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Navigable waters: a different course in the American South
Abstract When state legislatures in the American South defined navigable waters in the early nineteenth century, they followed prevailing notions that streams capable of carrying commerce were in fact navigable and also that such routes constituted public highways. State actions to define and maintain navigable waters led to environmental transformation and represent an early form of resource management. Unlike in New England, mills and other riparian activities made only modest inroads on the primacy of navigation in the American South—both in law and in court decisions. Early navigation improvements proved ephemeral during the antebellum period, but a second phase of federally financed waterway modifications that began in the late nineteenth century produced enduring environmental and legal impacts. Court decisions, where federal projects were involved, have reasserted the prominence of navigation interests. Ultimately, these decisions, along with other recent environmental statutes, have undermined the authority of states over their internal water resources.
Navigable waters: a different course in the American South
Abstract When state legislatures in the American South defined navigable waters in the early nineteenth century, they followed prevailing notions that streams capable of carrying commerce were in fact navigable and also that such routes constituted public highways. State actions to define and maintain navigable waters led to environmental transformation and represent an early form of resource management. Unlike in New England, mills and other riparian activities made only modest inroads on the primacy of navigation in the American South—both in law and in court decisions. Early navigation improvements proved ephemeral during the antebellum period, but a second phase of federally financed waterway modifications that began in the late nineteenth century produced enduring environmental and legal impacts. Court decisions, where federal projects were involved, have reasserted the prominence of navigation interests. Ultimately, these decisions, along with other recent environmental statutes, have undermined the authority of states over their internal water resources.
Navigable waters: a different course in the American South
Colten, Craig E. (Autor:in)
Water History ; 2 ; 3-17
16.05.2010
15 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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