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Book Refuge Water Supply Central Valley Hydrologic Basin  California

Download or read book Refuge Water Supply Central Valley Hydrologic Basin California written by and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Seeking Refuge

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  • Author : Robert M Wilson
  • Publisher : University of Washington Press
  • Release : 2011-07-01
  • ISBN : 0295800070
  • Pages : 281 pages

Download or read book Seeking Refuge written by Robert M Wilson and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2011-07-01 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each fall and spring, millions of birds travel the Pacific Flyway, the westernmost of the four major North American bird migration routes. The landscapes they cross vary from wetlands to farmland to concrete, inhabited not only by wildlife but also by farmers, suburban families, and major cities. In the twentieth century, farmers used the wetlands to irrigate their crops, transforming the landscape and putting migratory birds at risk. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service responded by establishing a series of refuges that stretched from northern Washington to southern California. What emerged from these efforts was a hybrid environment, where the distinctions between irrigated farms and wildlife refuges blurred. Management of the refuges was fraught with conflicting priorities and practices. Farmers and refuge managers harassed birds with shotguns and flares to keep them off private lands, and government pilots took to the air, dropping hand grenades among flocks of geese and herding the startled birds into nearby refuges. Such actions masked the growing connections between refuges and the land around them. Seeking Refuge examines the development and management of refuges in the wintering range of migratory birds along the Pacific Flyway. Although this is a history of efforts to conserve migratory birds, the story Robert Wilson tells has considerable salience today. Many of the key places migratory birds use — the Klamath Basin, California’s Central Valley, the Salton Sea — are sites of recent contentious debates over water use. Migratory birds connect and depend on these landscapes, and farmers face pressure as water is reallocated from irrigation to other purposes. In a time when global warming promises to compound the stresses on water and migratory species, Seeking Refuge demonstrates the need to foster landscapes where both wildlife and people can thrive.

Book Conveyance of Refuge Water Supply

Download or read book Conveyance of Refuge Water Supply written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Review of the Management of the National Wildlife Refuge System

Download or read book Review of the Management of the National Wildlife Refuge System written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources Subcommittee and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Conveyance of Refuge Water Supply

Download or read book Conveyance of Refuge Water Supply written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Summary Report to Congress on Implementation of the Central Valley Project Improvement Act

Download or read book Summary Report to Congress on Implementation of the Central Valley Project Improvement Act written by United States. Bureau of Reclamation. Mid-Pacific Regional Office and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Refuges 2003  a Plan for the Future of the NWR System

Download or read book Refuges 2003 a Plan for the Future of the NWR System written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book California Fish and Wildlife Protection Act of 1990

Download or read book California Fish and Wildlife Protection Act of 1990 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Legislative History  Miscellaneous Articles  and Background Information Related to Public Law 102 575 Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992

Download or read book Legislative History Miscellaneous Articles and Background Information Related to Public Law 102 575 Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992 written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 1534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: