""Rivers and streams are dynamic and powerful forces that have the ability to reshape the landscape on their own volition. They also respond to and reflect the hundreds of decisions we make related to development, transportation, agriculture, and overall management of our lands. Although there is much agreement that our streams should be restored, the unanimity dries up as soon as the discussion turns to particular strategies. There is no one agreed...

Ellen Wohl offers a survey of the history & present condition of river systems across the US. After describing the biological, chemical & physical aspects of the functioning of rivers, she discusses the changes as the result of development & federal management, & examines rehabilitation projects.

Ecologists have long struggled to understand community dynamics. In this groundbreaking book, leading fish ecologists William J. Matthews and Edie Marsh-Matthews apply long-term studies of stream fish communities to enduring questions. This critical synthesis reaches into the heart of ecological theory, testing concepts against more than four decades of data collected by the authors from numerous warm-water stream fish communities in the central and...

"Rewilding the Urban Frontier argues that the urban rivers of the United States might be one of the best opportunities for rewilding in the Anthropocene-that is, creating self-sustaining ecosystems capable of adapting to the rapid and cascading changes caused by human impacts"-- "More so than other ecosystems, urban rivers typify our evolving relationship with nature. Once a necessity for the development of civilization, by the twentieth century...