By Jeffrey F. Mount
Water will be certainly one of California's most precious assets, however it is much from being one we regulate. inspite of channels, levees, traces and dams, the state's rivers nonetheless often flood, with devastating effects. just about all the rivers in California are dammed or diverted; with the booming inhabitants, there'll be strain for extra intervention.
Mount argues that Californians comprehend little approximately how their rivers paintings and, extra importantly, how and why land-use practices impression rivers. The forceful reconfiguration and redistribution of the rivers has already introduced the nation to a severe crossroads. California Rivers and Streams forces us to reevaluate our use of the state's rivers and provides a beginning for engaging within the heated debates approximately their future.
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