River in Ruin
Bison Books (Verlag)
978-0-8032-3834-3 (ISBN)
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The thin ribbon of the Carmel River is just thirty-six miles long and no wider in most places than a child can throw a stone. It is the primary water supply for the ever-burgeoning presence of tourists, agriculture, and industry on California’s Monterey Peninsula. It is also one of the top ten endangered rivers in North America. The river’s story, which dramatically unfolds in this book, is an epic tale of exploitation, development, and often unwitting degradation reaching back to the first appearance of Europeans on the pristine peninsula.
River in Ruin is a precise weaving of water history—local and larger—and a natural, social, and environmental narrative of the Carmel River. Ray A. March traces the river’s misuse from 1879 and details how ever more successful promotions of Monterey demanded more and more water, leading to one dam after another. As a result the river was disastrously depleted, cluttered with concrete rubble, and inhospitable to the fish prized by visitors and residents alike.
March’s book is a cautionary tale about squandering precious water resources—about the ultimate cost of a ruined river and the slim but urgent hope of bringing it back to life.
Ray A. March, the author of several nonfiction books, is a career journalist and cofounder and editor of the Modoc Independent News. He is also the cofounder of Modoc Forum, a nonprofit perpetuating an awareness of rural life through literature and the arts.
List of Illustrations
Preface
Prologue
One
Spanish Era: Vizcaino to Father Serra
Two
Crocker Arrives: Tourist Trade Begins
Three
Not Enough Water: Building the Chinese Dam
Four
Water Demand Increases: A Second Dam Is Built
Five
A Village of Artists: At Odds with the Pacific Improvement Company
Six
Carmel's Theater of Water: Enter Two Therapists from Oakland
Seven
Sardines and Golf Courses: Yet Another Dam
Eight
The Era of Disrespect: An Environmental Awakening
Nine
Demise of the Steelhead: Anglers Debate the Fate of the Fish
Ten
The Final Insult: Fire in the Forest
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Selected Bibliography
| Zusatzinfo | 14 illustrations, 1 map |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Nebraska |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 140 x 216 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz | |
| Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Rechnungswesen / Bilanzen | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-8032-3834-7 / 0803238347 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-8032-3834-3 / 9780803238343 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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