Contents
Preface
Organization of the Book
Helpful Tools and Guides to Accompany This Book
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. Native Americans in Southwestern Colorado
Peopling of the Americas Still Debated
Early Hunters and Gatherers and the Pleistocene Megafauna
Native Americans in Post-Pleistocene Southwestern Colorado
Agricultural Groups of Southwestern Colorado
Post-Puebloan Native Americans in Southwestern Colorado
Concluding Thoughts
Chapter 2. Desert Plateau Country
Legacy of Past Human Uses
What Is Happening Now?
Concluding Thoughts
Chapter 3. The Uncompahgre Valley: Making the Desert Bloom
Legacy of Past Human Uses
What Is Happening Now?
Concluding Thoughts
Chapter 4. The Uncompahgre Plateau: Pinyon-Juniper Restoration
Legacy of Past Human Uses
What Is Happening Now?
Concluding Thoughts
Chapter 5. Ponderosa Pine Forests, Grasslands, and Aspen Forests of the Southern San Juan Mountains
Legacy of Past Human Uses
What Is Happening Now?
Concluding Thoughts
Chapter 6. The Upper Animas River Watershed: Mining and Wilderness
Legacy of Past Human Uses
What Is Happening Now?
Concluding Thoughts
Chapter 7. San Miguel River: The Old and New West Join in a Watershed Vision
Legacy of Past Human Uses
What Is Happening Now?
Chapter 8. Perspectives.
A Mosaic of Legacies on the Landscape
In Search of New Models
Inspiration and Hope in Southwestern Colorado
Bibliography
Index
