Crow's Range: An Environmental History of the Sierra Nevada
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.34 (992 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0874175623 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 390 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-11-26 |
| Language | : | English |
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Using a wide range of sources, including the record of explorers and early settlers, scientific and government documents, and newspaper reports, Beesley offers a lively, readable, and deeply informed account of the history, environmental challenges, and political controversies that he behind the breath-taking scenery of the Sierra. earliest of times, beginning with a comprehensive discussion of the geologic development of the range and its various ecological communities. The Sierra Nevada - a single unbroken mountain range stretching north to south over four hundred miles, best understood as a single ecosystem but embracing a number of environmental communities - has been the site of human activity for millennia. John Muir called it the Range of Light, the most divinely beautiful of all the mountain chains I've ever seen. From the efforts of ancient Native Americans to stimulate populations of game animals by burning brush to create meadows to the present day burgeoning of resort and residential developments, the Sierra has endured, and often suffered from, the efforts of humans to exploit its bountiful resources for their own benefit. Rush and later mining efforts as well as the supporting industries that mining spawned, including logging, gr
David Beesley is professor emeritus of history at Sierra College in Rocklin, California.
An extensively researched history, sporting a wealth of notes, a thorough bibliography, and an index Midwest Book Review Written by history teacher David Beesley, who served as an associate of the Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project and presented part of its report to Congress, Crow's Range: A Environmental History of the Sierra Nevada is an amazing chronicle of the Sierra Nevada mountain range that stretches across four hundred miles of California and . Excellent book This is a truly wonderful book, richly researched and deeply thorough without overwhelming the reader. This is a history that helps us understand past struggles to protect this important mountain range and provides hope for even more protection. After you read it, you will remember the Mono Lake Committee and perhaps you will also
"This should be required reading for all park and forest managers, interpreters and rangers in the West." -- Barbara Rohde, Park Interpreter, Nevada State Parks