The fall and rise of the wetlands of California's Great Central Valley
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The fall and rise of the wetlands of California's Great Central Valley
（Stephen Bechtel Fund imprint in ecology and the environment）
University of California Press, c2011
- : cloth
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Bibliography: p. 363-396
Includes index
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内容説明
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 demands that have been made on the Valley's natural resources, especially by large-scale agriculture, and traces the unforeseen ecological consequences of our unrestrained manipulation of nature. He also investigates changing public and scientific attitudes that are now ushering in an era of unprecedented protection for wildlife and wetlands in California and the nation.
目次
List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction Part One. Wetlands and Waterfowl 1. The Nature of the Great Central Valley and the Pacific Flyway Part Two. The Fall 2. From Native American Lands of Plenty to "Waste" Lands 3. The San Joaquin Valley: A Tale of Two Basins 4. Reclamation and Conservation in the Sacramento Valley 5. The Sacramento--San Joaquin Delta and the Central Valley Project's Origins Part Three. The Rise 6. Turning the Tide: Federal and State Responses to the Waterfowl Crisis 7. Battles for the Grasslands and the San Joaquin River 8. Conflicting Agendas: New Refuges and Water Projects for the San Joaquin Valley 9. Tragedy at Kesterson Reservoir 10. Wetlands Resurgent: The Central Valley in the Twenty-First Century Epilogue: Global Climate Change and the Wetlands of the Great Central Valley Appendix. Animals and Plants of the Central Valley Discussed in the Text Notes Bibliography Index
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