Countryman Press
Titles appearing in SciTech Book News — September 2007
Ogallala blue; water and life on the High Plains.
Ashworth, William.
Countryman Press, ©2006 330 p. $16.95 S616
978-0-88150-736-2
This is a paperbound reprint of a 2006 book. An environmental and natural history writer based in Ashland, Oregon, Ashworth discusses the Ogallala aquifer, which lies just below the semi-arid High Plains of North America in the rain shadow of the Rocky Mountains from South Dakota south to the Texas panhandle. He looks at the underground ocean; the ghosts of ancient rivers; and the use, overuse, and depletion of the water. Distributed by W.W. Norton. (Annotation ©2007 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)
