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Author Wilshire, Howard Gordon, 1926-

Title The American West at risk [electronic resource] : science, myths, and politics of land abuse and recovery / Howard G. Wilshire, Jane E. Nielson, Richard W. Hazlett.

Imprint New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xiv, 619 p. : ill., maps.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Nature conservation -- West (U.S.)
Conservation of natural resources -- West (U.S.)
Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- West (U.S.)
Land use -- Environmental aspects -- West (U.S.)
West (U.S.) -- Environmental conditions.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Nielson, Jane E.
Hazlett, Richard W.
ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780195142051 (cloth : alk. paper)

 
    
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