Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 572
Book Description
Pecos River Basin Water Salvage Project (TX,NM)
Author: Pecos River Basin Water Salvage Project (NM,TX)
Author: Aquatic Ecosystems Symposium
Author: W. L. MinckleyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aquatic ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
The Pecos River Joint Investigation in the Pecos River Basin in New Mexico and Texas, 1939-1941
Author: Bitter Waters
Author: Patrick DearenPublisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 0806154608
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
Rising at 11,750 feet in the Sangre de Cristo range and snaking 926 miles through New Mexico and Texas to the Rio Grande, the Pecos River is one of the most storied waterways in the American West. It is also one of the most troubled. In 1942, the National Resources Planning Board observed that the Pecos River basin “probably presents a greater aggregation of problems associated with land and water use than any other irrigated basin in the Western U.S.” In the twenty-first century, the river’s problems have only multiplied. Bitter Waters, the first book-length study of the entire Pecos, traces the river’s environmental history from the arrival of the first Europeans in the sixteenth century to today. Running clear at its source and turning salty in its middle reach, the Pecos River has served as both a magnet of veneration and an object of scorn. Patrick Dearen, who has written about the Pecos since the 1980s, draws on more than 150 interviews and a wealth of primary sources to trace the river’s natural evolution and man’s interaction with it. Irrigation projects, dams, invasive saltcedar, forest proliferation, fires, floods, flow decline, usage conflicts, water quality deterioration—Dearen offers a thorough and clearly written account of what each factor has meant to the river and its prospects. As fine-grained in detail as it is sweeping in breadth, the picture Bitter Waters presents is sobering but not without hope, as it also extends to potential solutions to the Pecos River’s problems and the current efforts to undo decades of damage. Combining the research skills of an accomplished historian, the investigative techniques of a veteran journalist, and the engaging style of an award-winning novelist, this powerful and accessible work of environmental history may well mark a turning point in the Pecos’s fortunes.
The Ants of New Mexico
Author: William P. MackayPublisher:
ISBN: 9780773468849
Category : Ants
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
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Precious Heritage
Author: Bruce A. SteinPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198028962
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
From the lush forests of Appalachia to the frozen tundra of Alaska, and from the tallgrass prairies of the Midwest to the subtropical rainforests of Hawaii, the United States harbors a remarkable array of ecosystems. These ecosystems in turn sustain an exceptional variety of plant and animal life. For species such as salamanders and freshwater turtles, the United States ranks as the global center of diversity. Among the nation's other unique biological features are California's coast redwoods, the world's tallest trees, and Nevada's Devils Hole pupfish, which survives in a single ten-by-seventy-foot desert pool, the smallest range of any vertebrate animal. Precious Heritage draws together for the first time a quarter century of information on U.S. biodiversity developed by natural heritage programs from across the country. This richly illustrated volume not only documents those aspects of U.S. biodiversity that are particularly noteworthy, but also considers how our species and ecosystems are faring, what is threatening them, and what is needed to protect the nation's remaining natural inheritance. Above all, Precious Heritage is a celebration of the extraordinary biological diversity of the United States.
The Handbook of Texas
Author: Walter Prescott WebbPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Texas
Languages : en
Pages : 1176
Book Description
Vol. 3: A supplement, edited by Eldon Stephen Branda. Includes bibliographical references.
The Pecos River Joint Investigation
Author: United States. National Resources Planning BoardPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Pecos River
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
Natural Resources And Development In Arid Regions
Author: Enrique Campos-LopezPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429725078
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
In this book, the authors integrate various perspectives on the evaluation of natural resources in arid and semiarid zones, analyze development options, and discuss systems analysis tools that could be important for the management of technology.