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River in ruin : the story of the Carmel River / Ray A. March

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March, Ray A., 1934-
Published
Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2012]
Copyright Date
©2012
Physical Description
1 online resource (xxvi, 174 pages) : illustrations, maps
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Contents
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Prologue; 1. Spanish Era: Vizcaino to Father Serra; 2. Crocker Arrives: Tourist Trade Begins; 3. Not Enough Water:Building the Chinese Dam; 4. Water Demand Increases: A Second Dam Is Built; 5.A Village of Artists: At Odds withthe Pacific Improvement Company; 6. Carmel's Theater of Water: Enter Two Therapists from Oakland; 7. Sardines and Golf Courses:Yet Another Dam; 8. The Era of Disrespect:An Environmental Awakening; 9. Demise of the Steelhead: AnglersDebate the Fate of the Fish; 10. The Final Insult: Fire in the Forest.
Summary
The thin ribbon of the Carmel River is just thirty-six miles long and no wider in most places than a child can throw a stone. It is the primary water supply for the ever-burgeoning presence of tourists, agriculture, and industry on California's Monterey Peninsula. It is also one of the top ten endangered rivers in North America. The river's story, which dramatically unfolds in this book, is an epic tale of exploitation, development, and often unwitting degradation reaching back to the first appearance of Europeans on the pristine peninsula. River in Ruin is a precise weaving of water history-l.
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ISBN
9780803240452 (electronic bk.)
0803240457 (electronic bk.)
9780803238343
0803238347
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-174).
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