uscpress.com - Environmental Studies https://uscpress.com/ The Day the Johnboat Went up the Mountain https://uscpress.com/book-post/4017219/The-Day-the-Johnboat-Went-up-the-Mountain
True tales of underwater adventures and discoveries in the Palmetto State's maritime history

Combining his skills as a veteran journalist and well-practiced storyteller with his two dec…]]>
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Lowcountry at High Tide https://uscpress.com/book-post/4017777/Lowcountry-at-High-Tide
2020 George C. Rogers Jr. Award Finalist, best book of South Carolina history

A study of Charleston's topographic evolution, its history of flooding, and efforts to keep residents dry a…]]>
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Taking Root https://uscpress.com/book-post/4017639/Taking-Root
Collected essays by two of America's earliest environmental authors retain relevance today

William Summer founded the renowned Pomaria Nursery, which thrived from the 1840s to the 1870s…]]>
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Nature's Return https://uscpress.com/book-post/4017632/Natures-Return
From exploitation to preservation, the complex history of one of the Southeast's most important natural areas and South Carolina's only national park

Located at the confluence of the Co…]]>
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Viewing the Future in the Past https://uscpress.com/book-post/4017563/Viewing-the-Future-in-the-Past
Viewing the Future in the Past is a collection of essays that represents a wide range of authors, loci, and subjects that together demonstrate the value and necessity of looking at environment…]]>
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Painting the Landscape with Fire https://uscpress.com/book-post/4017375/Painting-the-Landscape-with-Fire
Fire can be a destructive, deadly element of nature, capable of obliterating forests, destroying homes, and taking lives. Den Latham's Painting the Landscape with Fire describes this phenomeno…]]>
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A Delicate Balance https://uscpress.com/book-post/4017311/A-Delicate-Balance
Sustainability of the natural environment and of our society has become one of the most urgent challenges facing modern Americans. Communities across the country are seeking a viable pattern o…]]>
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Altered Environments https://uscpress.com/book-post/4017244/Altered-Environments
An illustrated history of how natural and human forces have shaped the development of a coastal community

The constant assault of natural forces make fragile barrier islands some of the…]]>
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Lowcountry Time and Tide https://uscpress.com/book-post/4017241/Lowcountry-Time-and-Tide
A thorough account of rice culture's final decades and of its modern legacy.

In mapping the slow decline of the rice kingdom across the half-century following the Civil War, James H. Tu…]]>
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Aliens in the Backyard https://uscpress.com/book-post/4017238/Aliens-in-the-Backyard
Foreword INDIES 2005 Popular Culture Book of the Year

A fresh look at the origins of our iconic immigrant flora and fauna, revealed with wit and reverence for nature

Aliens live…]]>
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