Description: The California Delta, California, Images of America, Paperback Welcome to the delta--California style! Over 1,000 miles of waterways lure sportsmen, boaters, and outdoor enthusiasts to the largest estuary in the western United States, surpassed nationally only by the Mississippi River Delta. For generations, the promise of lazy summer days has beckoned travelers to cruise the mighty Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers. Along with vacationers, however, agricultural users and commercial vessels from around the globe share in the California Delta's bounty. Over 23 million Californians rely on the delta watershed for drinking water, and diversions sustain the largest agricultural industry in the nation. The small towns dotting the sloughs from Collinsville to Stockton to Walnut Grove tell of a simpler time, while today's delta faces such challenges as wildlife-habitat restoration, water rights, housing development, and politics. Complicating these issues, aging levees throughout the low-lying region threaten a disaster of national proportions--and with that prospect, the very future of the California Delta.
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Location: Columbia, South Carolina
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Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money back or replacement (buyer's choice)
Brand: Unbranded
MPN: 9780738547879
Book Title: California Delta
Item Length: 9.2in
Item Height: 0.3in
Item Width: 6.5in
Author: East Contra East Contra Costa Historical Society, Hal Schell Archives, Carol A. Jensen
Format: Perfect
Language: English
Topic: Subjects & Themes / Regional (See Also Travel / Pictorials), Subjects & Themes / Historical, United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), United States / West / Pacific (Ak, CA, Hi, Or, WA)
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Publication Year: 2007
Genre: Photography, Travel, History
Item Weight: 0.7 Oz
Number of Pages: 128 Pages
