Author: Kenneth V. Rosenberg
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 9780816511747
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
Discusses the status, distribution, ecology, migration and vagrancy, food habits, and breeding biology of birds found in this area, and also suggests accessible areas for bird watching
Birds of the Lower Colorado River Valley
Author: Kenneth V. Rosenberg
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 9780816511747
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
Discusses the status, distribution, ecology, migration and vagrancy, food habits, and breeding biology of birds found in this area, and also suggests accessible areas for bird watching
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 9780816511747
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
Discusses the status, distribution, ecology, migration and vagrancy, food habits, and breeding biology of birds found in this area, and also suggests accessible areas for bird watching
Recreation and Reclamation on the Lower Colorado River
Author: United States. Bureau of Reclamation
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico).
Languages : en
Pages : 8
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico).
Languages : en
Pages : 8
Book Description
Science Be Dammed
Author: Eric Kuhn
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 0816540055
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
Science Be Dammed is an alarming reminder of the high stakes in the management—and perils in the mismanagement—of water in the western United States. It seems deceptively simple: even when clear evidence was available that the Colorado River could not sustain ambitious dreaming and planning by decision-makers throughout the twentieth century, river planners and political operatives irresponsibly made the least sustainable and most dangerous long-term decisions. Arguing that the science of the early twentieth century can shed new light on the mistakes at the heart of the over-allocation of the Colorado River, authors Eric Kuhn and John Fleck delve into rarely reported early studies, showing that scientists warned as early as the 1920s that there was not enough water for the farms and cities boosters wanted to build. Contrary to a common myth that the authors of the Colorado River Compact did the best they could with limited information, Kuhn and Fleck show that development boosters selectively chose the information needed to support their dreams, ignoring inconvenient science that suggested a more cautious approach. Today water managers are struggling to come to terms with the mistakes of the past. Focused on both science and policy, Kuhn and Fleck unravel the tangled web that has constructed the current crisis. With key decisions being made now, including negotiations for rules governing how the Colorado River water will be used after 2026, Science Be Dammed offers a clear-eyed path forward by looking back. Understanding how mistakes were made is crucial to understanding our contemporary problems. Science Be Dammed offers important lessons in the age of climate change about the necessity of seeking out the best science to support the decisions we make.
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 0816540055
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
Science Be Dammed is an alarming reminder of the high stakes in the management—and perils in the mismanagement—of water in the western United States. It seems deceptively simple: even when clear evidence was available that the Colorado River could not sustain ambitious dreaming and planning by decision-makers throughout the twentieth century, river planners and political operatives irresponsibly made the least sustainable and most dangerous long-term decisions. Arguing that the science of the early twentieth century can shed new light on the mistakes at the heart of the over-allocation of the Colorado River, authors Eric Kuhn and John Fleck delve into rarely reported early studies, showing that scientists warned as early as the 1920s that there was not enough water for the farms and cities boosters wanted to build. Contrary to a common myth that the authors of the Colorado River Compact did the best they could with limited information, Kuhn and Fleck show that development boosters selectively chose the information needed to support their dreams, ignoring inconvenient science that suggested a more cautious approach. Today water managers are struggling to come to terms with the mistakes of the past. Focused on both science and policy, Kuhn and Fleck unravel the tangled web that has constructed the current crisis. With key decisions being made now, including negotiations for rules governing how the Colorado River water will be used after 2026, Science Be Dammed offers a clear-eyed path forward by looking back. Understanding how mistakes were made is crucial to understanding our contemporary problems. Science Be Dammed offers important lessons in the age of climate change about the necessity of seeking out the best science to support the decisions we make.
A River No More
Author: Philip L. Fradkin
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520205642
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Here is the definitive history of the development of the Colorado River and the claims made on its waters, from its source in the Wyoming Rockies to the California and Arizona borders where, so saline it kills plants, it peters out just short of the Gulf of California. Ever increasing demands on the river to supply cities in the desert render this new edition all too timely. Philip Fradkin has updated this valuable book with a new preface.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520205642
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Here is the definitive history of the development of the Colorado River and the claims made on its waters, from its source in the Wyoming Rockies to the California and Arizona borders where, so saline it kills plants, it peters out just short of the Gulf of California. Ever increasing demands on the river to supply cities in the desert render this new edition all too timely. Philip Fradkin has updated this valuable book with a new preface.
Protection and Development of Lower Colorado River Basin
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Colorado River
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Colorado River
Languages : en
Pages : 178
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Explanation of Terms in the Colorado River Controversy Between Arizona and California
Author: Charles B. Ward
Publisher:
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Category : Colorado River
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Colorado River
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
The Colorado River
Author: United States. Bureau of Reclamation
Publisher:
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Category : Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Arizona Lower Colorado River Resource Area Report
Author: Arizona. State Land Department
Publisher:
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Category : Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
Languages : en
Pages :
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Publisher:
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Category : Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
Languages : en
Pages :
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The Colorado River and Arizona's Interest in Its Development
Author: George Edson Philip Smith
Publisher:
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Category : Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
Arizona and the Lower Colorado River
Author: David A. De Kok
Publisher:
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Category : Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description