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6) Landscape Change in California: Comparing the Santa Clara & Owens Valleys
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One of the great traditions of geographic inquiry is the study of the evolution of cultural landscapes, that part of the landscape created by people. We're interested in the processes that have created the present scene. Over the last 150 years the Santa Clara Valley (mostly metro San Jose) produced world famous prunes, cherries, and apricots but now is home to computer, high tech, space-age industries. On the other hand the Owens Valley (east of the Sierras, nearly in Nevada) has changed little over time mostly because Los Angeles (240 miles away) managed a hundred years ago to purchase (or steal) most of the water rights in the Valley. Let's look at these two landscapes and talk a little about how and why they changed -- or didn't change. Please join this virtual field trip to California led by Professor Emeritus, Robert Moline (Geography, Gustavus Adolphus College) Tues., Apr. 10 at 7:00 p.m., Interpretive Center, Gustavus Adolphus College (Registration deadline Mon. Apr. 9) ($8.00)
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GAC-W30
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4/10-4/10
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7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
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Tue.
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Gustavus Adolphus College Interpretive Center
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$8.00
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Registration deadline is Mon., April 9
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Any class you select to register, via this web site, will not be confirmed until
payment is complete.
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