LEADER 03499oam 22005534a 450 001 9910827598403321 005 20230814222557.0 010 $a1-4962-0726-2 010 $a1-4962-0728-9 035 $a(CKB)4100000004823359 035 $a(OCoLC)1039699823 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse65917 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5408198 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000004823359 100 $a20170823d2018 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aOgallala$ewater for a dry land /$fJohn Opie, Char Miller, and Kenna Lang Archer 205 $aThird edition. 210 1$aLincoln :$cUniversity of Nebraska Press,$d[2018] 210 3$aBaltimore, Md. :$cProject MUSE,$d2018 210 4$dİ[2018] 215 $a1 online resource 225 0 $aOur sustainable future 311 $a0-8032-9697-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPreface to the Third Edition -- A Note on Editorial Method -- Introduction: Learning to Think about the Ogallala -- The First Half-Billion Years -- Finding the Water: Boom and Bust, 1870-1940 -- From Dryland to Dustbowl: Not a Good Place to Farm -- Windmills, Center Pivots, Feedlots, and Porkers -- A Tale of Seven Water Conservation Districts -- Making Irrigation Work for a Family Farm: Phil and Linda Tooms on the Moscow Road -- The Future of Plains Irrigation: A New Gospel of Efficiency -- Thinking the Unthinkable: Climate Change Hits the Vulnerable Plains -- A Final Look. 330 $a"The Ogallala aquifer, a vast underground water reserve extending from South Dakota through Texas, is the product of eons of accumulated glacial melts, ancient Rocky Mountain snowmelts, and rainfall, all percolating slowly through gravel beds hundreds of feet thick. Ogallala: Water for a Dry Land is an environmental history and historical geography that tells the story of human defiance and human commitment within the Ogallala region. It describes the Great Plains? natural resources, the history of settlement and dryland farming, and the remarkable irrigation technologies that have industrialized farming in the region. This newly updated third edition discusses three main issues: long-term drought and its implications, the efforts of several key groundwater management districts to regulate the aquifer, and T. Boone Pickens?s failed effort to capture water from the aquifer to supply major Texas urban areas. This edition also describes the fierce independence of Texas ranchers and farmers who reject any governmental or bureaucratic intervention in their use of water, and it updates information about the impact of climate change on the aquifer and agriculture."$c--Publisher's description. 410 0$aOur sustainable future. 606 $aAgricultural ecology$zHigh Plains (U.S.)$xHistory 606 $aAgriculture$zHigh Plains (U.S.)$xHistory 606 $aIrrigation$zHigh Plains (U.S.)$xHistory 606 $aIrrigation water$zHigh Plains (U.S.)$xHistory 607 $aOgallala Aquifer$xHistory 615 0$aAgricultural ecology$xHistory. 615 0$aAgriculture$xHistory. 615 0$aIrrigation$xHistory. 615 0$aIrrigation water$xHistory. 676 $a333.91/3 700 $aOpie$b John$f1934-$01014380 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910827598403321 996 $aOgallala$92363470 997 $aUNINA