Losing the west
Subtitle: a source book for salvaging America's western lands
By: Howard G. Wilshire, Jane E. Nielson, Richard W. Hazlett.
Contributors: Nielson, Jane E.; Hazlett, Richard W.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780195142051
Subjects: Nature conservation -- West (U.S.); Conservation of natural resources -- West (U.S.); Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- West (U.S.); Land use -- Environmental aspects -- West (U.S.); West (U.S.) -- Environmental conditions.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Once and future trees; title: Harvesting the future; title: Raiding the range; title: Digging to China; title: Routes of ruin; title: Legacies of war; title: Creating the nuclear wasteland; title: No habitat but our own; title: The last drops; title: Garbage of the golden west; title: Tragedy of the playground; title: Driving to the end of America's birthright; title: Nature's way.