Traveling the 38th Parallel: A Water Line Around the World

Introduction: Parallel Universe 38- North Part I. Asia The Four Rivers "Restoration" Project Ecological Recovery behind Barbed Wire China's Yellow River Delta The South-North Water Transfer Project National Parks of Ningxia Up the Yellow River to Lanzhou's Green Camel Bell Qinghai--Blue Lake of the Tibetan Plateau Hotan to Kashgar on the Southern Silk Road The Edge of China and Turkmenistan Hasankeyf in Peril on the Tigris River Fairy Chimneys, Tuz Golu, Travertine, and a City That Lost Its Port Part II. Europe Greek Islands, Athens, and the "Navel of the Earth" Saving Raptors and Water in Sicily Spain's Coastal Lagoons, Water for Growth, and Iberian Lynx Portugal's Transported Town, a Solar Donkey, and the Azores Part III. United States Chesapeake Bay Watershed Education The Rappahannock River and Mattawoman Creek Mountaintop Removal Coal Mines in West Virginia Midwestern Rivers and the Population Center of the United States Seagulls in Kansas and the Santa Fe Trail Mining the Ogallala Aquifer Colorado, the Headwaters State Colorado River Cleanup and Groundwater for Las Vegas Part IV. California: A Water Line to the Pacific Mono Lake to the Sierra Crest Grand Canyon of the Tuolumne to Hetch Hetchy Friends of the River and the New Melones Reservoir The Sacramento--San Joaquin Delta Strait to the Bay Point Reyes and the Pacific Coast Part V. Renewal and Recovery Recovery on the Tsunami Coast It Takes a Village to Save the Toki We Are Bodies of Water Acknowledgments Bibliography Index

David and Janet Carle were state park rangers at Mono Lake Tufa State Reserve for twenty years and have taught at Cerro Coso Community College in Mammoth Lakes. Janet is the editor of the California State Park Rangers Association journal, The Wave. David is the author of numerous books including Introduction to Earth, Soil and Land in California, Introduction to Water in California, Introduction to Fire in California, and Introduction to Air in California (all by UC Press).

"David and Janet Carle's journey along the 38th parallel provides a unique approach to exploring the world's struggle to maintain water resources. Their exploration of diverse cultures and landscapes combines wonderfully with their well-considered examination of water issues." - Robin Grossinger, Senior Scientist at the San Francisco Estuary Institute