Running Dry: A Journey from Source to Sea Down the Colorado River

Waterman, Jonathan

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Idioma: inglés

Editorial: National Geographic Society, 2010

1426205058 / 9781426205057

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Removable Wall Map Present. Jon Waterman combines sheer adventure and environmental calamity in this trailblazing cautionary account of his 2008 trip down the overtaxed, drying Colorado. Dammed and tunneled, forced into countless canals, trapped in reservoirs and harnessed for electricity, what once was untamed and free is now humbled, parched, and so yoked to human purposes that in most years it trickles away 100 miles from its oceanic destination.Waterman writes with informal immediacy in this eye-witness account of the many demands on the Colorado, from irrigating 3.5 million acres of farmland to watering the lawns of Los Angeles. He shows how our profligacy and inexorable climate change spark political conflict, and how we can avert this onrushing ecological crisis. As he follows Powell afloat and afoot, Waterman reaches out both to adventure travelers and to scientists, conservationists, environmentalists, and anyone interested in the fragile interplay between nature and humans. Waterman is mostly known for his Northern explorations, detailed in many of his books and countless journals since 1978. Beginning in 2007, the rivers of the Southwest began to call, with an extended journey and National Geographic Society research projects. For two ambitious water and river conservation expeditions, he lectured extensively, produced a comprehensive river map and a photography exhibit, then published two books, Running Dry and The Colorado River. His awards include Three Banff Festival "Best Book Adventure Travel", Sigurd Olson Nature Writing Award 2005, NEA Literary Fellowship, Colorado State Council of the Arts Literary Award, The American Alpine Club Literary Award 1996, The National Park Service Special Achievement Award. …

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Título
Running Dry: A Journey from Source to Sea Down the Colorado River
Autor
Waterman, Jonathan
Editorial
National Geographic Society
Año de publicación
2010
Estado
Very Good
Sobrecubierta
Very Good
Encuadernación
Hard cover
Idioma
inglés
ISBN 10
1426205058
ISBN 13
9781426205057
Peso del artículo
24 onzas
Dimensiones
6x1x9
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Michael Patrick McCarty, Bookseller

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