Grand Canyon: River At Risk

Wade Davis (Author), Chris Rainier (Photographer), Greg MacGillivray (Foreword), Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (Preface)

ISBN 10: 1601090137 / ISBN 13: 9781601090133

Published by Earth Aware Editions, 2008

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New oversize hardcover in new dust jacket. Text is clean and free of marks or underlining. (12.3 x 0.8 x 11.25 inches) Includes full color photographs and film credits. 168 pp. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. It s an alarming if little-known fact: one of the world s mightiest rivers, the Colorado, no longer reaches the sea. Every drop of its water is allocated to agriculture and communities along the way and none remains for the Colorado Delta at river s end, a once-thriving estuary that supported North America s most diverse biosphere. Grand Canyon: A River at Risk draws attention the river s plight as well as to the larger issue of the looming global water crisis. It follows Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a leading advocate for water conservation and river restoration, eminent ethnobotanist Wade Davis, and their two daughters on a rafting adventure down the Colorado. Their compelling journey illuminates both the challenges and the many opportunities that exist for conserving and restoring the world s watersheds. Combining science and adventure with glorious imagery and locations, the book delivers a message of hope and inspiration for all people of the world.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Grand Canyon: River At Risk
• Publisher: Earth Aware Editions
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1601090137
• ISBN 13: 9781601090133
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: New
• Seller catalogs:
  • National Parks
  • Ecology: Conservation

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Synopsis

It’s an alarming if little-known fact: one of the world’s mightiest rivers, the Colorado, no longer reaches the sea. Every drop of its water is allocated to agriculture and communities along the way and none remains for the Colorado Delta at river’s end, a once-thriving estuary that supported North America’s most diverse biosphere. Grand Canyon: A River at Risk draws attention the river’s plight as well as to the larger issue of the looming global water crisis. It follows Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a leading advocate for water conservation and river restoration, eminent ethnobotanist Wade Davis, and their two daughters on a rafting adventure down the Colorado. Their compelling journey illuminates both the challenges and the many opportunities that exist for conserving and restoring the world’s watersheds. Combining science and adventure with glorious imagery and locations, the book delivers a message of hope and inspiration for all people of the world.