From the Rio to the Sierra: An Environmental History of the Middle Rio Grande Basin

Description

Author: Scurlock, Dan  (1938-2010)

Publisher: U.S.D.A.-Forest Service

Pub Date: 1998

Binding: Paperback

Condition:  Good.  Binding tight.  No marks, tears, bends or folds.  Very light edge and corner wear.  Appears unused.

Notes: Rocky Mountain Research Station, General Technical Report 5.  Scurlock classifies the Middle Rio Grande Basin as extending from the southern edge of Elephant Butte Reservoir to just north of Santa Fe.  Quite the undertaking.  “For more than 450 years the ecosystems of the Middle Rio Grande Basin have evolved dynamically with the interrelated varies of climate, land forms, soils, fauna, flora, and most importantly, human activities.  Various land use practices have caused an array of environmental problems.  Activities such as grazing, irrigation farming, logging, and constructing flood control features, combined with climatic fluctuations, have produced changes in stream flow-morphology, groundwater levels, topsoils, biotic communities, and individual species.”  (From the Introduction)