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Grand Canyon For Sale: Public Lands versus Private Interests in the Era of Climate Change

Full title: Grand Canyon For Sale: Public Lands versus Private Interests in the Era of Climate Change
ISBN: 9780520291478
ISBN 10: 0520291476
Authors: Nash, Stephen
Publisher: University Of California Press
Edition: First
Num. pages: 304
Binding: Hardcover
Language: en
Published on: 2017

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Synopsis

Saving Grand Canyon Is A Carefully Researched Investigation Of The Precarious Future Of America's Public Lands: Our National Parks, Forests, Wildlife Refuges, Monuments, And Wildernesses. Taking The Grand Canyon As Its Key Example, And Using On-the-ground Reporting As Well As Science Research, The Book Makes Plain That Accelerating Climate Change Will Dislocate Wildlife Populations And Vegetation Across Hundreds Of Thousands Of Square Miles Of The National Landscape. So What's The Plan, As The Next Phase Of Our Political History Begins? Consolidating Protected Areas And Prioritizing Natural Systems Over Mining, Grazing, Drilling And Logging Will Be Essential. But A Growing Political Movement, Well Financed And Occasionally Violent, Is Fighting To Break Up These Federal Lands And Return Them To State, Local And Private Control. That Scheme Would Foreclose The Future For Many Wild Species, Part Of Our Irreplaceable Natural Heritage, And It Leads Directly To The Ruin Of Our National Parks And Forests. The Author Also Documents The Current Federal Mismanagement Of Public Land, Which Often Favors Private Interests Over Natural Systems And Endangered Species--provided By Publisher. Brink -- Alien Abductions -- Landscape In Motion -- Ghost Tour -- Tusayans -- Destitution Park -- Air And Uncle John -- Mount Trumbull -- Cash Cows -- Sacred Cowboys -- Treasure Maps -- Thrill Rides -- Capture And Corruption -- The Lost Orphan's Legacy. Stephen Nash. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.