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RECORD NUMBER: 192 OF 277Main Title | Recovering a lost river : removing dams, rewilding salmon, revitalizing communities / | |||||||||||
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Author | Hawley, Steven, | |||||||||||
Publisher | Beacon Press, | |||||||||||
Year Published | 2011 | |||||||||||
OCLC Number | 644663362 | |||||||||||
ISBN | 9780807004715 (hardcover : alk. paper); 0807004715 (hardcover : alk. paper) | |||||||||||
Subjects | Stream conservation--United States ; Stream restoration--United States ; Salmon--Effect of dams on--United States ; Salmon--Reintroduction--United States ; Hydroelectric power plants--Environmental aspects--United States ; Watershed management--United States | |||||||||||
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Collation | xxiv, 252 p. : map ; 23 cm. | |||||||||||
Notes | Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-252). |
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Contents Notes | Redeeming the dammed -- What they're smoking in Alaska this summer -- Feed Willy -- Butte Creek -- Energy versus eternal delight -- How the mighty were felled -- When the levee breaks -- The fifth H -- Lies, dam lies, and statistics : the science of saving big hydro -- A river resuscitated -- The heart of the monster -- Epilogue : The river why not. Steven Hawley, journalist and self-proclaimed "river rat," argues that the best hope for the Snake River lies in dam removal, a solution that pits the power authorities and Army Corps of Engineers against a collection of Indian tribes, farmers, fishermen, and river recreationists. The river's health, as he demonstrates, is closely connected to local economies, fresh water rights, energy independence-and even the health of orca whales in Puget Sound. |