Research Catalog
The California Delta
- Title
- The California Delta / Carol A. Jensen ; Hal Schell archives ; East Contra Costa Historical Society.
- Author
- Jensen, Carol A. (Carol Ann)
- Publication
- Charleston, SC : Arcadia Pub., ©2007.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | F868.D45 J46 2007 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 127 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm.
- Summary
- Over 1,000 miles of waterways lure sportsmen, boaters, and outdoor enthusiasts to the largest estuary in the western United States, surpassed nationally only by the Mississippi River Delta. For generations, the promise of lazy summer days has beckoned travelers to cruise the mighty Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers. Along with vacationers, however, agricultural users and commercial vessels from around the globe share in the California Delta's bounty. Over 23 million Californians rely on the delta watershed for drinking water, and diversions sustain the largest agricultural industry in the nation. The small towns dotting the sloughs from Collinsville to Stockton to Walnut Grove tell of a simpler time, while today's delta faces such challenges as wildlife-habitat restoration, water rights, housing development, and politics. Complicating these issues, aging levees throughout the low-lying region threaten a disaster of national proportions--and with that prospect, the very future of the California Delta.
- Series Statement
- Images of America
- Uniform Title
- Images of America
- Subject
- Community life > California > Delta Region > History > Pictorial works
- Community life
- Manners and customs
- Delta Region (Calif.) > History > Pictorial works
- Delta Region (Calif.) > Social life and customs > Pictorial works
- Delta Region (Calif.) > Buildings, structures, etc > Pictorial works
- Sacramento-San Joaquin Estuary (Calif.) > History > Pictorial works
- San Francisco Bay (Calif.) > History > Pictorial works
- California > Delta Region
- California > Sacramento-San Joaquin Estuary
- Pacific Ocean > San Francisco Bay
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Pictorial works.
- Local histories – California.
- Illustrated works.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (page 127).
- ISBN
- 9780738547879
- 0738547875
- LCCN
- 2007924637
- OCLC
- ocn156834941
- SCSB-9315630
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library