The last unicorn

By William DeBuys

"In 1992, in a remote mountain range, a team of scientists discovered the remains of an unusual animal with beautiful long horns. It turned out to be a living species new to western science -- a sa...

A Great Aridness: Climate Change and the Future of the American Southwest

By William Eno DeBuys

With its soaring azure sky and stark landscapes, the American Southwest is one of the most hauntingly beautiful regions on earth. Yet staggering population growth, combined with the intensifying ef...

Salt Dreams

By William DeBuys

River of Traps

By Alex Harris, William Eno DeBuys, William De Buys

Enchantment and exploitation

By William Eno DeBuys

Presents a comprehensive account of the closely linked natural and human history of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of northern New Mexico, a region unique in its rich combination of ecological and...

Enchantment and Exploitation

By William DeBuys

Salt Dreams

By William DeBuys, William Eno DeBuys

"In low places consequences collect, and in all North America you cannot get much lower than the Imperial Valley of southern California, where one town, 186 feet below sea level, calls itself the L...

The heroic triad

By Paul Horgan

Valles Caldera

By William DeBuys, Don J. Usner

"On July 14, 2000, President Bill Clinton signed into law the Valles Caldera Preservation Act, a visionary piece of legislation establishing the process by which an 89,000-acre ranch in northern Ne...

The walk

By William DeBuys, William Eno DeBuys

"Set on the small farm in a New Mexico mountain valley that the author has tended since 1976, the book explores how personal history and natural history interweave in a familiar landscape. Three in...