Heartbeats in the Muck
Book description
Heartbeats in the Muck traces the incredible arc of New York Harbor's environmental history. Once a pristine estuary bristling with oysters and striped bass and visited by sharks, porpoises, and seals, the harbor has been marked by centuries of rampant industrialization and degradation of its natural environment. Garbage dumping, oil…
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Written forty years after the Clean Water Act, this book discusses the arc New York City’s harbor took from biologically productive asset to deeply degraded dumping ground to recently rehabilitated ecosystem. This book is particularly interesting in how it provides a vantage point to what is going on below the surface, where wildlife thrives but is rarely noticed.
From Thomas' list on the surprising history of New York City wildlife.
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