04061nam 2201009 a 450 991078110350332120200520144314.01-283-27767-097866132776710-520-94849-110.1525/9780520948495(CKB)2550000000031029(EBL)669817(OCoLC)710974696(SSID)ssj0000469073(PQKBManifestationID)11973281(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000469073(PQKBWorkID)10507463(PQKB)11691922(OCoLC)868222993(MdBmJHUP)muse30822(DE-B1597)520550(OCoLC)712769731(DE-B1597)9780520948495(Au-PeEL)EBL669817(CaPaEBR)ebr10455030(CaONFJC)MIL327767(MiAaPQ)EBC669817(EXLCZ)99255000000003102920100924d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe fall and rise of the wetlands of California's Great Central Valley[electronic resource] /Philip GaroneBerkeley, Calif. ;Los Angeles, Calif. University of California Press20111 online resource (443 p.)The Stephen Bechtel Fund imprint in ecology and the environmentDescription based upon print version of record.0-520-26663-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.pt. 1. Wetlands and waterfowl -- pt. 2. The fall -- pt. 3. The rise.This is the first comprehensive 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. Weaving together ecology, grassroots politics, and public policy, Philip Garone tells how California's wetlands were nearly obliterated by vast irrigation and reclamation projects, but have been brought back from the brink of total destruction by the organized efforts of duck hunters, whistle-blowing scientists, and a broad coalition of conservationists. Garone examines the many demands that have been made on the Valley's natural resources, especially by large-scale agriculture, and traces the unforeseen ecological consequences of our unrestrained manipulation of nature. He also investigates changing public and scientific attitudes that are now ushering in an era of unprecedented protection for wildlife and wetlands in California and the nation.Stephen Bechtel Fund imprint in ecology and the environment.Wetland conservationCaliforniaCentral ValleyWetlandsCaliforniaCentral ValleyCentral Valley (Calif. : Valley)agriculture.avian.brackish water.california delta.conservation.duck hunters.ducks.ecology.environment.environmental history.environmentalism.freshwater.grassroots politics.great central valley.irrigation.migration.natural resources.nature.nonfiction.public policy.reclamation projects.science.shorebirds.tidal wetlands.waterfowl.wetlands.whistle blowers.wildlife.Wetland conservationWetlands333.91/8097945Garone Philip1961-1502928MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910781103503321The fall and rise of the wetlands of California's Great Central Valley3731004UNINA