Napa Valley Historical Ecology Atlas

Exploring a Hidden Landscape of Transformation and Resilience

Inbunden, Engelska, 2012

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How has California's landscape changed? What did now-familiar places look like during prior centuries? What can the past teach us about designing future landscapes? "The Napa Valley Historical Ecology Atlas" explores these questions by taking readers on a dazzling visual tour of Napa Valley from the early 1800s onward - a forgotten land of brilliant wildflower fields, lush wetlands, and grand oak savannas. Robin Grossinger weaves together rarely-seen historical maps, travelers' accounts, photographs, and paintings to reconstruct early Napa Valley and document its physical transformation over the past two centuries. The Atlas provides a fascinating new perspective on this iconic landscape, showing the natural heritage that has enabled the agricultural success of the region today. The innovative research of Grossinger and his historical ecology team allows us to visualize the past in unprecedented detail, improving our understanding of the living landscapes we inhabit and suggesting strategies to increase their health and resilience in the future.

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Utgivningsdatum:2012-03-12
Mått:216 x 254 x 20 mm
Vikt:998 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:240
Förlag:University of California Press
Medarbetare:Ruth Askevold
ISBN:9780520269101

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Robin Grossinger is Director of the Historical Ecology Program at the San Francisco Estuary Institute.

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"Engaging... Grossinger's clear prose is accessible for general readers... A rich source of information." -- David Strauch, University of Hawai'i Economic Botany "Working with a long list of collaborators, Grossinger unearthed maps, photos, surveys, old postcards and other information that added insight into how Napa has changed over time." -- Jeanne Carstensen Bay Citizen "The Napa Valley Atlas is visually pleasing, initiating new thought on a dynamic northern California landscape that will be of general interest to public and scientific communities alike." -- Katherine Heslop Historical Geography

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AcknowledgmentsPreface1 EXPLORING THE NAPA VALLEY THROUGH TIMEGeography, Geology, Climate • A Brief History • A Map of theNapa Valley in the Early 1800s2 OAK SAVANNAS AND WILDFLOWER FIELDSMapping the Oak Lands • Scattering Oaks • Burning the Valley •Savanna Composition • A World of Wildflowers • Valley Oaks andPeople • Oak Trajectories • Re-Oaking the Valley3 CREEKSSpreading Streams • The High Water Table Problem • Plumbing theValley • Riparian Loss and Recovery • Undercut Trees and ChannelIncision • Braided Channels • Summer Water4 VALLEY WETLANDSValley Freshwater Marsh • Wet Meadows • Vernal Pool Complexes• Alkali Meadows • Wetland Fragmentation and Resilience5 NAPA RIVERThe River Spread into Wetlands • Islands and Sloughs • The Valleyin Flood • Has the River Been Straightened? • How Deep Was theRiver? • Disappearing Gravel Bars • Did the River Flow Year-Round?• Riparian Forest Width • Narrowing of the Riparian Corridor •Beavers and Snags • Jepson’s Napa River • Glimpses of the Tidal RiverCorridor • Fish Assemblages • Patterns of River and Valley • TheRiver Responds6 TIDAL MARSHLANDSKerr’s Map • The Tule Lands • Dredging the Tidal River •Reclamation and Restoration • Marsh Chronologies • The Edge7 LANDSCAPE TRANSFORMATION AND RESILIENCEUsing Historical Ecology • Resilient Landscapes • Redesigning theValley8 LANDSCAPE TOURSSouth of Napa: Vallejo, American Canyon, Carneros •Lower Valley: Napa, Oak Knoll, Yountville • Mid-Valley: Oakville,Rutherford, St. Helena • Upper Valley: Larkmead, CalistogaCommon and Scientific Names of SpeciesNotesBibliographyIndex