American West at Risk: Science, Myths, and Politics of Land Abuse and Recovery

by Howard Gordon Wilshire, Richard W. Hazlett, Jane E. Nielson

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The American West at Risk summarizes the dominant human-generated environmental challenges in the 11 contiguous arid western United States - America's legendary, even mythical, frontier. When discovered by European explorers and later settlers, the west boasted rich soils, bountiful fisheries, immense, dense forests, sparkling streams, untapped ore deposits, and oil bonanzas. It now faces depletion of many of these resources, and potentially serious...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0195142055

ISBN13:9780195142051

Release Date:June 2008

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Length:640 Pages

Weight:2.25 lbs.

Dimensions:1.3" x 6.5" x 9.2"

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