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001 2012020077
003 DLC
005 20120608172310.0
008 120531s2012 nmu b s001 0 eng
010 $a 2012020077
020 $a9780826352477 (pbk. : alk. paper)
020 $a9780826352484 (electronic)
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050 00 $aF817.G52$bM36 2012
082 00 $a979.1/7$223
084 $aSCI026000$aHIS036130$aNAT029000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aMcNamee, Gregory.
245 10 $aGila :$bthe life and death of an American river, updated and expanded edition /$cGregory McNamee.
260 $aAlbuquerque :$bUniversity of New Mexico Press,$c2012.
263 $a1209
300 $ap. cm.
520 $a"For sixty million years, the Gila River, longer than the Hudson and the Delaware combined, has shaped the ecology of the Southwest from its source in New Mexico to its confluence with the Colorado River in Arizona. Today, for at least half its length, the Gila is dead, like so many of the West's great rivers, owing to overgrazing, damming, and other practices. This richly documented cautionary tale narrates the Gila's natural and human history. Now updated, McNamee's study traces recent efforts to resuscitate portions of this important riparian corridor"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
651 0 $aGila River (N.M. and Ariz.)$xHistory.
651 0 $aGila River Region (N.M. and Ariz.)$xHistory.
650 7 $aSCIENCE / Environmental Science.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aHISTORY / United States / State & Local / Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX).$2bisacsh
650 7 $aNATURE / Ecosystems & Habitats / Rivers.$2bisacsh
856 42 $3Cover image$uhttp://www.netread.com/jcusers/1422/2577642/image/lgcover.3773221.jpg