ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY of the HUDSON RIVER -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- THE HUDSON RIVER WATERSHED -- PART I. HISTORY AND BIOLOGY -- 1. HISTORICAL FACTS/BIOLOGICAL QUESTIONS -- 2. LINKAGES BETWEEN PEOPLE AND ECOSYSTEMS -- 3. SYMBIOSES BETWEEN BIOLOGISTS AND SOCIAL SCIENTISTS -- PART II. RIVER OF RESOURCES -- 4. HUDSON RIVER FISHERIES -- 5. HERPETOFAUNA OF THE HUDSON RIVER WATERSHED -- 6. HUMAN IMPACTS ON HUDSON RIVER MORPHOLOGY AND SEDIMENTS -- 7. THE EARLIEST THIRTEEN MILLENNIA OF CULTURALADAPTATION ALONG THE HUDSON RIVER ESTUARY -- 8. ARCHAEOLOGICAL INDICES OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE AND COLONIAL ETHNOBOTANY INSEVENTEENTH-CENTURY DUTCH NEW AMSTERDAM -- 9. LINKING UPLANDS TO THE HUDSON RIVER -- 10. VEGETATION DYNAMICS IN THE NORTHERN SHAWANGUNK MOUNTAINS -- 11. AGRICULTURE IN THE HUDSON BASIN SINCE 1609 -- 12. ECOLOGY IN THE FIELD OF TIME -- 13. THE INTRODUCTION AND NATURALIZATION OF EXOTIC ORNAMENTAL PLANTS IN NEW YORK' SHUDSON RIVER VALLEY -- PART III. RIVER OF COMMERCE -- 14. THE RISE AND DEMISE OF THE HUDSON RIVERICE HARVESTING INDUSTRY -- 15. HUMAN SANITARY WASTES AND WASTE TREATMENT IN NEW YORK CITY -- 16. FOUNDRY COVE -- 17. RIVER CITY -- 18. OUT OF THE FRAY -- PART IV. RIVER OF INSPIRATION -- 19. BIRTH OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT IN THE HUDSON RIVER VALLEY -- 20. THE INFLUENCE OF THE HUDSON RIVER SCHOOLOF ART IN THE PRESERVATION OF THE RIVER,ITS NATURAL AND CULTURAL LANDSCAPE,AND THE EVOLUTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL LAW -- 21. "THY FATE AND MINE ARE NOT REPOSE" -- 22. THE PAST AS GUIDE TO A SUCCESSFUL FUTURE -- AFTERWORD -- CONTRIBUTORS -- WEB ADDRESSES OF CITED AND KEY AGENCIES,NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, ANDACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS IN THE HUDSON RIVER BASIN -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.