| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (422 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
The Stephen Bechtel Fund imprint in ecology and the environment
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Stephen Bechtel Fund imprint in ecology and the environment.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-396) and index. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. Wetlands and waterfowl -- pt. 2. The fall -- pt. 3. The rise. |
| Summary |
This is the first comprehensive environmental history of California's Great Central Valley, where extensive freshwater and tidal wetlands once provided critical habitat for tens of millions of migratory waterfowl. Weaving together ecology, grassroots politics, and public policy, Philip Garone tells how California's wetlands were nearly obliterated by vast irrigation and reclamation projects, but have been brought back from the brink of total destruction by the organized efforts of duck hunters, whistle-blowing scientists, and a broad coalition of conservationists. Garone examines the many dema. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Wetland conservation -- California -- Central Valley.
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Wetland conservation. |
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California -- Central Valley. |
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Wetlands -- California -- Central Valley.
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Wetlands. |
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Central Valley (Calif.)
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Garone, Philip, 1961- Fall and rise of the wetlands of California's Great Central Valley. 1st ed. Berkeley : University of California Press, 2011 9780520266636 (DLC) 2010040364 (OCoLC)668191584 |
| ISBN |
9780520948495 (electronic book) |
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0520948491 (electronic book) |
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9780520266636 |
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0520266633 |
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9781283277679 (MyiLibrary) |
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1283277670 |
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