Harry Knaub
York, PA
Susquehanna Drainage
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From: "Hoover, Jan J ERDC-EL-MS" <Jan.J.Hoover-in-erdc.usace.army.mil>
To: <nanfa-l-in-nanfa.org>
Sent: Friday, March 25, 2005 5:43 PM
Subject: NANFA-L-- New Regional Book for GA & SC
> Irate wrote --
>>>>Georgia is the only
> holdout in the proverbial piscene rainforest which does not have a state
> fishes
> book.... even MISSISSIPPI beat 'em to the punch, and we've got a lot less
> money to spread around than Georgia does. I suspect it's been a funding
> Shortfall.....why have a book on the Savannah River basin if a more
> comprehensive publication
> is in the works?<<<
>
> I think there are others (South Carolina, Florida) for which there are
> papers
> or regional publications, but no definitive (recent) state level book.
> Funding is not necessarily the limiting factor. These books take an
> extraordinary amount of time, effort, and personal resources...especially
> if
> previous books have not been written, local studies have not been done,
> and
> adequate museum records are lacking. Ross et al.'s Mississippi book was
> nearly 20 years in the making. I have not seen the Savannah River book,
> but
> regional or drainage-specific works in general are very useful for
> detailed
> or finer-scale coverage of ecology and zoogeography.
>
> - Jan Hoover
> Vicksburg, MS
>
>
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