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2. Settlement, development, despoilment, and recovery of the Hudson River, New York
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Morton, Lois Wright (author) and Olson, Kenneth R. (author)
- Format:
- Article
- Publication Date:
- 2020-01-01
- Published:
- USA: Soil and Water Conservation Society
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 202 Document Number: D12063
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Soil and Water Conservation
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol. 75, Issue 1
- Notes:
- 7 pages, via Online journal, The mid-nineteenth century Hudson River School of painting reflects artists' views of American paradise, a glorified Hudson River landscape where the disappearing wilderness, agriculture, and human settlements coexisted along the river in perfect harmony. The romantic, peaceful coexistence of nature and humans became an unsustainable illusion as the twentieth century 507 km (315 mi) Hudson River became a major transportation route to the northern and western interior of the United States (figure 1). Like many rivers throughout history, navigation of the Hudson River waters fostered tanneries, paper mills, factories, electrical plants, and other enterprises along its coastline (Rothstein 2019). Rivers, with their abundant water supply and capacity to transport raw materials and finished goods, fueled the Industrial Revolution of the 1800s, and the Hudson River was exemplary in its contributions. Settlements and industries along the Hudson River valley flourished, creating jobs, expanding communities, and bringing economic prosperity to the region and the nation. In its wake, followed an era of industrial pollution that left an ugly mark on the river celebrated for its beauty and pristine waters. In 1984, 321 km (200 mi) of the Hudson River was classified by the US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) as the Hudson River PCBs Superfund site—one of the largest in the country.
3. Something fishy in Sumatra
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Charoenpo, Anucha (author) and Southeast Asian Press Alliance, Makita City, Philippines.
- Format:
- Article
- Publication Date:
- 2003
- Published:
- Indonesia
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 164 Document Number: C27351
- Notes:
- 4 pages., Investigative report by a 2005 SEAPA Fellow. Focuses on illegal Thai trawlers harming the fish enterprise of Sumatra.