Crossing the next meridian : land, water, and the future of the West / Charles F. Wilkinson.

"In Crossing the Next Meridian, Charles F. Wilkinson, an expert on federal public lands, Native American issues, and the West's arcane water laws explains some of the core problems facing the American West now and in the years to come. He examines the outmoded ideas that pervade land use a...

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Main Author: Wilkinson, Charles F., 1941- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Island Press, [2013]
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. The Lords of Yesterday
  • 2. The Miner's Law
  • 3. The Rancher's Code
  • 4. Forests for the Home-Builder First of All
  • 5. "The River Was Crouded with Salmon"
  • 6. Harvesting the April Rivers
  • 7. Crossing the Next Meridian.