by PhilipGarone (Author)
Presents 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. This title tells how California's wetlands were nearly obliterated by vast irrigation and reclamation projects.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 448
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 10 May 2011
ISBN 10: 0520266633
ISBN 13: 9780520266636