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The American West at risk : science, myths, and politics of land abuse and recovery
Title
The American West at risk : science, myths, and politics of land abuse and recovery / Howard G. Wilshire, Jane E. Nielson, Richard W. Hazlett.
ISBN
9780195142051 (cloth : alk. paper)
0195142055 (cloth : alk. paper)
Published
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Physical Description
xiv, 619 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 23, 2008
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 444-593) and index.
Contents
Once and future trees
Harvesting the future
Raiding the range
Digging to China
Routes of ruin
Legacies of war
Creating the nuclear wasteland
No habitat but our own
The last drops
Garbage of the Golden West
Tragedy of the playground
Driving to the end of America's birthright
Nature's way.
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