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REFERENCES

References used in the compilation for the Alabama River Basin

BOOKS
Jackson, Harvey H., III. Rivers of History: Life on the Coosa, Tallapoosa, Cahaba, and Alabama. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 1995.

Keith, Todd. Alabama the River State. Birmingham: Natura Press. 1998.

Klein, E.L. Rivers of Alabama. Huntsville, Alabama: The Strode Publishers. 1968

Mettee, Maurice F.; O'neil, P.; Pierson, M., Fishes of Alabama and the Mobile Basin. Birmingham: Oxmoor House, 1996.

Miller, Andrew C., An investigation of the mussel resource at selected locations along the Alabama River, Alabama, 1999 / prepared for U.S. Army Engineer District, Mobile.    [Vicksburg, Miss.] : US Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center, 2000. 39 p. (various pagings) : ill., maps ; 28 cm.

McGregor, Stuart W., Shepard, Thomas E., Richardson, Terry D., Fitzpatrick, Joseph F. Jr.. A survey of the primary tributaries of the Alabama and Lower Tombigbee Rivers for listed and candidate species of freshwater mussels, snails and crayfish, 1994-96. The Geological Survey of Alabama.

Read, William A. Indian Place Names in Alabama. 1937. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 1984.

US Army Corps of Engineers (Corps.) 1998. Water Allocation for the Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa (ACT) River Basin - Main Report. Mobile District

MAPS
Alabama Atlas and Gazetteer. Delorme 1998.

Rivers and Streams of Alabama (including Mobile Basin Tributaries in adjacent states). Geological Survey of Alabama - Special Map 241.

WEBSITES
One problem with utilizing websites as a source of information is that the website locations frequently change making links outdated or impossible to relocate. We apologize in advance for any missing links below.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
EPA – Surf your Watershed
http://cfpub1.epa.gov/surf/state.cfm?statepostal=AL 

HISTORY
Battle of Mabila – DeSoto’s Expedition
http://www.webcom.com/sheppard/inset91.html

Fort Toulouse
http://wetumpka.al.us/fort.html 

Fort Mim’s Massacre
http://members.aol.com/canerossi/ft_mims/ 

ECONOMY / LAND USE / POPULATION 
River Commerce
http://www.caria.org/reconn_report_1996.pdf

HYDROLOGIC MODIFICATIONS
Claiborne Lock and Dam – US Army Corps
http://www.sam.usace.army.mil/op/rec/al_lakes/claib/

Robert F. Henry Lock and Dam – US Army Corps
http://water.sam.usace.army.mil/rfhenry.pdf