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Historic Nevada waters : four rivers, three lakes, past and present
- Title
- Historic Nevada waters : four rivers, three lakes, past and present / Hunt Janin and Ursula Carlson.
- Author
- Janin, Hunt, 1940-
- Publication
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2019]
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Carlson, Ursula, 1943-
- Description
- viii, 208 pages; 23 cm
- Summary
- "The Great Basin is a hydrographic region that includes most of Nevada and parts of five other Western states. Drawing on a range of sources, the author addresses both the natural and the human aspects of the history and likely futures of Great Basin waterways"--
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 192-200) and index.
- Contents
- The rivers -- The Indians before and after contact with the whites -- Highlights of exploration, emigration, communications and transportation -- Rivers encourage the development of agriculture, towns and cities -- The rise and fall of the Comstock Lode and its rivals -- Railroads depend on the rivers and forests -- The Chinese find gold and build railroads -- An introduction to Nevada's water laws and water rights -- Basque sheepherders in the high desert ranges -- The Newlands Project -- The Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe Challenges Derby Dam -- The Comstock Lode -- The Alpine Decree -- Lake Tahoe and the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) -- The Truckee River Operating Agreement (TROA) -- Walker Lake -- Nevada floods -- Notable men and women living near the waterways -- Environmental degradation -- Climate change and population growth -- Looking toward the future -- Envoi -- Annotated chronology -- Appendix 1: Dan De Quille on how the sinks came into being -- Appendix 2: Floodplain protection for the Carson River -- Appendix 3: Denial of global warming -- Appendix 4: A note on the effects of humidity on snowpack.
- Call Number
- JFD 19-2868
- ISBN
- 9781476672618
- 147667261X
- LCCN
- 2019007412
- OCLC
- 1089881038
- Author
- Janin, Hunt, 1940- author.
- Title
- Historic Nevada waters : four rivers, three lakes, past and present / Hunt Janin and Ursula Carlson.
- Publisher
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2019]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 192-200) and index.
- Added Author
- Carlson, Ursula, 1943- author.
- Research Call Number
- JFD 19-2868