. The California desert : a critical environmental challenge. Deserts; Outdoor recreation. and washes, and a multitude of mineral, botanical, biological, scientific, and social riches. It is a fragile environment, easily scarred, slowly healed, historically protected only by an inhospitality which modern technology is rapidly making meaningless. The California Desert has never before been considered as a whole, interdependent ecological system. Information about its parts exists — fragmented, incomplete, unrelated. To comprehend the California Desert as a whole, the parts must be briefly exami
. The California desert : a critical environmental challenge. Deserts; Outdoor recreation. and washes, and a multitude of mineral, botanical, biological, scientific, and social riches. It is a fragile environment, easily scarred, slowly healed, historically protected only by an inhospitality which modern technology is rapidly making meaningless. The California Desert has never before been considered as a whole, interdependent ecological system. Information about its parts exists — fragmented, incomplete, unrelated. To comprehend the California Desert as a whole, the parts must be briefly examined. It will then be logical to consider what makes the study of this area — less than one percent of the world's desert lands — a unique and vital project of national significance to the United IFa f. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States. Bureau of Land Management. California State Office. [Sacramento, Calif. ] : U. S. Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management
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