In 1991, Island Press published Turning the Tide, a unique and accessible examination of the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem. The book took an indepth look at the Bay's vital signs to gauge the overall health of its entire ecosystem and to assess what had been done and what remained to be done to clean up the Bay.
This new edition of Turning the Tide addresses new developments of the past decade and examines the factors that will have the most significant effects on the health of the Bay in the coming years.With new case studies and updated maps, charts, and graphs, the book builds on the analytical power of ten years of experience to offer a new perspective, along with clear, science-based recommendations for the future.
For all those who want to know not only how much must be done to save the Bay but what they can do and how they can make a difference, Turning the Tide is an essential source of information.
List of Figures Foreword \ William C. Baker Preface: Saving the Bay, Failing the Bay: The Last Decade and the Next About This Book
PART I. The Chesapeake Ecosystem Chapter 1. The Bay Connects Us, the Bay Reflects Us -The Small, Skinny Bay -The Great, Green Filter -The Amputated Bay -An Unruly Beast'The Estuary -A Rare Flower'The Geologic Bay -Slosh and Burp'The Wind's Will -The Only Constant Is Change -Invisible Fences -If You Harvest the Bay, Pray for Drought -Avalanche! A Bit of River Goes a Long Way -Productivity'The Bay's True Value -Doing More with Less -Ordering the Bay's House -Oysters Are Much More than Hors D'Oeuvres -The Chesapeake Ecosystem -What the Animals Are Saying -Vicious Cycles in Reverse
PART II. State of the Bay Chapter 2. Pollution -Agriculture -Sewage'Real Progress, but Big Tests to Come -Air -Susquehanna'The River That Is the Bay -Sediment'Dirt's Long, Slow Dance -Dredging -Stormwater Pollution -Toxics and Bacteria -Dissolved Oxygen'The Bay's Bottom Line -Oil Spills -Recreational Pollution'Boats -If Fish Made Clean Water Rules Chapter 3. Harvests -Lesson of the Rockfish -Managing Fish'The Big Picture -Crabs'A Historic Opportunity Lost -Oysters'Rebuilding, Restoring -Shad'Welcome Home -Management of Other Species -Watermen -Waterfowl Chapter 4. Resilience -Forests -Nontidal Wetlands -Edges of the Bay -Bottom of the Bay -Upstream and Down Chapter 5. The Ultimate Issue: People -How We Live -How Many of Us
PART III. Lessons and Recommendations -Recommendations -What Kind of Bay Do We Want? -Pollution -Harvests -Resilience -The Ultimate Issue: People -Toward an Environmental Ethic
Appendix A. CBF's State of the Bay Report Appendix B. Chesapeake 2000 Appendix C. Chesapeake Bay Timeline Glossary References Acknowledgments Index
"Turning the Tide is a fascinating checkup of the health of our beloved Chesapeake Bay. It gives us reason for hope—and for moving with dispatch to tackle the many ills that still plague this wondrous waterway."
