{"product_id":"border-sanctuary-morgan-jane-morgan-9781623493202","title":"Border Sanctuary: The Conservation Legacy of the Santa Ana Land Grant","description":"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. In \u003ci\u003eBorder Sanctuary\u003c\/i\u003e, M.J. Morgan uncovers how 2,000 acres of rare subtropical riparian forest came to be preserved in a region otherwise dramatically altered by human habitation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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 two hundred-year human and environmental history of the original \"two square leagues\" of the Santa Ana land grant and of the Mexican and Tejano families who lived on, worked, and ultimately helped preserve this forest on the river's edge. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As border issues continue to present serious challenges for Texas and the nation, it is especially important to be reminded of the deep connection between the region's human and natural history from the long perspective Morgan provides here. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e To learn more about The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment, sponsors of this book's series, please click here.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Morgan Jane Morgan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 162349320X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781623493202\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Texas A\u0026amp;M University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/10\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.40h x 9.40w x 0.90d","brand":"Morgan Jane Morgan","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48742601457919,"sku":"9781623493202","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/border-sanctuary-morgan-jane-morgan-9781623493202","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}