Ogallala, Third Edition : Water for a Dry Land /

"The Ogallala aquifer, a vast underground water reserve extending from South Dakota through Texas, is the product of eons of accumulated glacial melts, ancient Rocky Mountain snowmelts, and rainfall, all percolating slowly through gravel beds hundreds of feet thick. Ogallala: Water for a Dry La...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteurs principaux: Opie, John, 1934- (Auteur), Archer, Kenna Lang, 1982- (Auteur), Miller, Char, 1951- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2018.
Édition:Third edition.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Irrigation water.
Irrigation.
Agriculture.
Agricultural ecology.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Real Estate > General.
Écologie agricole > Hautes Plaines (États-Unis) > Histoire.
Agriculture > Hautes Plaines (États-Unis) > Histoire.
Irrigation > Hautes Plaines (États-Unis) > Histoire.
Eau d'irrigation > Hautes Plaines (États-Unis) > Histoire.
Agricultural ecology > High Plains (U.S.) > History.
Agriculture > High Plains (U.S.) > History.
Irrigation > High Plains (U.S.) > History.
Irrigation water > High Plains (U.S.) > History.
United States > Ogallala Aquifer.
United States > High Plains.
Ogallala Aquifer > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 1. The First Half-Billion Years; 2. Finding the Water : Boom and Bust, 1870-1940; 3. From Dryland to Dustbowl : Not a Good Place to Farm; 4. Windmills, Center Pivots, Feedlots, and Porkers; 5. A Tale of Seven Water Conservation Districts; 6. Making Irrigation Work for a Family Farm : Phil and Linda Tooms on the Moscow Road; 7. The Future of Plains Irrigation : A New Gospel of Efficiency; 8. Thinking the Unthinkable : Climate Change Hits the Vulnerable Plains; 9. A Final Look.

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