02923nam 2200697 a 450 991081350780332120230721022832.00-19-756178-01-281-34185-197866113418550-19-972261-7(CKB)1000000000799082(EBL)472093(OCoLC)254160704(SSID)ssj0000288692(PQKBManifestationID)11214417(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000288692(PQKBWorkID)10383408(PQKB)10831528(MiAaPQ)EBC472093(StDuBDS)EDZ0002341399(Au-PeEL)EBL472093(CaPaEBR)ebr10229917(CaONFJC)MIL134185(EXLCZ)99100000000079908220070608d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe American West at risk[electronic resource] science, myths, and politics of land abuse and recovery /Howard G. Wilshire, Jane E. Nielson, Richard W. HazlettNew York Oxford University Press20081 online resource (634 p.)Oxford scholarship onlineDescription based upon print version of record.0-19-514205-5 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.The American West at Risk summarises the dominant human-generated environmental challenges facing the 11 contiguous arid western United States. The importance of this story is that protecting lands and soil also protects air and water quality, and water supplies, which are critical support for our lives and our health.Oxford scholarship online.Nature conservationWest (U.S.)Conservation of natural resourcesWest (U.S.)NatureEffect of human beings onWest (U.S.)Land useEnvironmental aspectsWest (U.S.)West (U.S.)Environmental conditionsNature conservationConservation of natural resourcesNatureEffect of human beings onLand useEnvironmental aspects333.720978Wilshire Howard Gordon1926-1118847Nielson Jane E1118848Hazlett Richard W314003MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910813507803321The American West at risk4082932UNINA