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- A Symbol of Wilderness: Echo Park and the American Conservation Movement
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- 2011
- Published by: University of Washington Press
- Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Classics
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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.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. xxv-xxviii
- 2. The Seeds of Controversy
- pp. 23-50
- 4. "A Mere Millpond"
- pp. 77-128
- 5. Searching for an Alternate Site
- pp. 129-152
- 6. Wilderness for a New Generation
- pp. 153-180
- 7. The Great Evaporation Controversy
- pp. 181-206
- 8. The Politics of Preservation
- pp. 207-234
- 9. A Symbol of Wilderness
- pp. 235-262
- 10. Triumph for the Park System
- pp. 263-286
- 11. Epilogue
- pp. 287-302
- Bibliography
- pp. 345-356
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