Author: H. Scott Butterfield
Publisher: Island Press
ISBN: 1642831263
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
As the world population grows, so does the demand for food, putting unprecedented pressure on agricultural lands. In many desert dryland regions, however, intensive cultivation is causing their productivity to decline precipitously. "Rewilding" the least productive of these landscapes offers a sensible way to reverse the damage, recover natural diversity, and ensure long-term sustainability of remaining farms and the communities they support. This accessibly written, groundbreaking contributed volume is the first to examine in detail what it would take to retire eligible farmland and restore functioning natural ecosystems. The lessons in Rewilding Agricultural Landscapes will be useful to conservation leaders, policymakers, groundwater agencies, and water managers looking for inspiration and practical advice for solving the complicated issues of agricultural sustainability and water management.
Rewilding Agricultural Landscapes
Author: H. Scott Butterfield
Publisher: Island Press
ISBN: 1642831263
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
As the world population grows, so does the demand for food, putting unprecedented pressure on agricultural lands. In many desert dryland regions, however, intensive cultivation is causing their productivity to decline precipitously. "Rewilding" the least productive of these landscapes offers a sensible way to reverse the damage, recover natural diversity, and ensure long-term sustainability of remaining farms and the communities they support. This accessibly written, groundbreaking contributed volume is the first to examine in detail what it would take to retire eligible farmland and restore functioning natural ecosystems. The lessons in Rewilding Agricultural Landscapes will be useful to conservation leaders, policymakers, groundwater agencies, and water managers looking for inspiration and practical advice for solving the complicated issues of agricultural sustainability and water management.
Publisher: Island Press
ISBN: 1642831263
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
As the world population grows, so does the demand for food, putting unprecedented pressure on agricultural lands. In many desert dryland regions, however, intensive cultivation is causing their productivity to decline precipitously. "Rewilding" the least productive of these landscapes offers a sensible way to reverse the damage, recover natural diversity, and ensure long-term sustainability of remaining farms and the communities they support. This accessibly written, groundbreaking contributed volume is the first to examine in detail what it would take to retire eligible farmland and restore functioning natural ecosystems. The lessons in Rewilding Agricultural Landscapes will be useful to conservation leaders, policymakers, groundwater agencies, and water managers looking for inspiration and practical advice for solving the complicated issues of agricultural sustainability and water management.
The San Joaquin Valley of California
Author: Andrew Jackson Wells
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : San Joaquin Valley (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : San Joaquin Valley (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
History of the State of California and Biographical Record of the San Joaquin Valley, California
Author: James Miller Guinn
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 1694
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 1694
Book Description
Geological Literature on the San Joaquin Valley of California
Author: John Charles Maher
Publisher:
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
The Heart of California
Author: Aaron Gilbreath
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 1496223101
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
A vivid journey through California’s vast rural interior, The Heart of California weaves the story of historian Frank Latta’s forgotten 1938 boat trip from Bakersfield to San Francisco with Aaron Gilbreath’s trip retracing Latta’s route by car during the 2014 drought. Latta embarked on his journey to publicize the need for dams and levees to improve flood control. Gilbreath made his own trip to profile Latta and the productive agricultural world that damming has created in the San Joaquin Valley, to describe the region’s nearly lost indigenous culture and ecosystems, and to bring this complex yet largely ignored landscape to life. The Valley is home to some of California’s fastest growing cities and, by some estimates, produces 25 percent of America’s food. The Valley feeds too many people, and is too unique, to be ignored. To understand California, you have to understand the Valley. Mixing travel writing, historical recreations, western history, natural history, and first-person reportage, The Heart of California is a road-trip narrative about this fascinating region and its most important early documentarian.
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 1496223101
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
A vivid journey through California’s vast rural interior, The Heart of California weaves the story of historian Frank Latta’s forgotten 1938 boat trip from Bakersfield to San Francisco with Aaron Gilbreath’s trip retracing Latta’s route by car during the 2014 drought. Latta embarked on his journey to publicize the need for dams and levees to improve flood control. Gilbreath made his own trip to profile Latta and the productive agricultural world that damming has created in the San Joaquin Valley, to describe the region’s nearly lost indigenous culture and ecosystems, and to bring this complex yet largely ignored landscape to life. The Valley is home to some of California’s fastest growing cities and, by some estimates, produces 25 percent of America’s food. The Valley feeds too many people, and is too unique, to be ignored. To understand California, you have to understand the Valley. Mixing travel writing, historical recreations, western history, natural history, and first-person reportage, The Heart of California is a road-trip narrative about this fascinating region and its most important early documentarian.
Resources of the Southern San Joaquin Valley, California : Fresno, Tulare and Kern Counties : Topography, Soil, Climate, Productions, Railroads, and General Advantages : 1,000,000 Acres of Government Lands Subject to Homestead and Pre-emption
Author: Immigration Association of California
Publisher:
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
HISTORY OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY,... CALIFORNIA
Author: JAMES MILLER. GUINN
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780282949242
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780282949242
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
San Joaquin County, California
Author: Nelson M. Orr
Publisher:
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Category : San Joaquin County (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : San Joaquin County (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
The Aboriginal Population of the San Joaquin Valley, California. [With Maps.].
An Illustrated History of San Joaquin County, California
Author:
Publisher:
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Category : San Joaquin County (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 728
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : San Joaquin County (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 728
Book Description