Watershed

by Grossman, Elizabeth

• ISBN13: 9781582431086
• ISBN10: 1582431086
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-05-30
• Publisher: Counterpoint

Summary

Questioning the value of dams requires a serious readjustment in the country's notion of progress, a prospect threatening to some and daunting to all. Watershed examines the implications of dam removal to America's rivers and their communities by exploring the stories of a number of places where dam removal and river restoration are now underway. This is a story of people and place, and of a vital turning point in the nation's relationship to its rivers.

Author Biography

Elizabeth Grossman is the author of High Tech Trash, Watershed, and Adventuring Along the Lewis and Clark Trail. Her writing has appeared in Mother Jones, The Nation, Salon, The Washington Post, and other publications. She lives in Portland, Oregon.

Table of Contents

Prologue	xi
Introduction	1	(8)
Maine	9	(24)
North Carolina	33	(16)
Florida: The Crooked Creek and the Canal	49	(18)
Wisconsin	67	(24)
Glen Canyon Dam and the Colorado River	91	(18)
Montana	109	(14)
California	123	(16)
Oregon: Savage Rapids Dam and the Rogue River	139	(14)
Washington: The Olympic Peninsula and the Elwha River Dams	153	(14)
The Lower Snake River Dams	167	(32)
Afterword	199	(6)
Notes	205	(6)
Bibliography	211	(11)
Acknowledgments	222	(2)
Index	224