Napa Valley Historical Ecology Atlas
eBook - PDF

Napa Valley Historical Ecology Atlas

Exploring a Hidden Landscape of Transformation and Resilience

  1. 240 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Napa Valley Historical Ecology Atlas

Exploring a Hidden Landscape of Transformation and Resilience

About this book

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's 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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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Acknowledgments
  6. Preface
  7. 1. Exploring The Napa Valley Through Time
  8. 2. Oak Savannas and Wildflower Fields
  9. 3. Creeks
  10. 4. Valley Wetlands
  11. 5. Napa River
  12. 6. Tidal Marshlands
  13. 7. Landscape Transformation and Resilience
  14. 8. Landscape Tours
  15. Common and Scientific Names of Species
  16. Notes
  17. Bibliography
  18. Index