Synopses & Reviews
Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-189) and index.
Synopsis
This book addresses the Chesapeake Bay as a political problem and reveals how the political process has worked against the interests of science, the public, and environmental advocates all at once.
Synopsis
The Chesapeake Bay restoration effort has been touted as the nation's premier environmental restoration program. Yet the Bay and the living systems it supports remain in dismally poor condition, with fisheries in decline and drinking water in danger. This book addresses the Chesapeake Bay as a political problem and reveals how the political process has worked against the interests of science, the public, and environmental advocates all at once. Author Howard Ernst shows that the forces driving environmental degradation are sown deeply into the political soul of America, posing menacing challenges to those fighting to restore large ecosystems like the Chesapeake Bay. The book serves as a political roadmap for the future, suggesting how a different course of policy action is needed to 'Save the Bay.'
Table of Contents
pt. 1. TheChesapeake Bay and environmental politics.ch. 1. TheChesapeake Bay : management of North America's largest estuary --ch. 2. TheChesapeake Bay as a political dilemma : understanding the political barriers to environmental policy --pt. 2.Nutrient management and Bay politics.ch. 3.Swimming against the tide : nutrient reduction efforts in the Bay watershed --ch. 4. Thepolitical fight for nutrient management policy : the case of agricultural regulation --pt. 3. Theblue crab and Bay politics.ch. 5.All you can eat? The difficult task of protecting the blue crab --ch. 6.Battling over the blue crab : the politics of crab management in Virginia and Maryland --pt. 4.Learning from the past.ch. 7.Toward a brighter future for the Chesapeake Bay.