THE JAMES RIVER BASIN: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE

...is a MUST for college, corporate, museum, and government
agency libraries; as well as the personal collections of
scientists, historians, and educators.

Published in 1950 by The Virginia Academy of Science, this
compendium represents the first comprehensive,
multidisciplinary in-depth treatment of Virginia's most
important river.  A decade in the making, the combined work of
dozens of Virginia's top scholars is contained in this 843-
page hard-bound document with 5 fold-out maps and scores of
photographic plates.

It is the seminal study for serious investigators of "The
James" as well as those responsible for pubic and corporate
policy.  Teachers will find it a valuable living resource for
helping their students understand the complex interplay
between people and nature.  It will be appreciated, as well,
by all Virginians with an interest in and affection for the
natural history of "The James" and the many essential
environmental, commercial, and development issues of
significance to the Commonwealth.

A partial listing of topics addressed
includes:....agriculture....air,rail, and highway
transportation.... astronomy and mathematics....birds and
mammals....conservation....economic
botany...engineering....entomology....forestry....geologic
development....industries....marine fishes and
invertebrates....medical
resources....minerals....mollusks....organic chemistry...plant
pathology....recreation....reptiles and amphibia...thermal and
mineral springs...............

Copies of The James River Basin  may  be ordered by contacting
VAS Trust Committee Chair D. Rae Carpenter, Jr. at Department
of Physics and Astronomy, Virginia Military Institute,
Lexington VA 77824450...540-464-7225.  Make checks payable to:
Virginia Academy of Science in the amount of $25.00.