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Bear River : last chance to change course / Craig Denton.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Denton, Craig, 1947-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Natural history--Bear River (Utah-Idaho).
- Natural history.
- Interviews--Bear River Valley (Utah-Idaho).
- Interviews.
- Water use--Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho).
- Water use.
- Bear River (Utah-Idaho)--Pictorial works.
- Bear River (Utah-Idaho).
- Bear River (Utah-Idaho)--History.
- Bear River (Utah-Idaho)--Geography.
- Bear River Valley (Utah-Idaho)--Biography.
- Bear River Valley (Utah-Idaho).
- Bear River (Utah-Idaho)--Environmental conditions.
- Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho)--Water rights.
- Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (257 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press, c2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Craig Denton notes, "Water will be the primary political, social, and economic issue in the Intermountain West in the twenty-first century." Urban Utah thirsts for the Great Salt Lake principal source, the Bear River. Plans abound to divert it for a rapidly growing Wasatch Front, as the last good option for future water. But is it? Who now uses the river and how? Who are its stakeholders? What does the Bear mean to them? What is left for further use? How do we measure the Bear's own interest, give it a voice in decisions?Craig Denton's documentary takes on these questions. He tel
- Contents:
- Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Defining the River; 2. The Ancient Saga of Water and Land: Geomorphology and Hydrology of the Bear; 3. From Alpine to Desert: The Changing Ecology of the Bear River Basin; 4. The Bear River and the Threads of Western American History; 5. Stakeholders Lay Claim to the Bear River and Its Water; 6. Damn the Dams: Conflicts Roil the Bear River; 7. Mitigation on the Bear: Repairing a Century of Misuse; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Col. map on endpaper.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9786613250117
- 9781457180927
- 1457180928
- 9781283250115
- 128325011X
- 9780874216646
- 0874216648
- OCLC:
- 605507796
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