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Ecology and the Environment2010 Michigan Notable Book!As selected by the Library of MichiganUp the Rouge!Paddling Detroit’s Hidden RiverText by Joel ThurtellPhotographs by Patricia Beck“Up the Rouge! is a gritty, unflinchingly truthful tale of a quest topaddle one of the Great Lakes’ most abused tributaries. It’s a storythat says a lot about our neglect of precious urban water resources, but it also holds out realistic hopeof a better future.”—Dave Dempsey, former policy advisor to Michigan governor James Blanchard and award-winning authorof On the Brink: The Great Lakes in the 21st CenturyThere is no river quite like Detroit’s Rouge River. Named by French explorers, the Rouge’s moniker wasborrowed by Henry Ford for his huge automobile factory near the river’s mouth. The river is also home totwo steel mills; cement, gypsum, and salt operations; and the largest single-unit wastewater treatment plantin the country. Although the Rouge is too polluted for public recreation and, in places, too log-jammedfor a motorboat, Detroit Free Press reporter Joel Thurtell and photographer Patricia Beck decided to travelup the Rouge by canoe to explore not only the river’s industrial side but also its beautiful and hiddenurban wilderness. Up the Rouge! is the surprising and educational account of their journey, narrated byThurtell and heavily illustrated with Beck’s evocative and eclectic photographs. Thurtell and Beck showthat despite its environmental contamination, the Rouge is home to wildlife and that its very seclusionmakes it a sanctuary. Maps are included to help readers track their journey. Anyone interested in theconservation of Michigan’s waterways will appreciate this unique and attractive volume.2009 / 10 x 8.5 / 152 pp / 67 illus / ISBN 978-0-8143-3425-6, $34.95t paperA Painted Turtle bookThe Late,Great LakesAn Environmental HistoryWilliam Ashworth“Ashworth has found a blend ofcontemporary newswriting, scholarlyresearch, and personal observationthat cunningly injects daunting quantitiesof information into an invitingprose style.”—The Los Angeles TimesA powerful indictment of man’scarelessness, ignorance, and apathytoward the Great Lakes.1987 / 5.75 x 8.5 / 288 pp / 6 illusISBN 978-0-8143-1887-4$23.95l paperGreat Lakes Books SeriesGreat Lakes JourneyA New Look at America’sFreshwater CoastWilliam AshworthThe follow-up to Ashworth’s earlierbook The Late, Great Lakes, publishedin 1987. Fifteen years after his first trip,Ashworth journeys to many of thesame places and talks to many of thesame people to examine the changesthat have taken place along the GreatLakes since the 1980s.2000 / 6 x 9 / 288 pp / 25 illusISBN 978-0-8143-2837-8$23.95l paperGreat Lakes Books SeriesHonoring OurDetroit RiverCaring for Our HomeEdited by John H. Hartig“Motivates desire for the restorationand protection of the mighty DetroitRiver. The rich history, sociology, politicsand natural environment set thestage for a better understanding of theundeniable potential of the rivers thatbring us our lifeblood.”—Gail Krantzberg, director, InternationalJoint Commission Great LakesRegional Office2003 / 6 x 9 / 248 pp / 37 illusISBN 978-0-87737-044-4$29.95s paperPublished by the Cranbrook Institute of Scienceand distributed by Wayne State University PressWayne State University Press is the exclusivedistributor of the titles published by the CranbrookInstitute of Science. For more than fifty years, theCranbrook Institute of Science has been devoted tothe dissemination of scientific information concerningMichigan and the Great Lakes region. The Institutehas published more than sixty books, monographs,and pamphlets for the practicing scientist, theserious student, and the interested public onsubjects ranging from anthropology and ecology tobotany and zoology. Through its publications, theCranbrook Institute of Science allows readers of allages to discover and explore the beauty, richness, anddiversity of the naturalworld.(800) 978-7323 wsupress.wayne.edu 47