Coastal Sage : Peter Douglas and the Fight to Save California's Shore /

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"There are moments when we forget how fortunate we are to have the California coast. The state is home to 1,100 miles of uninterrupted coastline defined by long stretches of beach and jagged rocky cliffs. Coastal Sage chronicles the career and accomplishments of Peter Douglas, the longest-servi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Osborne, Thomas J., 1942- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Douglas, Peter, > 1942-2012.
California Coastal Commission.
Conservationists.
Coastal zone management.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Real Estate > General.
Littoral > Amenagement > Californie.
Écologistes (Defenseurs de l'environnement) > Californie > Biographies.
Coastal zone management > California.
Conservationists > California > Biography.
California.
Biographies.
collective biographies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Few safe harbors : Peter Douglas's formative years
  • California's coast : its origins and pre-commission development
  • Sea change : California's environmental surge
  • Coastal conservation, politics, and a new commission
  • High tide : the executive director years
  • Ebb tide : the receding years
  • Footprints in sand : Peter Douglas's legacy
  • Appendix A : a selected time line, California coastal conservation and Peter Douglas
  • Appendix B : a selected list of Peter Douglas's accomplishments and honors.

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