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Preface vii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii As usual, numerous people helped in the long germination and publication of this book; we can mention only a few of them by name. Sherrie would like to thank several supportive colleagues in New York, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic, especially Janis Roze, who introduced her to environmental issues over a decade ago, Manny Ness and Pedro Caban. Her family, Chris and Nicholas, continue to be supportive and patient. Barbara would like to thank her husband, Paul, her kids, the Río Yaque del Norte and the memory of Redbud Woods. She also would like to recognize two people in particular, who helped shape her thinking, Pedro Juan del Rosario and Maria Caridad Cruz. Finally, both editors want to thank the contributors to the volume, and in the case of the late Marion Miller, her family, for their help with the details involved in putting together an edited volume. We are also grateful to Andy Love at Cornell and the staff at Rutgers University Press, especially Kristi Long, Nicole Manganaro, and Evan Young for all of their efforts. ...

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