Fall and Rise of the Wetlands of California's Great Central Valley

Name: Fall and Rise of the Wetlands of California's Great Central Valley
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ISBN: 9780520266636

ISBN-10: 0520266633

ISBN-13: 9780520266636

Edition: 2011

Authors: Philip Garone

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Book details

List price: $46.00
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 4/10/2011
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 448
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.30" tall
Weight: 1.628
Language: English

Philip Garoneis Assistant Professor of History at California State University, Stanislaus.



List of Illustrations


Acknowledgments


Introduction



Wetlands and Waterfowl



The Nature of the Great Central Valley and the Pacific Flyway



The Fall



From Native American Lands of Plenty to ï¿½Wasteï¿½ Lands



The San Joaquin Valley: A Tale of Two Basins



Reclamation and Conservation in the Sacramento Valley



The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and the Central Valley Project's Origins



The Rise



Turning the Tide: Federal and State Responses to the Waterfowl Crisis



Battles for the Grasslands and the San Joaquin River



Conflicting Agendas: New Refuges and Water Projects for the San Joaquin Valley



Tragedy at Kesterson Reservoir



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