A Symbol of Wilderness - Echo Park and the American Conservation Movement

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.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword by William Cronon

Preface

Acknowledgments

The Peculiar Past of a National Monument

The Seeds of Controversy

Primeval Parks and the Wilderness Movement

"A Mere Millpond"

Searching for an Alternate Site

Wilderness for a New Generation

The Great Evaporation Controversy

The Politics of Preservation

A Symbol of Wilderness

Triumph of the Park System

Epilogue

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Mark W. T. Harvey is associate professor of history at North Dakota State University in Fargo.

Zusammenfassung

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.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Mark W T Harvey, Mark W. T. Harvey
• Verlag: University Of Washington Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 01.03.2000
• EAN: 9780295979328
• ISBN: 978-0-295-97932-8
• Seiten: 400
• Abmessung: 156 mm x 235 mm x 24 mm
• Gewicht: 544 g
• Serien: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Cla; Weyerhaeuser Environmental Classics; Weyerhaeuser Environmental Cla; Weyerhaeuser Environmental BooksWeyerhaeuser Environmental BooksWeyerhaeuser Environmental BooksWeyerhaeuser Environmental BooksWeyerhaeuser Environmental BooksA Symbol of Wilderness
• Thema: Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Biologie > Landwirtschaft, Gartenbau; Forstwirtschaft, Fischerei, Ernährung