America's Wetland: An Environmental and Cultural History of Tidewater Virginia and North Carolina

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America’s Wetland This page intentionally left blank America’s Wetland An Environmental and Cultural History of Tidewater Virginia and North Carolina Roy T. Sawyer University of Virginia Press Charlottesville and London University of Virginia Press ∫ 2010 by the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper First published 2010 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Sawyer, Roy T. America’s wetland : an environmental and cultural history of tidewater Virginia and North Carolina / Roy T. Sawyer. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 978-0-8139-2921-7 (cloth : alk. paper) — isbn 978-0-8139-2969-9 (e-book) 1. Wetland ecology—Virginia—Atlantic Coast. 2. Wetland ecology—North Carolina—Atlantic Coast. 3. Drainage—Environmental aspects—Virginia—Atlantic Coast. 4. Drainage—Environmental aspects—North Carolina—Atlantic Coast. 5. Climate change—Virginia—Atlantic Coast. 6. Climate change—North Carolina— Atlantic Coast. 7. Atlantic Coast (Va.)—Environmental conditions. 8. Atlantic Coast (N.C.)—Environmental conditions. I. Title. qh105.v8s27 2010 508.755%1—dc22 2009039565 ...