A symbol of wilderness : Echo Park and the American conservation movement / Mark W.T. Harvey ; foreword by William Cronon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harvey, Mark W. T. (Mark William Thornton)

Series:

Weyerhaeuser environmental classics.

Weyerhaeuser environmental classics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nature conservation--United States--History--20th century.

Nature conservation.

Dinosaur National Monument (Colo. and Utah)--History.

Dinosaur National Monument (Colo. and Utah).

Echo Park Dam (Colo.)--History.

Echo Park Dam (Colo.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (401 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Seattle : University of Washington Press, c2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Harvey details the first major clash between conservationists and developers after World War II, the successful fight to prevent the building of Echo Park Dam. The dam on the Green River was intended to create a recreational lake in northwest Colorado and generate hydroelectric power, but would have flooded picturesque Echo Park Valley and threatened Dinosaur National Monument, straddling the Utah-Colorado border near Wyoming.

Contents:

""Contents ""; ""Foreword - Wiliam Cronon""; ""Preface ""; ""Acknowledgments ""; ""1. The Peculiar Past of a National Monument ""; ""2. The Seeds of Controversy ""; ""3. Primeval Parks and the Wilderness Movement ""; ""4. ""A Mere Millpond"" ""; ""5. Searching for an Alternate Site ""; ""6. Wilderness for a New Generation ""; ""7. The Great Evaporation Controversy ""; ""8. The Politics of Preservation ""; ""9. A Symbol of Wilderness ""; ""10. Triumph for the Park System ""; ""11. Epilogue ""; ""Notes ""; ""Bibliography ""; ""Index ""

Notes:

Originally published: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, c1994.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780295803531

0295803533

OCLC:

932315195