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Overrun Dispatches from the Asian Carp Crisis

By: Andrew Reeves(Author)
384 pages
Overrun
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About this book

Politicians, ecologists, and government wildlife officials are fighting a desperate rearguard action to halt the onward reach of Asian Carp, four troublesome fish now within a handful of miles from entering Lake Michigan. From aquaculture farms in Arkansas to the bayous of Louisiana; from marshlands in Indiana to labs in Minnesota; and from the Illinois River to the streets of Chicago where the last line of defense has been laid to keep Asian carp from reaching the Great Lakes, Overrun takes us on a firsthand journey into the heart of a crisis. Along the way, environmental journalist Andrew Reeves discovers that saving the Great Lakes is only half the challenge. The other is a radical scientific and political shift to rethink how we can bring back our degraded and ignored rivers and waterways and reconsider how we create equilibrium in a shrinking world.

With writing that is both urgent and wildly entertaining, Andrew Reeves traces the carp's explosive spread throughout North America from an unknown import meant to tackle invasive water weeds to a continental scourge that bulldozes through everything in its path.

Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1 - In the Beginning
Chapter 2 - 'Ecology's Helper'
Chapter 3 - Tragedy of the White Amur
Chapter 4 - Research Backwater
Chapter 5 - Scientific Salvation
Chapter 6 - Trouble with Fishing
Chapter 7 - 'Eat 'em to Beat 'em?'
Chapter 8 - The Glorious Gate
Chapter 9 - eDNA Rising
Chapter 10 - Via Chicago
Chapter 11 - At Home in the Great Lakes

Conclusion
PostScript

Customer Reviews

Biography

Andrew Reeves is an award-winning environmental journalist. His work has appeared in the Walrus, This Magazine, and the Globe and Mail. He received a master of fine arts in creative nonfiction from the University of King's College in 2016. He lives in Toronto, Ontario, with his wife and daughter.

By: Andrew Reeves(Author)
384 pages
Media reviews

"A thorough look at an important – and multifaceted – topic."
Publishers Weekly

"Overrun is a whip-smart romp through the dystopian history of Asian carp, that wrecking ball of aquatic ecosystems in North America. But in telling it, Reeves charts a sustainable future for the waterways that connect all of us on the continent. An environmental writer as good as Reeves gives me hope."
– Harry Thurston, winner of the Lane Anderson Award for Excellence in Canadian Science Writing and the Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writing Award

"The definitive narrative of carp in America. Reeves chronicles the complex web of good intentions, imperfect science, and different agencies and entities working at cross purposes that led to the carpification of U.S. waterways. His tour through the quest to regain control is compelling and comprehensive. In the end, Reeves takes a broad and holistic view of the issue, pointing out that fighting a few enemy fish species in the absence of meaningfully addressing the pollution, land management, water management, and climate change that create the conditions for carp to thrive is like dueling with our own shadow. The carp is the symptom, not the disease. A must-read for those who love the Mississippi River watershed and the Great Lakes, for those interested in "invasive" species, for sport fishers and environmental historians."
– Emma Marris, author of Rambunctious Garden

"A riveting "can't put it down" book about fish? You bet! Andrew Reeves takes us on a dizzying journey along the waterways of North America with a rich cast of fish farmers, environmentalists, hustlers, scientists and befuddled politicians as we follow the murderous and seemingly unstoppable advance of Asian Carp that now threaten the Great Lakes themselves. This is a very important book to heed if we want to save this watershed."
– Maude Barlow, author of Boiling Point

"With a journalist's critical eye and storytelling ability [...] Overrun is more than an engaging story about nuisance fish. This eye-opening book demonstrates the interrelationship of species, the climate, and the environment."
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