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RECORD NUMBER: 1 OF 1| Main Title | The fall and rise of the wetlands of California's Great Central Valley / | ||||||||||||||||
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| Author | Garone, Philip, | ||||||||||||||||
| Publisher | University of California Press, | ||||||||||||||||
| Year Published | 2011 | ||||||||||||||||
| OCLC Number | 668191584 | ||||||||||||||||
| ISBN | 9780520266636; 0520266633 | ||||||||||||||||
| Subjects | Wetland conservation--California--Central Valley ; Wetlands--California--Central Valley ; Water birds--Conservation--California--Central Valley ; Migratory birds--Effect of habitat modification on--Pacific Coast (North America) ; Central Valley (Calif) ; Naturschutz ; Feuchtgebiet ; Kalifornisches Lñgstal ; North America--Pacific Coast | ||||||||||||||||
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| Edition | 1st ed. | ||||||||||||||||
| Collation | xv, 422 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. | ||||||||||||||||
| Notes | Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-396) and index. |
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| Contents Notes | The nature of the Great Central Valley and the Pacific flyway -- From Native American lands of plenty to "waste" lands -- The San Joaquin Valley : a tale of two basins -- Reclamation and conservation in the Sacramento Valley -- The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and the Central Valley Project's origins -- Turning the tide : federal and state responses to the waterfowl crisis -- Battles for the grasslands and the San Joaquin River -- Conflicting agendas : new refuges and water projects for the San Joaquin Valley -- Tragedy at Kesterson Reservoir -- Wetlands resurgent : the Central Valley in the twenty-first century -- Epilogue : global climate change and the wetlands of the Great Central Valley. |