Downriver: Into the Future of Water in the West 022643267X, 9780226432670

The Green River, the most significant tributary of the Colorado River, runs 730 miles from the glaciers of Wyoming to th

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Downriver: Into the Future of Water in the West
022643267X, 9780226432670

Award-winning journalist rafts down the Green River, revealing a multifaceted look at the present and future of water in

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The Green River, the most significant tributary of the Colorado River, runs 730 miles from the glaciers of Wyoming to th

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This book examines the role of unauthorized water use in the American West (Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montan

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Where will the water come from to sustain the great desert cities of Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and Phoenix? In a provocati

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Nourished by fears of global warming and climate change, water has become an issue of urgent international concern. Is f

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In Crossing the Next Meridian, Charles F. Wilkinson, an expert on federal public lands, Native American issues, and the

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From Buddy Holly and the Crickets to the Flatlanders, Terry Allen, and Natalie Maines, Lubbock, Texas, has produced song

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This volume provides new insights in the concept of shari'a in the West, and sets out a framework of how shari'

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When we think of water in the West, we think of conflict and crisis. In recent years, newspaper headlines have screamed,

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