The fall and rise of the wetlands of California's Great Central Valley

Abstract

List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction Part One. Wetlands and Waterfowl 1. The Nature of the Great Central Valley and the Pacific Flyway Part Two. The Fall 2. From Native American Lands of Plenty to Waste Lands 3. The San Joaquin Valley: A Tale of Two Basins 4. Reclamation and Conservation in the Sacramento Valley 5. The Sacramento--San Joaquin Delta and the Central Valley Project's Origins Part Three. The Rise 6. Turning the Tide: Federal and State Responses to the Waterfowl Crisis 7. Battles for the Grasslands and the San Joaquin River 8. Conflicting Agendas: New Refuges and Water Projects for the San Joaquin Valley 9. Tragedy at Kesterson Reservoir 10. Wetlands Resurgent: The Central Valley in the Twenty-First Century Epilogue: Global Climate Change and the Wetlands of the Great Central Valley Appendix. Animals and Plants of the Central Valley Discussed in the Text Notes Bibliography Index