The Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge lies on the northern bank of the Rio Grande in South Texas, about seventy miles upriver from the Gulf of Mexico The story she tells begins and ends with the efforts of the Rio Grande Valley Nature Club to protect one of the last remaining stopovers for birds migrating north from Central and South America. In between, she reconstructs a hundred-year history of the original "two square leagues" of the Santa Ana land grant and of the Mexican and Tejano families who lived, worked, ...
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The Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge lies on the northern bank of the Rio Grande in South Texas, about seventy miles upriver from the Gulf of Mexico The story she tells begins and ends with the efforts of the Rio Grande Valley Nature Club to protect one of the last remaining stopovers for birds migrating north from Central and South America. In between, she reconstructs a hundred-year history of the original "two square leagues" of the Santa Ana land grant and of the Mexican and Tejano families who lived, worked, transformed, and ultimately helped save this forest on the river's edge.
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New in new dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 240 p. Contains: Illustrations. Kathie and Ed Cox Jr. Books on Conservation Leadership, Spon. Audience: General/trade. Hardcover, dj, new book still sealed in plastic! lr
