Border sanctuary
Subtitle: the conservation legacy of the Santa Ana land grant
By: M. J. Morgan
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: College Station
Language: eng
Number of pages: 215
ISBN-13: 9781623493202; 9781623493240
Subjects: Wildlife management; Forest conservation; Wildlife refuges; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The land of Santa Ana: solving mysteries; title: Saving the Santa Ana forest; title: South Texas in the 1930s; title: The symbolic Chachalaca; title: Perceptions of the forest; title: The original landscape of Santa Ana; title: Environments; title: Lessons of Dicliptera; title: Hunter of flowing habitats: the jaguarundi; title: First changers: hunters, grazers, and browsers; title: New eco-travelers: the lure of resilient grasslands; title: Into the forests; title: The early Leal years: people of the river; title: The Leals and their neighbors: families of the Mexican grants; title: The trees of Santa Ana; title: A house of handmade bricks; title: Mounted raiders in South Texas; title: The world outside comes to Santa Ana; title: Hard for people, good for trees; title: Horses on Santa Ana; title: Jaguars and horses; title: Losing and gaining Santa Ana; title: The Leal fortunes; title: Fire, water, and goats on Santa Ana: the Guzman dream; title: The traveling armadillo; title: The way of fire; title: The eating of the grass: clues in the twentieth century; title: Santa Ana in 1880; title: The dream of la Pechuga; title: Land redefined; title: Surveys, sales, and rails; title: Santa Ana in the Great Depression years; title: Epilogue: the future of a river and its trees.