Nature/Southwestern Colorado C*Op*

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