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Revisiting Aldo Leopold's "Perfect" Land Health: Conservation and Development in Mexico's Rio Gavilan
The Rio Gavilan watershed, located in Mexico 's northern Sierra Madre Occidental , has significance in conservation history. Upon visiting the remote, largely undeveloped watershed during two hunting trips in the 1930s, renowned conservationist Aldo Leopold thought it was the best picture of land health he had seen. His main indicators of healthy land were slow water runoff rates regulating erosion and historical predator-prey relationships. The visits confirmed Leopold's concept of land health, inspired many of his essays, and helped shape his land ethic. Leopold proposed the area as a control site to research healthy land throughout North America . The proposal never went forward and the area has since been more intensively logged and grazed. This dissertation research used extensive literature review, archives, oral histories, citizen surveys, and rapid assessment of forest, rangeland, riparian, and socioeconomic health to assess impacts of past cultures and update the area's land health status. Projects that could restore land health, such as linked eco-tourism, forest density reduction, and rotational grazing, were assessed for feasibility. Recent critiques of Leopold's land ethic were also reviewed. Results indicate most pre-1940s impacts were light, current land health status is moderate, and local interest exists in restoring land …
Date:
December 2004
Creator:
Forbes, William
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Face to face with the Mexicans: the domestic life, educational, social and business ways, statesmanship and literature, legendary and general history of the Mexican people, as seen and studied by an American woman during seven years of intercourse with them.
Book written by Fanny Chambers Gooch after living in Mexico for several years.
Date:
1887
Creator:
Iglehart, Fanny Chambers Gooch
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Corpus Christi Star. (Corpus Christi, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 19, Ed. 1, Saturday, January 27, 1849
Weekly newspaper from the Corpus Christi, Texas area that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
January 27, 1849
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mineral Facts and Problems: 1985 Edition
Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over mineral characteristics, uses, and problems. Descriptions of common minerals and their uses are presented and discussed. This report includes tables, maps, and illustrations.
Date:
1985
Creator:
United States. Bureau of Mines.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Can Cities Reduce Global Warming?: Urban Development and the Carbon Cycle in Latin America
This report includes case studies on urban development and the carbon cycle in the Americas. The authors intend to demonstrate the consequences of different pathways of urban development on the carbon cycle, and identify points of management and intervention aimed at designing less-carbon intensive development.
Date:
2005
Creator:
Romero Lankao, Patricia; López Villafranco, Héctor; Rosas Huerta, Angélica; Günther, Griselda & Correa Armenta, Zaira
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 266, Ed. 1, Friday, May 4, 1888
Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
May 4, 1888
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 105, July 2001 - April, 2002
The Texas State Historical Association Quarterly Report includes "Papers read at the meetings of the Association, and such other contributions as may be accepted by the Committee" (volume 1, number 1). These include historical sketches, biographical material, personal accounts, and other research. Index is located at the end of the volume starting on page 719.
Date:
2002
Creator:
Texas State Historical Association
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 84, July 1980 - April, 1981
The Texas State Historical Association Quarterly Report includes "Papers read at the meetings of the Association, and such other contributions as may be accepted by the Committee" (volume 1, number 1). These include historical sketches, biographical material, personal accounts, and other research. Index is located at the end of the volume starting on page 483.
Date:
1980/1981
Creator:
Texas State Historical Association
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The San Saba News. (San Saba, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 13, Ed. 1, Friday, January 14, 1887
Weekly newspaper from San Saba, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
January 14, 1887
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The San Saba News. (San Saba, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 6, Ed. 1, Friday, December 6, 1889
Weekly newspaper from San Saba, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
December 6, 1889
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
"Surrounded by Dangers of All Kinds": The Mexican War Letters of Lieutenant Theodore Laidley
This book contains a collection of letters written by Lieutenant Theodore Thadeus Sobieski (T. T. S.) Laidley between 1845 and 1848. The letters discuss life as a soldier during the Mexican War; most of the letters were written from various stations in Mexico. Each letter is bracketed by editorial commentary on the historical context and the collection is prefaced by a brief biography of Laidley's life prior to the first letter. Index starts on page 179.
Date:
1997
Creator:
McCaffrey, James M., 1946- & Laidley, Theodore, 1822-1886.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 77, July 1973 - April, 1974
The Texas State Historical Association Quarterly Report includes "Papers read at the meetings of the Association, and such other contributions as may be accepted by the Committee" (volume 1, number 1). These include historical sketches, biographical material, personal accounts, and other research. Index is located at the end of the volume beginning on page 530.
Date:
1973/1974
Creator:
Texas State Historical Association
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
El Paso Herald (El Paso, Tex.), Ed. 1, Saturday, May 17, 1913
Daily newspaper from El Paso, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
May 17, 1913
Creator:
Slater, H. D.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
El Paso Herald (El Paso, Tex.), Ed. 1, Saturday, June 22, 1912
Daily newspaper from El Paso, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
June 22, 1912
Creator:
Slater, H. D.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
El Paso Herald (El Paso, Tex.), Ed. 1, Saturday, July 27, 1912
Daily newspaper from El Paso, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
July 27, 1912
Creator:
Slater, H. D.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
El Paso Herald (El Paso, Tex.), Ed. 1, Thursday, May 12, 1910
Daily newspaper from El Paso, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
May 12, 1910
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
El Paso Herald (El Paso, Tex.), Ed. 1, Saturday, August 26, 1911
Daily newspaper from El Paso, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
August 26, 1911
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
El Paso Herald (El Paso, Tex.), Ed. 1, Tuesday, March 28, 1911
Daily newspaper from El Paso, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
March 28, 1911
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
El Paso Herald (El Paso, Tex.), Ed. 1, Friday, June 18, 1915
Daily newspaper from El Paso, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
June 18, 1915
Creator:
Slater, H. D.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
El Paso Herald (El Paso, Tex.), Ed. 1, Wednesday, June 23, 1915
Daily newspaper from El Paso, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
June 23, 1915
Creator:
Slater, H. D.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
El Paso Herald (El Paso, Tex.), Ed. 1, Monday, November 1, 1920
Daily newspaper from El Paso, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
November 1, 1920
Creator:
Slater, H. D.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
El Paso Herald (El Paso, Tex.), Ed. 1, Monday, December 17, 1917
Daily newspaper from El Paso, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
December 17, 1917
Creator:
Slater, H. D.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
El Paso Herald (El Paso, Tex.), Ed. 1, Wednesday, December 19, 1917
Daily newspaper from El Paso, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
December 19, 1917
Creator:
Slater, H. D.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
El Paso Herald (El Paso, Tex.), Ed. 1, Saturday, December 22, 1917
Daily newspaper from El Paso, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
December 22, 1917
Creator:
Slater, H. D.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History