The Orphaned Land

In this book, veteran New Mexico journalist V. B. Price assembles a vast amount of information on more than fifty years of deterioration of the state's environment, most of it hitherto available only in scattered newspaper articles and government reports. Viewing New Mexico as a microcosm of global ecological degradation, Price's is the first book to give the general public a realistic perspective on the problems surrounding New Mexico's environmental health and resources.

V.B Price is an award winning Albuquerque journalist, poet, novelist, and teacher, among his earlier books is Albuquerque: A city of the End of the world (UNM Press) Nell Farrell is a documentary photographer and writer specializing in Latin America and the American Southwest. she is the author of BNicaragua Before Now (UNM Press)