Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
North San Pablo Bay Restoration and Reuse Project (North Bay Water Recycling Program)
Author: California Environmental Quality Act
Author: Thaddeus C. TrzynaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Environmental impact statements
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
San Francisco Bay Plan
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Coastal zone management
Languages : en
Pages : 41
Book Description
Economic & Demographic Forecasts
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Population forecasting
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
Managing California's Water
Author: Ellen HanakPublisher: Public Policy Instit. of CA
ISBN: 1582131414
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
Status and Trends of the Nation's Biological Resources, V. 1 and 2
Author: Catherine E. Puckett HaeckerPublisher: Geological Survey (USGS)
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
Assesses the health of the United States plants, animals, and ecosystems.
Class Act
Author: Michael SvanevikPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
History of the school which was established in 1922 as San Mateo Junior College, in San Mateo, California. It traces the various campuses during the early years until its permanent location in 1963. It describes the growth in programs and population and the social and political issues that affected the school.
The California State Water Project
Author: California. Dept. of Water ResourcesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Water resources development
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Preserving the Desert
Author: Lary M. DilsaverPublisher:
ISBN: 9781938086465
Category : Desert conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
National parks are different from other federal lands in the United States. Beginning in 1872 with the establishment of Yellowstone, they were largely set aside to preserve for future generations the most spectacular and inspirational features of the country, seeking the best representative examples of major ecosystems such as Yosemite, geologic forms such as the Grand Canyon, archaeological sites such as Mesa Verde, and scenes of human events such as Gettysburg. But one type of habitat--the desert--fell short of that goal in American eyes until travel writers and the Automobile Age began to change that perception. As the Park Service began to explore the better-known Mojave and Colorado deserts of southern California during the 1920s for a possible desert park, many agency leaders still carried the same negative image of arid lands shared by many Americans--that they are hostile and largely useless. But one wealthy woman--Minerva Hamilton Hoyt, from Pasadena--came forward, believing in the value of the desert, and convinced President Franklin D. Roosevelt to establish a national monument that would protect the unique and iconic Joshua trees and other desert flora and fauna. Thus was Joshua Tree National Monument officially established in 1936, with the area later expanded in 1994 when it became Joshua Tree National Park. Since 1936, the National Park Service and a growing cadre of environmentalists and recreationalists have fought to block ongoing proposals from miners, ranchers, private landowners, and real estate developers who historically have refused to accept the idea that any desert is suitable for anything other than their consumptive activities. To their dismay, Joshua Tree National Park, even with its often-conflicting land uses, is more popular today than ever, serving more than one million visitors per year who find the desert to be a place worthy of respect and preservation. Distributed for George Thompson Publishing
Backpacker
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Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Backpacker brings the outdoors straight to the reader's doorstep, inspiring and enabling them to go more places and enjoy nature more often. The authority on active adventure, Backpacker is the world's first GPS-enabled magazine, and the only magazine whose editors personally test the hiking trails, camping gear, and survival tips they publish. Backpacker's Editors' Choice Awards, an industry honor recognizing design, feature and product innovation, has become the gold standard against which all other outdoor-industry awards are measured.