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The American West at risk : science, myths, and politics of land abuse and recovery / Howard G. Wilshire, Jane E. Nielson, Richard W. Hazlett.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wilshire, Howard Gordon, 1926-
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nature conservation--West (U.S.).
- Nature conservation.
- Conservation of natural resources--West (U.S.).
- Conservation of natural resources.
- Nature--Effect of human beings on--West (U.S.).
- Nature.
- Land use--Environmental aspects--West (U.S.).
- Land use.
- West (U.S.)--Environmental conditions.
- West (U.S.).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (634 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The American West at Risk summarises the dominant human-generated environmental challenges facing the 11 contiguous arid western United States. The importance of this story is that protecting lands and soil also protects air and water quality, and water supplies, which are critical support for our lives and our health.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-756178-0
- 1-281-34185-1
- 9786611341855
- 0-19-972261-7
- OCLC:
- 254160704
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