SCIENCE

A guide to the flowering plants native to the Fredericksburg, Virginia area. Illustrated in color with photographs taken by the author. A new trend is developing nationally as people, organizations, and governments partnership to bring down unneeded dams and promote fish and recreational needs of people. A Tale of Two Dams by Hal Wiggins chronicles the planning, advocacy and demise of two dams, the Salem Church Dam and the Embrey Dam. The book provides a history of dam building on Virginia's Rappahannock River all the way from Indian times to the present. The book documents the important biological and cultural features on the Rappahannock River along with scores of color pictures of the Embrey Dam removal process.