Download or read book The Changing Environment of Northern Michigan written by Knute Nadelhoffer and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One hundred years of scientific study of wildlife and environmental change at the University of Michigan Biological Station
Download or read book Ecological History of Northern Michigan University written by Daniel Gocella and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The purpose of this paper is to establish a chronological history of the land and environmental changes on the Northern Michigan University campus. To facilitate an understanding of the forces which constructed the topography of the region and to develop continuity throughout this history, I have included a brief description of glacial activity. The section devoted to pre-European human activity is based largely on speculation because the acidic soils of the Upper Peninsula and the shifting alluvial plains have destroyed most hope of recovering archaeologic evidence. Those that did survive, such as records of Indian trails, often lead to dead-ends, offering no explanations of their place for historic record. Also lacking from the archive data used for research is the purpose and use of land ownders who secured the original patents on the property that became the university. Again, speculation offers the only answers. Within the bounds of this history I hope to offer the reader a small piece of Northern Michigan University's past and with that, an understanding of the school's natural heritage."--Abstract.
Download or read book Utilization of Environmental Knowledge on Northern Michigan written by D. C. Pelz and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Michigan Forest Ecosystem Vulnerability Assessment and Synthesis written by United States Department of Agriculture and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-06-26 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2013The forests in northern Michigan will be affected directly and indirectly by changing climate during the 21st century. This assessment evaluates the vulnerability of forest ecosystems in the eastern Upper Peninsula and northern Lower Peninsula of Michigan under a range of future climates. We synthesized and summarized information on the contemporary landscape, provided information on past climate trends, and described a range of projected future climates. This information was used to parameterize and run multiple vegetation impact models, which provided a range of potential vegetative responses to climate. Finally, we brought these results before a multidisciplinary panel of scientists and land managers familiar with Michigan forests to assess ecosystem vulnerability through a formal consensus-based expert elicitation process.
Download or read book An Environmental History of Washtenaw County Michigan written by Peter D. Shemitz and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Conflict Resulting from a Changing Northern Michigan Landscape and Its Coverage by the Media written by Robert J. Walters and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Finnish Settler Colonialism in North America written by Rani-Henrik Andersson and published by Helsinki University Press. This book was released on 2022-12-29 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finnish Settler Colonialism in North America reinterprets Finnish experiences in North America by connecting them to the transnational processes of settler colonial conquest, far-settlement, elimination of natives, and capture of terrestrial spaces. Rather than merely exploring whether the idea of Finns as a different kind of immigrant is a myth, this book challenges it in many ways. It offers an analysis of the ways in which this myth manifests itself, why it has been upheld to this day, and most importantly how it contributes to settler colonialism in North America and beyond. The authors in this volume apply multidisciplinary perspectives in revealing the various levels of Finnish involvement in settler colonialism. In their chapters, authors seek to understand the experiences and representations of Finns in North American spatial projects, in territorial expansion and integration, and visions of power. They do so by analyzing how Finns reinvented their identities and acted as settlers, participated in the production of settler colonial narratives, as well as benefitted and took advantage of settler colonial structures. Finnish Settler Colonialism in North America aims to challenge traditional histories of Finnish migration, in which Finns have typically been viewed almost in isolation from the broader American context, not to mention colonialism. The book examines the diversity of roles, experiences, and narrations of and by Finns in the histories of North America by employing the settler colonial analytical framework.
Download or read book TURNAROUND MIGRATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONFLICT IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN THE IMPLICATIONS OF SOCIAL CHANGE FOR REGIONAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT POPULATION GROWTH ENVIRONMENTAL ATTITUDES REVERSE written by DALE JEFFREY BLAHNA and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: residents (LTR) were compared to help explain trends in environmental conflict.
Download or read book Up North in Michigan written by Jerry Dennis and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2021-09-14 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Northern Michigan is a place, like all places, in change. Over the past half century, its landscape has been bulldozed, subdivided, and built upon. Climate change warms the water of the Great Lakes at an alarming rate—Lake Superior is now the fastest-warming large body of freshwater on the planet—creating increasingly frequent and severe storm events, altering aquatic and shoreline ecosystems, and contributing to further invasions by non-native plants and animals. And yet the essence of this region, known to many as simply “Up North,” has proved remarkably perennial. Millions of acres of state and national forests and other public lands remain intact. Small towns peppered across the rural countryside have changed little over the decades, pushing back the machinery of progress with the help of dedicated land conservancies, conservation organizations, and other advocacy groups. Up North in Michigan, the new collection from celebrated nature writer Jerry Dennis, captures its author’s lifelong journey to better know this place he calls home by exploring it in every season, in every kind of weather, on foot, on bicycle, in canoes and cars. The essays in this book are more than an homage to a particular region, its people, and its natural wonders. They are a reflection on the Up North that can only be experienced through your feet and fingertips, through your ears, mouth, and nose—the Up North that makes its way into your bones as surely as sand makes its way into wood grain.
Download or read book The Quality of Nonmetropolitan Living written by Robert W. Marans and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Cheboygan Twin Lakes Community in the Woods written by Thomas R. Knox and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2019-03-01 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the complex physical, historical, and social factors that have allowed a small kettle lake in northeastern Michigan to remain ecologically and environmentally sound, a gem lake. The book investigates these within the context of local/regional, state, and national history. It also tells a story of how and why a community of residents has been formed in the forest and has functioned as an effective steward of its natural resources.
Download or read book Michigan Shrubs and Vines written by Burton V. Barnes and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2016-09-08 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shrubs and vines are some of the most diverse and widespread plants in the Great Lakes Region. Michigan Shrubs and Vines is the must-have book for anyone who wishes to identify and learn about these fascinating plants. Presented in the same attractive, easy-to-use format as the classic Michigan Trees, the book gives detailed descriptions of 132 species, providing concise information on key characters, habitat, distribution, and growth pattern. Precise line drawings accompany each species description and illustrate arrangement and characteristics of leaves, flowers, and fruits in addition to stem structure to assist with reliable year-round identification. A thorough introduction covers the features and forms of shrubs and vines as well as their natural history, their role in landscape ecosystems, and their occurrence in regional ecosystems of North America and plant communities of the Great Lakes. This long awaited companion to Michigan Trees will appeal to botanists, ecologists, students, and amateur naturalists alike.
Download or read book An Ecological Survey in Northern Michigan written by Charles Christopher Adams and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Michigan Forest Ecosystem Vulnerability Assessment and Synthesis written by and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The forests in northern Michigan will be affected directly and indirectly by changing climate during the 21st century. This assessment evaluates the vulnerability of forest ecosystems in the eastern Upper Peninsula and northern Lower Peninsula of Michigan under a range of future climates. We synthesized and summarized information on the contemporary landscape, provided information on past climate trends, and described a range of projected future climates. This information was used to parameterize and run multiple vegetation impact models, which provided a range of potential vegetative responses to climate. Finally, we brought these results before a multidisciplinary panel of scientists and land managers familiar with Michigan forests to assess ecosystem vulnerability through a formal consensus-based expert elicitation process.
Download or read book Environmental Setting and Implications for Water Quality in the Western Lake Michigan Drainages written by Charles A. Peters and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book An Ecological Survey in Northern Michigan written by Charles Christopher Adams and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Climate Change Solutions written by Diana Stuart and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2020-07-17 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Climate Change Solutions represents an application of critical theory to examine proposed solutions to climate change. Drawing from Marx’s negative conception of ideology, the authors illustrate how ideology continues to conceal the capital-climate contradiction or the fundamental incompatibility between growth-dependent capitalism and effectively and justly mitigating climate change. Dominant solutions to climate change that offer minor changes to the current system fail to address this contradiction. However, alternatives like degrowth involve a shift in priorities and power relations and can offer new systemic arrangements that confront and move beyond the capital-climate contradiction. While there are clear barriers to a systemic transition that prioritizes social and ecological well-being, such a transition is possible and desirable.
