Border Sanctuary The Conservation Legacy of the Santa Ana Land Grant |
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| Author:
| Morgan, M. J.
Sansom, Andrew |
| Series title: | Kathie and Ed Cox Jr. Books on Conservation Leadership, Sponsored by the Meadows Center for Water and the Environment, Texas State University Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-62349-320-2 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2015 |
| Publisher: | Texas A&M University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $32.00 |
Book Description:
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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...
More DescriptionThe 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.