The Lessening Stream: An Environmental History of the Santa Cruz River

by Michael F. Logan

Book Overview

Newcomers to Tucson know the Santa Cruz River as a dry bed that can become a rampaging flood after heavy rains. Yet until the late nineteenth century, the Santa Cruz was an active watercourse that served the region's agricultural needs--until a burgeoning industrial society began to tap the river's underground flow. The Lessening Stream reviews the changing human use of the Santa Cruz River and its aquifer from the earliest human presence in the valley...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816526052
• ISBN13: 9780816526055
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: University of Arizona Press
• Length: 326 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.4"