"Up in the garden, the world is full of green--leaves and sprouts, growing vegetables, ripening fruit. But down in the dirt there is a busy world of earthworms digging, snakes hunting, skunks burrowing, and all the other animals that make a garden their home. In this exuberant book, discover the wonder and activity that lie hidden between the stalks, under the shade of leaves . . . and down in the dirt."--Provided by publisher.

Extensive areas of irrigated land in Colorado have become salinized and their associated water supplies have become similarly degraded. The Arkansas River is well known for the degree of its progressive downstream salinization only in relatively recent few years has it been recognized that the Lower South Platte River and associated irrigated lands are becoming increasingly salt affected. Substantial programs have not been implemented to rejuvenate...