Fall and Rise of the Wetlands of California's Great Central Valley
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agriculture
Author_Philip Garone
avian
brackish water
california delta
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conservation
duck hunters
ducks
ecology
environment
environmental history
environmentalism
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freshwater
grassroots politics
great central valley
irrigation
migration
natural resources
nature
nonfiction
public policy
reclamation projects
science
shorebirds
tidal wetlands
waterfowl
wetlands
whistle blowers
wildlife
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- ISBN 9780520355576
- Weight: 635g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 14 Feb 2020
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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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 demands that have been made on the Valley’s natural resources, especially by large-scale agriculture, and traces the unforeseen ecological consequences of our unrestrained manipulation of nature. He also investigates changing public and scientific attitudes that are now ushering in an era of unprecedented protection for wildlife and wetlands in California and the nation.
Philip Garone is Professor and Chair of the Department of History at California State University, Stanislaus.
