Crossing the Next Meridian Land, Water, and the Future of the West

Name: Crossing the Next Meridian Land, Water, and the Future of the West
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ISBN: 9781559631495

ISBN-10: 155963149X

ISBN-13: 9781559631495

Edition: 2nd 1992

Authors: Charles F. Wilkinson

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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 and resource allocation and argues that significant reform of Western law is needed to combat desertification and environmental decline, and to heal splintered communities. Interweaving legal history with examples of present-day consequences of the laws, both intended and unintended, Wilkinson traces the origins and development of the laws and regulations that govern mining, ranching, forestry, and water…

Book details

List price: $52.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1992
Publisher: Island Press
Publication date: 6/1/1993
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 395
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English



Preface



The Lords of Yesterday



The Miner's Law



The Rancher's Code



Forests for the Home-Builder First of All



"The River Was Crouded with Salmon"



Harvesting the April Rivers



Crossing the Next Meridian


Notes


Acknowledgments


Index