Limberlost Swamp

In the novel A Girl of the Limberlost by Gene Stratton-Porter, there lies in the pages the themes of nature and moths, both intrinsic motifs sunk deep into the bones of the storyline. The beauty and elegance of nature is viewed by the characters as a direct manifestation of the hand of God. As such, the characters in the story basked in the glory of the outdoors and spent most the time perusing the surrounding areas around their homes. Each character in the novel had a different relationship to nature

Do positive, negative, or in-between effects equal the question? Think, what would you do in your own home and possibly to yourself? Thinking is the exact catechism of ecocriticism; the study of literature and environment focused on our economy. People have squabbled with the situation… First, chemicals such as 2,4-D and Agent Orange. Second, preservation and replantation. Third, deforestation using the analogy such as humans:materials::axe:deforestation. Also, of equal importance is the matter

The Wetlands In Grisham’s novel, The Pelican Brief, he presents a case where an organization attempts to protect the coastal marshes of Louisiana against the selfish oil companies and citizens that wish to destroy it for money. This is a tremendous concern that people deal with in America. John Grisham wrote The Pelican Brief, in 1992 and it was one of his best selling books. Louisiana’s marshes are being destroyed and are suffering greatly because of humans. Grisham shows extensive knowledge of

Introduction There is rapid destruction of salt marshes and wetlands due to dredging operations and filling. In Boston, almost eighty-one percent of the salt marshes have been lost. For the Canadian Maritimes, almost sixty-four percent of the coastal wetlands have disappeared due to agricultural reclamation. Approximately, ninety-three percent coastal marshes have been lost along the Pacific coast in the United States. In addition, there is a degradation of coastal wetland due to invasive species

and now that we finally see how important they are we are going to lose what little wetlands remain to rising sea levels. What are wetlands? Wetlands are, quite simply wet lands. The word “wetlands” is the collective term for marshes, swamps, bogs, and similar areas. Here in Florida, wetlands are quite abundant. They can

Art is all around us, and allows people to express their emotions in a sharable form. The Fifth Avenue Art Gallery is a premiere gallery located in Brevard Country in the Eau Gallie Arts District. I visited this gallery on September 16th and liked that this gallery is open to the public and has free admission. The Fifth Avenue Art Gallery contains wonderful art that are all originals. These visual arts come in a variety of forms like painting, sculptures, crafts, and jewelry. The Fifth Avenue Art

Salt marshes are vegetated mudflats commonly found in high intertidal zones on many low-lying coasts in a wide range of temperate environments (Thomas and Goudie, 2000). They vary considerably throughout the world both in ecology and geomorphology. This coastal ecosystem is of great importance. It has specialized salt-tolerant vegetation (halophytes) which traps silt particles and consolidates the environment through processes of vegetation succession (Holden, J. 2012). Hence, salt marshes are biodiverse

These two studies investigated the effects of the April 2010 BP Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, and the observable effects that it has had on coral reef and salt marsh ecosystems. The study conducted by White investigated nine coral communities six months after the spill using ROVs. In an area 11 km west of the spill site, the researchers studied scleractinian, gorgonian, antipatharian corals and found many that were covered with floc, a brown flocculent material, that is linked to coral

Apparently, marshes are often imagined incorrectly. To some people, they might confuse a marsh to a swamp or to a wetland. Although relative, marshes are only a kind of wetland, which is land where the water level is close to the soil surface or covers the surface for at least part of the year. Marshes, specifically salt marshes, are lush, intertidal grasslands renowned for their productivity (Silliman 2014). Simply, a salt marsh is a coastal ecosystem of grasses characterized by poorly drained mineral

In southern California, there are various challenges facing the recovery of shoreline front wetlands and salt swamps. For a few times people have ignored the contrary points of view, that would achieve the environment some mischief in perspective of urbanization. What is the verifiable setting of wetlands? Wetlands are areas where water covers the earth, near the surface of the soil all through the whole year or in the midst of drawn out extends of time. Wetlands are secured by plants, running from