Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 A Case of Conflict: Growth, Science, Tradition -- 2 The Kissimmee River Story: Empire and Ecology -- 3 Custom, Criteria, and Community: Clarifying the OHWL Concept -- 4 Drawing the Line: The Changing Status of the Natural World -- 5 Lawyers, Landowners, Surveyors, and the State: The OHWL Language Wars -- 6 A New Low for the Ordinary High Water Line: The Demand for Certainty -- 7 Down to the Waterline: The Nature of Our Place -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- W -- Z.