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... began in southern Florida . Ponds and sloughs in the Ever- glades began to dry out . Fish died , the alligators burrowed vainly in the mud , the wading birds found no food . Meantime the engineers had completed the job of impounding ...
... began in southern Florida . Ponds and sloughs in the Ever- glades began to dry out . Fish died , the alligators burrowed vainly in the mud , the wading birds found no food . Meantime the engineers had completed the job of impounding ...
Page 123
... began in 1849 . The story is told of a pioneer wagon party that came upon a grove of redwoods and stopped to stare in awe at the unbelievable , tower- ing trunks . Then one man said , “ Wouldn't it be a sight to see one fall ? " The ...
... began in 1849 . The story is told of a pioneer wagon party that came upon a grove of redwoods and stopped to stare in awe at the unbelievable , tower- ing trunks . Then one man said , “ Wouldn't it be a sight to see one fall ? " The ...
Page 160
... began as early as 1957 , coming from Canadian humane societies . By 1962 newspaper stories began to appear , replete with gory details . The clincher came in 1964 with two films made by television crews of the Canadian Broadcasting ...
... began as early as 1957 , coming from Canadian humane societies . By 1962 newspaper stories began to appear , replete with gory details . The clincher came in 1964 with two films made by television crews of the Canadian Broadcasting ...
Contents
An Introduction | 9 |
Rivers Dams and Floods | 27 |
Water Pollution and the Great Water Shortage | 49 |
Copyright | |
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