The American West at Risk —— Science, Myths, and Politics of Land Abuse and Recovery

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ISBN: 9780195142051 出版年：2008 页码：634 Wilshire, Howard G Nielson, Jane E Hazlett, Richard W Oxford University Press

INTRODUCTION. OBEYING NATURE 1. Once and Future Trees 2. Harvesting the Future 3. Raiding the Range 4. Digging to China 5. Routes of Ruin 6. Legacies of War 7. Creating the Nuclear Wasteland 8. No Habitat But Our Own 9. The Last Drops 10. Garbage of the Golden West 11. Tragedy of the Playground 12. Driving to the End of America's Birthright 13. Nature's Way CONCLUSIONS. THE NEEDS OF OUR POSTERITY APPENDIX 1. CONSERVING U.S. PUBLIC LANDS-A CHRONOLOGY APPENDIX 2. BEST INTENTIONS-FEDERAL WASTE DISPOSAL LAWS APPENDIX 3. EVERYTHING COMES FROM THE EARTH APPENDIX 4. BIO-CHEMICAL WAR AND YOU APPENDIX 5. DESTROYER OF THE WORLDS APPENDIX 6. PLUTONIUM FIELDS FOREVER APPENDIX 7. BOMBS FOR PEACE APPENDIX 8. THE BUNKER BUSTER FANTASY APPENDIX 9. US AND THEM-THE UNITED STATES AND WORLD OIL RESERVES APPENDIX 10. "DEMOCRATIZING" ENERGY-HYDROGEN FUEL CELLS GLOSSARY NOTES INDEX