The American West at risk : science, myths, and politics of land abuse and recovery

The American West at risk : science, myths, and politics of land abuse and recovery / Howard G. Wilshire, Jane E. Nielson, Richard W. Hazlett.

The American West at Risk summarizes the dominant human-generated environmental challenges in the 11 contiguous arid western United StatesAmerica's legendary, even mythical, frontier. When discovered by European explorers and later settlers, the west boasted rich soils, bountiful fisheries, imm...

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Main Author: Wilshire, Howard Gordon, 1926-
Other Authors: Nielson, Jane E., Hazlett, Richard W.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Subjects:
Nature conservation > West (U.S.)
Conservation of natural resources > West (U.S.)
Nature > Effect of human beings on > West (U.S.)
Land use > Environmental aspects > West (U.S.)
Conservation of natural resources
Ecology
Land use > Environmental aspects
Nature conservation
Nature > Effect of human beings on
West (U.S.) > Environmental conditions.
West United States
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Table of Contents:
  • Once and future trees
  • Harvesting the future
  • Raiding the range
  • Digging to China
  • Routes of ruin
  • Legacies of war
  • Creating the nuclear wasteland
  • No habitat but our own
  • The last drops
  • Garbage of the golden west
  • Tragedy of the playground
  • Driving to the end of America's birthright
  • Nature's way.

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