Island Press, 1991 Cloth: 978-0-933280-59-5 | Paper: 978-0-933280-60-1 | eISBN: 978-1-61091-476-5 Library of Congress Classification QH104.5.S55P35 1991 Dewey Decimal Classification 333.9162097961
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
Tim Palmer weaves natural history into a comprehensive account of the complex problems that plague natural resource management throughout the West, as well as the practical solutions that are available.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Tim Palmer is the author of twelve books about rivers and the American land. He is the recipient of the National Outdoor Book Award, the Director's Award from the National Park Service, and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the organization, American Rivers.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Contents
Preface
Introduction: Water, Land, and People
1
Rocky Mountain Riverway
2
The Snake River Plain
3
Idaho's Upstream Water Projects
4
Irrigation, Part I
5
Irrigation, Part II
6
Milner Dam to Swan Falls
7
The Middle River and Hydropower
8
Hells Canyon
9
To the Columbia
10
The Tetons and the Mountain River
11
Jackson Hole
12
To the Source
Notes, Other Sources, and Interviews
Acknowledgments
Index
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