Uphill against water : the great Dakota water war / Peter Carrels.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carrels, Peter.

Series:

Our sustainable future

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Missouri River Basin Project (U.S.). Oahe Unit.

Missouri River Basin Project (U.S.).

Water resources development--South Dakota--History.

Water resources development.

Water resources development--South Dakota--Citizen participation--History.

Political participation.

History.

South Dakota.

Physical Description:

xv, 238 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 1999.

Summary:

In Uphill against Water, Peter Carrels examines the history of Missouri River water development projects in general and describes the struggle over one of the largest of those projects, South Dakota's Oahe irrigation project, in detail. Opposition to the Oahe project was intense and well organized. After four years of bitter competition, an energetic and resourceful grassroots group, United Family Farmers, wrested control of the Oahe conservancy district board, a government agency that had been an ardent supporter of the irrigation project. That political triumph led to the only victory in the West by a grassroots group over the Bureau of Reclamation and the irrigation and business establishment. Peter Carrels is a writer in Aberdeen, South Dakota. His writing about Missouri River issues and history has appeared in magazines, newspapers, and books.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [209]-225) and index.

ISBN:

0803214960

080326397X

OCLC:

39189905