myriad ways--fisherfolk, oil-rig roughnecks, hurricane forecasters, coastal developers, navy personnel, scientists, and surfers--and profiles the growing efforts by coastal citizens and local governments to restore and protect the health of our oceans in the face of wide-open development along our coasts and offshore. Demonstrating how national policymaking on the oceans is enmeshed in a welter of competing jurisdictions, he argues for strong omnibus legislation and the creation of truly protected marine wilderness reserves.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Blue frontier: dispatches from America's ocean wildernessSierra Club Books2008-01-01

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