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Posted inFeatures

Water Wars: Politics Has Always Trumped Science in the West

by Dennis Myers November 10th, 2015December 16th, 2020

Wallace Stegner (1987): “The West is defined, that is, by inadequate rainfall. … We can’t create water or increase the supply. We can only hold back and redistribute what there is.” In the 19th century, as settlers moved West, the gold seekers got most of the attention and publicity. But more of settlers traveled West […]

Posted inLiterature

Stephen Grace’s ‘Dam Nation’ Examines the West’s Water Woes in a Way That Reminds of ‘Cadillac Desert’

by Emily Green January 31st, 2013December 16th, 2020

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