St Croix National Scenic Riverway

This collection of more than 80 newspaper and magazine articles, and more than 180 black-and-white photos, adds up to essentially a modern history of the St. Croix National Scenic Riverway, one of eight original components of the national Wild and Scenic Rivers System. From early-years land acquisition to visions for the future, from the headwaters near Solon Springs, Wisconsin, to the confluence of the St. Croix and Mississippi rivers at Prescott, Wisconsin, from celebration to controversy, this book delves into most of the significant topics and events of the period. It's all here: recreation, research, new buildings, updated management plans, protection organizations and strategies, stewardship forums and workshops. Buz Swerkstrom may well have written more about the Riverway than anyone else during the three decades the book covers. Whether interviewing experts, covering management meetings and workshops, or witnessing field research, he captured it all thoroughly with a tape recorder and a camera. The result was stories with immediacy, passion, depth and historic significance.