Gila: The Life and Death of an American River, Updated and Expanded Edition.

Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Science, Biological Sciences, Environmental Science
Cover of the book Gila: The Life and Death of an American River, Updated and Expanded Edition. by Gregory McNamee, University of New Mexico Press
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Author: Gregory McNamee ISBN: 9780826352484
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press Publication: October 15, 2012
Imprint: University of New Mexico Press Language: English
Author: Gregory McNamee
ISBN: 9780826352484
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Publication: October 15, 2012
Imprint: University of New Mexico Press
Language: English

For sixty million years, the Gila River, longer than the Hudson and the Delaware combined, has shaped the ecology of the Southwest from its source in New Mexico to its confluence with the Colorado River in Arizona. Today, for at least half its length, the Gila is dead, like so many of the West’s great rivers, owing to overgrazing, damming, and other practices. This richly documented cautionary tale narrates the Gila’s natural and human history. Now updated, McNamee’s study traces recent efforts to resuscitate portions of this important riparian corridor.

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For sixty million years, the Gila River, longer than the Hudson and the Delaware combined, has shaped the ecology of the Southwest from its source in New Mexico to its confluence with the Colorado River in Arizona. Today, for at least half its length, the Gila is dead, like so many of the West’s great rivers, owing to overgrazing, damming, and other practices. This richly documented cautionary tale narrates the Gila’s natural and human history. Now updated, McNamee’s study traces recent efforts to resuscitate portions of this important riparian corridor.

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