The American West at risk [electronic resource] : science, myths, and politics of land abuse and recovery / Howard G. Wilshire, Jane E. Nielson, Richard W. Hazlett.

By: Wilshire, Howard Gordon, 1926-Contributor(s): Nielson, Jane E | Hazlett, Richard W | ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Oxford University Press, 2008Description: xiv, 619 p. : ill., mapsSubject(s): Nature conservation -- West (U.S.) | Conservation of natural resources -- West (U.S.) | Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- West (U.S.) | Land use -- Environmental aspects -- West (U.S.) | West (U.S.) -- Environmental conditionsGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 333.720978 LOC classification: QH76.5.W34 | W57 2008Online resources: Click to View
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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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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