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090 $aTR655$b.S875 2005
100 1 $aStringfellow, Kim,$d1963-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2005099408
245 10 $aGreetings from the Salton Sea :$bfolly and intervention in the Southern California landscape, 1905-2005 /$cKim Stringfellow.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aSanta Fe, N.M. :$bCenter for American Places ;$a[Chicago, IL] :$bDistributed by Univ. of Chicago Press,$c2005.
300 $av, 136 pages :$bcolor illustrations ;$c23 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
490 1 $aCenter books on the American West
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 123-125)
520 1 $a"In 1905 and 1906, California's largest inland body of water - the Salton Sea - was formed when Colorado River levees broke below the California-Mexico border. Great floodwaters filled the depression previously known as the Salton Sink - which, at its peak level of 195 feet below sea level, covered upwards of 400 square miles - creating an immediate sanctuary for birds and opportunities for future development." "During the past 100 years, numerous resort schemes arose along the shores of the Salton Sea. Frank Sinatra, Desi Arnaz, President Eisenhower, Jerry Lewis, the Beach Boys, and the Marx Brothers all frequented the area, and during the 1960s tourists visited the Salton Sea in numbers that at times exceeded tourism in Yosemite." "By the 1980s, however, the Salton Sea's biologically overburdened system resulted in the near abandonment of the area's resorts and communities, and massive fish and bird die-offs reflected escalating environmental harm, especially from agricultural runoff in the Imperial Valley." "The future of the Salton Sea is uncertain. It remains a major habitat and stopover to more than 400 bird species as part of the Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge; but poor water quality and impending water transfers to ever-expanding Southern California communities complicate the environmental picture." "Kim Stringfellow's visual and historical account highlights one of California's - and America's - most fascinating and complex landscape histories at a time when the management of an entire regional ecosystem is at risk."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aPhotography, Artistic.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85101269
651 0 $aSalton Sea (Calif.)$xEnvironmental conditions.
651 0 $aSalton Sea (Calif.)$vPictorial works.
830 0 $aCenter books on the American West.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2005042798
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