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100 1 a| Fausch, Kurt D.,e| author.1| https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjJqQ7QMYxDhbW4WxyGgyq=| ^A1281890;

245 12 a| A reverence for rivers :b| imagining an ethic for running waters /c| Kurt D. Fausch ; illustrations by Nora Sherwood.;

264 1 a| Corvallis, OR :b| Oregon State University Press,c| 2025.;

300 a| xi, 278 pages :b| illustrations, maps ;c| 23 cm;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-268) and index.;

505 0 a| A place to begin -- Where forests and rivers embrace the sea -- Taimen of the Sarufutsu -- Hide the powder -- Horonai Gawa -- High country legacies -- Speckled trout -- North beyond the Mississippi -- Where does a river begin? -- A right to water? -- What path to resilience? -- Our relationship with rivers -- The solace of rivers : an epilogue.;

520 a| In A Reverence for Rivers, Kurt Fausch draws on his experience as a stream ecologist, his interest in Indigenous cultures, and a thoughtful consideration of environmental ethics to explore human values surrounding freshwater ecosystems. Focusing on seven rivers across the globe--from the Salmon River in Oregon to the Sarufutsu River in Japan--he examines the growing ethical dilemmas threatening our rivers, including increasing demands for water, habitat fragmentation, overfishing, and deepening climate change. How do we decide which rivers deserve legal protection? What is our right to water as humans? And how do we foster resilient rivers? Through a combination of scientific expertise and thoughtful observations of the natural world, Fausch translates the science of rivers into accessible language for readers and begins to address these questions. He weaves deep Indigenous histories throughout the book and includes personal visits to tribal lands to explore the traditional values held by several Indigenous groups. Fausch reminds us that our connection to rivers is personal and grounded in specific places, flowing from the stories we carry about our relationships with and responsibilities to these rivers. In a final essay Fausch ponders Aldo Leopold's statement that "nothing so important as an ethic is ever written," but instead evolves in the minds of a thinking community. A Reverence for Rivers speaks to both the mind and the heart, offering perspectives so that we might begin to imagine and create an ethic for living with and caring for the running waters on which we rely for so much.;

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650 0 a| Human ecology.=| ^A165;

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A reverence for rivers : imagining an ethic for running waters / Kurt D. Fausch ; illustrations by Nora Sherwood.

Author/creator	Fausch, Kurt D. author.
Other author	Sherwood, Nora, illustrator.
Other author	Oregon State University. Press, publisher.
Format	Book
Publication	Corvallis, OR : Oregon State University Press, 2025.
Copyright Date	©2025
Description	xi, 278 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Subjects	Rivers. Environmental ethics. Stream ecology. Human ecology.

Contents	A place to begin -- Where forests and rivers embrace the sea -- Taimen of the Sarufutsu -- Hide the powder -- Horonai Gawa -- High country legacies -- Speckled trout -- North beyond the Mississippi -- Where does a river begin? -- A right to water? -- What path to resilience? -- Our relationship with rivers -- The solace of rivers : an epilogue.
Abstract	In A Reverence for Rivers, Kurt Fausch draws on his experience as a stream ecologist, his interest in Indigenous cultures, and a thoughtful consideration of environmental ethics to explore human values surrounding freshwater ecosystems. Focusing on seven rivers across the globe--from the Salmon River in Oregon to the Sarufutsu River in Japan--he examines the growing ethical dilemmas threatening our rivers, including increasing demands for water, habitat fragmentation, overfishing, and deepening climate change. How do we decide which rivers deserve legal protection? What is our right to water as humans? And how do we foster resilient rivers? Through a combination of scientific expertise and thoughtful observations of the natural world, Fausch translates the science of rivers into accessible language for readers and begins to address these questions. He weaves deep Indigenous histories throughout the book and includes personal visits to tribal lands to explore the traditional values held by several Indigenous groups. Fausch reminds us that our connection to rivers is personal and grounded in specific places, flowing from the stories we carry about our relationships with and responsibilities to these rivers. In a final essay Fausch ponders Aldo Leopold's statement that "nothing so important as an ethic is ever written," but instead evolves in the minds of a thinking community. A Reverence for Rivers speaks to both the mind and the heart, offering perspectives so that we might begin to imagine and create an ethic for living with and caring for the running waters on which we rely for so much.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-268) and index.
ISBN	9781962645348
ISBN	1962645347 (paperback)

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