Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Foreword ix
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. The Geology, Ecology, and Human History of the San Luis Valley
6. Introduction 3
7. Part I Geology and Ecology of the San Luis Valley
8. Chapter 1 Geologic History of the San Luis Valley 9
9. Chapter 2 Geomorphology and Climate Change in the San Luis Valley 58
10. Chapter 3 Pleistocene Glaciations and the Evolution of the Great Sand Dunes 81
11. Chapter 4 How the National Park Service Uses Science to Understand and Protect the Great Sand Dunes 106
12. Chapter 5 Seismology and Geologic Hazards in the Greater San Luis Valley 136
13. Chapter 6 Mines and Money 162
14. Chapter 7 Groundwater Resources of Colorado’s San Luis Basin 183
15. Chapter 8 Vertebrates of the San Luis Valley 208
16. Chapter 9 Plants and Ethnobotany of the San Luis Valley 241
17. Chapter 10 A Culture of Conservation 269
18. Part II Human History of the San Luis Valley
19. Chapter 11 Indigenous Lifeways in the San Luis Valley 301
20. Chapter 12 Colorado’s Hispanic Frontier 333
21. Chapter 13 The Steel Curtain 358
22. Chapter 14 The Thread of Gaman 369
23. Chapter 15 The Political Economy of Discriminatory Lending in the San Luis Valley 393
24. Chapter 16 Estas palabras están conmigo 415
25. Part III Travel Itineraries
26. Chapter 17 Fly Fishing in the San Luis Valley 445
27. Chapter 18 Rock Climbing in the San Luis Valley 466
28. Contributors 477
29. Index 479