California desert miracle
Subtitle: the fight for desert parks and wilderness
By: Frank Wheat
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Sunbelt natural history guides
Publisher: Sunbelt Publications
Published: 1999
Place of publication: San Diego, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 337
ISBN-13: 9780932653277
Subjects: United States; Desert conservation; Law and legislation; Wilderness areas
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-322) and index.
Table of contents: title: Russ Penny- the desert shall not die; title: Bill Holden and Lyle Gaston- the Sierra Club becomes interested in the desert; title: FLPMA- a promising new wilderness law takes shape; title: Peter and Joyce Burk- the vision of a Mojave National Park; title: Jim Dodson- the desert plan and its discontents; title: Judy Anderson and friends- getting the act together; title: Elden Hughes- reaching for the brass ring; title: Bedeviled on all sides, the BLM tries to hold its ground; title: In the corridors of power; title: Will there be victory?; title: The miracle.