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Author Phillips, Fred M. (Fred Melville)

Title Reining in the Rio Grande : people, land, and water / Fred M. Phillips, G. Emlen Hall, Mary E. Black.

Publication Info. Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, ©2011.
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Description 1 online resource (viii, 252 pages of plates, 32 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), color maps
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Roots of the Rio Grande in deep time -- Early cultures -- Newcomers to the land -- A new U.S. regime -- The river pushes back -- Conquest of the river by science and law -- Big dams, irrigation districts, and a compact -- Mount Reynolds on the middle Rio Grande -- Shifting values, new forces on the Rio Grande -- Fulfilling Rio Grande demands: what has to give? -- The future of an old river.
Summary This study examines human interactions with the Rio Grande from prehistoric time to the present day and explores what possibilities remain for the desert river.
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Subject Human ecology -- Rio Grande Valley (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.)
Human ecology.
Riparian areas -- Rio Grande Valley (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.)
Riparian areas.
Riparian ecology -- Rio Grande Valley (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.)
Riparian ecology.
Riparian restoration -- Rio Grande Valley (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.)
Riparian restoration.
Irrigation farming -- Rio Grande Valley (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.)
Irrigation farming.
Rio Grande Valley (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.) -- History.
Rio Grande Valley (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.) -- Environmental conditions.
Rio Grande Valley (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.) -- Social life and customs.
Genre/Form History.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Added Author Hall, G. Emlen, 1942-
Black, Mary E., 1953-
Other Form: Print version: Phillips, Fred M. (Fred Melville). Reining in the Rio Grande 9780826349439 (DLC) 2010044445 (OCoLC)671386335
ISBN 9780826349453 electronic book
0826349455 electronic book
9780826349439
0826349439
0826349447
9780826349446

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