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Title:
The fall and rise of the wetlands of California's Great Central Valley
Author:
Garone, Philip, 1961-
ISBN:
9780520948495
9781283277679
Edition:
1st ed.
Publication Information:
Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2011.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (422 pages).
Series:
The Stephen Bechtel Fund imprint in ecology and the environment
Stephen Bechtel Fund imprint in ecology and the environment.
Abstract:
This is the first comprehensive environmental history of California's Great Central Valley, where extensive freshwater and tidal wetlands once provided critical habitat for tens of millions of migratory waterfowl. Weaving together ecology, grassroots politics, and public policy, Philip Garone tells how California's wetlands were nearly obliterated by vast irrigation and reclamation projects, but have been brought back from the brink of total destruction by the organized efforts of duck hunters, whistle-blowing scientists, and a broad coalition of conservationists. Garone examines the many dema.
Electronic Access:
http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/j.ctt1pp4f6Copies:
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