Historical accounts of California tell of flocks of birds so dense in the sky that they cast a shadow on the ground, and of thunderous rivers of geese, ducks, and swans moving down the state to the lagoons of Mexico and beyond. In 1999, citizens and travellers in California take for granted skies empty of almost everything but the contrails of airplanes. But far more than wildlife is missing. In text and photographs, this text documents the stark contrast between the California landscape of this past and what it has become, as it traces the evolution of the California environment and looks ahead to what the future holds.
- ISBN10 0520211243
- ISBN13 9780520211247
- Publish Date 31 March 1999
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 21 May 2007
- Publish Country US
- Imprint University of California Press
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 253
- Language English