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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827838903321

Autore

Makley Michael J.

Titolo

Saving Lake Tahoe : an environmental history of a national treasure / / Michael J. Makley ; design by Kathleen Szawiola

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Reno, Nevada ; ; Las Vegas, [Nevada] : , : University of Nevada Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-87417-935-1

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (194 p.)

Disciplina

979.4/38

Soggetti

Natural history - Tahoe, Lake (Calif. and Nev.)

Tahoe, Lake (Calif. and Nev.) History

Tahoe, Lake (Calif. and Nev.) Environmental conditions

Tahoe, Lake, Region (Calif. and Nev.) History

Tahoe, Lake, Region (Calif. and Nev.) Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Clear-cutting the grandeur -- Trades -- Using the lake -- The boom -- Opposing goals -- Impossible conditions -- Changing direction -- Approving development -- Influences -- War between the states -- Sagebrush and a submarine -- New ministrations, old frustrations -- Elusive agreements -- Litigating the issues -- Damages and courts -- The summit -- Conflicting hopes -- Green versus green -- Conclusion.