Ruling the waters : California's Kern River, the environment, and the making of western water law / Douglas R. Littlefield.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Littlefield, Douglas R., author.

Series:

Environment in modern North America ; v. 4.

The environment in modern North America ; volume 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Water rights--California--Kern River Watershed--History.

Water rights.

History.

Kern River Watershed (Calif.)--History.

Kern River Watershed (Calif.).

California--Kern River Watershed.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

ix, 264 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Other Title:

California's Kern River, the environment, and the making of western water law

Place of Publication:

Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2020]

Summary:

"Describes how the West's arid ecosystems brought about major evolutions in western water law and, in turn, how the changes in the law subsequently had immense additional impacts on the environment"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Master-planning swamplands and the environment

San Joaquin Valley wetlands begin to disappear

Reclaiming the upper and lower Kern Delta

Lux v. Haggin (1886) and the aftermath

Corporate changes and Kern River transformations

Miller & Lux in the early twentieth century

Threats to the Kern County Land Company

Water districts take shape at first and second points.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780806164908

0806164905

OCLC:

1110673269