Philip Garone

• Assistant Professor
• California State University, Stanislaus
• 209-667-3319
• pgarone@csus@example.com @example.com @example.comtan.edu
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About me

Dr Garone is an environmental historian, also trained in ecology. He has done extensive work on the history and ecology of the Central Valley, and is presently completing a manuscript on that subject for the University of California Press, entitled "The Fall and Rise of the Wetlands of California's Great Central Valley." His research focuses on the impact of the historical development of the Central Valley--especially in terms of agriculture and water development projects--on wetlands, riparian habitat, and grasslands. He analyzes trends in habitat restoration, particularly in response to the importance of the Valley’s wetlands for migratory waterfowl, shorebirds, and other waterbirds, as well as various threatened and endangered species.

Areas of interest / keywords

Major fields: environmental history

Subfields: california water policy, wetlands

Geographical/regional coverage: california with emphasis on central valley

Historical period/coverage: 1850 to present

Recent publications (2 of 2 publications)

• Garone, P. 2009. Rethinking Reclamation: How an Alliance of Duck Hunters and Cattle Ranchers Brought Wetland Conservation to California's Central Valley Project. In Natural Protest: Essays on the History of American Environmentalism, edited by M. Egan and J. Crane, 137-162. New York: Routledge.

• Garone, P. 1999. The Tragedy at Kesterson Reservoir: A Case Study in Environmental History and a Lesson in Ecological Complexity. Environs: Environmental Law and Policy Journal 22: 107-144.

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