Tag: enclosing water
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Roundtable: Enclosing Water
In Man and Nature, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln’s envoy to Italy George Perkins Marsh warned his readers against repeating the mistakes of southern Europeans. Over centuries, he said, they had cut down too many trees and allowed their rivers to erode the best soil. The most beautiful and productive parts of the Roman Empire had…
Jacob Darwin Hamblin
Jacob Darwin Hamblin 