Author: Erma Peirson
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Category : Mohave River Watershed
Languages : en
Pages : 242

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Author: United States. Bureau of Agricultural Engineering
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Category : Water resources development
Languages : en
Pages : 312

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Author: Edwin Gary Stickel
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Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 368

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Author: Marc Reisner
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1440672822
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 674

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“I’ve been thinking a lot about Cadillac Desert in the past few weeks, as the rain fell and fell and kept falling over California, much of which, despite the pouring heavens, seems likely to remain in the grip of a severe drought. Reisner anticipated this moment. He worried that the West’s success with irrigation could be a mirage — that it took water for granted and didn’t appreciate the precariousness of our capacity to control it.” – Farhad Manjoo, The New York Times, January 20,2023 "The definitive work on the West's water crisis." --Newsweek The story of the American West is the story of a relentless quest for a precious resource: water. It is a tale of rivers diverted and dammed, of political corruption and intrigue, of billion-dollar battles over water rights, of ecological and economic disaster. In his landmark book, Cadillac Desert, Marc Reisner writes of the earliest settlers, lured by the promise of paradise, and of the ruthless tactics employed by Los Angeles politicians and business interests to ensure the city's growth. He documents the bitter rivalry between two government giants, the Bureau of Reclamation and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in the competition to transform the West. Based on more than a decade of research, Cadillac Desert is a stunning expose and a dramatic, intriguing history of the creation of an Eden--an Eden that may only be a mirage. This edition includes a new postscript by Lawrie Mott, a former staff scientist at the Natural Resources Defense Council, that updates Western water issues over the last two decades, including the long-term impact of climate change and how the region can prepare for the future.

Author: Robert Phillip Sharp
Publisher: Mountain Press Publishing
ISBN: 9780878423620
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 340

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Eastern California boasts the greatest dryland relief in the contiguous United States, offering a rich variety of environments and spectacular geology. Illustrated with photographs, maps, and diagrams, Geology Underfoot in Death Valley and Owens Valley provides an on-the-ground look at the processes sculpting the terrain in this land of extremes for everyone interested in how the earth works.

Author: Dennis G. Casebier
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780914224044
Category : Mohave Indians
Languages : en
Pages : 192

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Presents a history of the Mojave Road, originally an Indian trail, from the first explorations in the 1820s to its years as a wagon road in the 1870s and 80s, focusing on that portion of the road from the California Desert to the Colorado River.

Author: William Andrew Blomquist
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Category : Groundwater
Languages : en
Pages : 186

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Author: Elizabeth Warren
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Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 212

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Author: James Fowler Rusling
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Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 540

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Author: United States. Engineers Corps
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Category : Dams
Languages : en
Pages : 76

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