Natural History of San Francisco Bay (California Natural History Guides)

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The Natural History of San Francisco Bay provides a comprehensive education on the ecology of the Bay Area watershed past, present and future.

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Rather than being pedantic, though, the information is presented in an entertaining, conversational tone with interesting anecdotes and great photographs spread throughout. This is an excellent review of the history, ecology, and conservation problems of San Francisco Bay. It is the foremost reference for students and the general public.

Kindle Edition Verified Purchase. This book offers excellent coverage of the SF Bay in all its aspects. Not just for nature lovers, but for eveyone. The authors have produced a beautifully illustrated, informative, and very readable book about the San Francisco Bay in the past and its changes into the present.

The movement to save the Bay from gradual destruction started in the early 60ies by three women: The pictures, diagrams, and tables are excellent and useful.

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If you want to learn about the natural history of San Francisco Bay there is no better book than the recently released compilation by Ariel Rubissow Okamoto and Kathleen M. The breadth of content guarantees new information for even the most knowledgable on the subject. The color photographs contain some breathtaking images in their own right. Many other photos, tables and graphs help bring the impeccably researched text to life.

This new resource, packed into a wealth of pages, makes for joyful exploration and an excellent reference. One person found this helpful. I have skimmed this publication and find it to be poorly written, as well as full of political assumptions that should be attributed by the authors to their own political beliefs. None of the real political forces which led to hydraulic mining, draining of wetlands and pollution of the Bay are explored.

To the contrary, insipid politics are the norm in this publication.

But they insist that "industry isn't solely to blame. Nevermind that the public has little to no choice in using these products knowingly produced by industry; nevermind that the purchase of our legislative system by industry makes legislation banning these substances for manufacture highly unlikely.

To equate the average member of the public with industry when it comes to creating and disseminating pollutants, is for the authors to take a willfully blind attitude about the politics of pollution. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations.

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