Changing Landscapes of Northwest Indiana: Draining Beaver Lake and the Kankakee Marsh - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Purdue University PressISBN-13:9781626711471ISBN-10:162671147XUPC:9781626711471Book Category:History, Social Science, ScienceBook Subcategory:United States, Human Geography, Earth SciencesBook Topic:State & Local, GeographySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.53 inchesWeight:0.7518Product ID:SC3XE102DE
Changing Landscapes of Northwest Indiana: Draining Beaver Lake and the Kankakee Marsh
Before they were destroyed, Beaver Lake was the largest lake in Indiana, and the Kankakee Marsh was nearly half a million acres of wetland. This was one of the major inland marshes in the country before landowners drained it for farmland. Changing Landscapes of Northwest Indiana examines the massive ecological devastation caused by the destruction of Beaver Lake, the channelization of the...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Purdue University PressISBN-13:9781626711471ISBN-10:162671147XUPC:9781626711471Book Category:History, Social Science, ScienceBook Subcategory:United States, Human Geography, Earth SciencesBook Topic:State & Local, GeographySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.53 inchesWeight:0.7518Product ID:SC3XE102DE
Dobberstein, Michael: - Michael Dobberstein is a retired associate professor of English at Purdue University Northwest. His teaching and research interests were in art and poetry. He became interested in environmental history, with a special focus on the wetlands of Northwest Indiana, as a volunteer for the Nature Conservancy's restoration project at Kankakee Sands, located on the basin of Beaver...
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