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Abraham, Spencer, 98 Adams, Jewett, 7 Agency for Nuclear Projects (anp), 92, 112 agriculture, 2, 7, 48, 51, 110 Agriculture Department, 106 air pollution: highway systems as factor in, 5; mercury as source of, 31, 32–33; mining industry as source of, 27; national parks affected by, 109; public awareness campaigns on, 115; smelters as source of, 21, 31; state agencies combating, 109, 110, 111; urban areas affected by, 110, 111 air quality, monitoring of, 111, 113 Air Quality Act, 115 Amargosa River, 119 Ambrose, Stephen E., 3 American Nuclear Energy Council, 93 ammunition: depot, in Hawthorne, 51, 76– 77, 122; disposal of, 72; environmental impact of, 123 Anaconda Copper Mining Company, 22 antinuclear protests, 70 pl. 14, 85, 90 archaeological resource protection/ conservation, 63 Ash Meadows, 119 atomic bomb explosions, 70 pl. 13, 82 Atomic Energy Act, 1954, 89–90 Atomic Energy Commission (aec), 84, 89–90, 96 Atoms for Peace program, 84 Austin, 11 Babbitt, Bruce, 62 Baring, Walter, 59 Basic (later Henderson), 23–24, 26 Basic Magnesium, Inc. (bmi): environmental impact of, 27; Henderson plant, 70 pl. 6; main plant (south of Las Vegas), 25, 58; origin and activities of, 24; toxic waste generated by, 66 Basic Refractories, 24 Battle Mountain, 3 Berlin (ghost town), 118 Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park, 118 Bible, Alan, 58–59 Big Bend (Tex.), 109 Big Bonanza, The (DeQuille), 16–17, 38 biodiversity, 117 bombing and gunnery ranges, 76, 81 Boulder City, 57 Boulder Dam. See Hoover (Boulder) Dam Bradley, L. R. “Broadhorns,” 7 i n d e x 1 3 1 Page numbers in italics refer to maps, and page number 70 in italics refers to the photographic plates (pl.) following page 70. 1 3 2 i n d e x Bravo 20, bombing and gunnery range, 76 Bravo 20 (Misrach and Misrach), 75–76 Bryan, Richard, 91, 94, 112 Bunkerville, 64 Bureau of Land Management: archaeological management by, 63; attitudes toward, 106; cattle ranchers and, 9; fire protection measures of, 14; operations and responsibilities of, 103, 105; publications of, 101; radioactive waste cleanup by, 23 burros, wild, 105 Bush, George W., 3, 98, 108 Caliente to Yucca Mountain railroad, 99–100 California: urban areas, water for, 61; water distribution in, 61, 66–67 cancer, factors linked to, 76, 86, 97 Cannon, Howard, 59, 73, 80 Carson City, 14, 107 Carson Ranger District, 106 Carson River: damming of, 39; diversion of, 46; flooding of, 53; human impact on, 36–39; mercury in, 17, 70 pl. 8; ore stamp mills along, 16; poison cleanup of, 17; Truckee River water into, 45–46; waters fed by, 47 Carson Sink, 36 Carter, Jimmy, 78, 79 Cattle in the Cold Desert (Young and Sparks), 7 cattle ranchers. See livestock industry Central Nevada Test Area, as nuclear waste site, 95, 96 Central Pacific Railroad: approach from West, 16, 44; Big Four of, 3, 5; construction of, 48; industrial growth following, 43; lands ceded to, 4; successors of, 5 chemical contamination, military operations and, 77 chemical production, post–World War II, 26, 27–28 Chernobyl accident, 86 children’s activists, 117 China Syndrome (movie), 90 chlorine, 27, 28 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 79. See also Mormons cities. See urban areas Citizen Alert, 84–85, 115–16, 122 Clark, William, 56, 58 Clark County, population growth of, 60, 63 Clean Air Act, of 1970, 21 Clinton, Bill, 87, 95 Cold War, 74, 81 Colorado River: reclamation projects along, 69; water depletion in, 69; water rights for, 62–63; water supplied by, 57, 58–59, 61 Colorado River Compact, 57 Comstock Lode, 15–17, 18, 38, 40 conservation: along rivers, 118, 70 pl. 16; federal agency involvement in, 63, 104, 122; landholdings dedicated to, 104; livestock restrictions and, 10–11; opportunities for, 118 Consolidated Virginia mine, 17 construction industry, and Nevada State Environmental Commission, 110 Cooperative Water Project, 60, 62 copper mining, 19–23 cowboys, perceptions of, 6, 16. See also livestock industry Crocker, Charles, 3 cutthroat trout, endangerment of, 48–49, 51 dams, 67, 68–69. See also specific dam, e.g.: Hoover (Boulder) Dam Davis Dam, 67–68, 69 Dayton (formerly Chinatown), 36 Death Valley, 61, 108 Defense Department, 93, 96, 115 Delamar, 19 DeQuille, Dan, 16–17, 37–38, 40 Derby Dam, 45, 49 desert: biosphere, studying, 113; lakes in, 41–42; military operations in, 81, 82; water redistribution impact on, 61, 69 Desert Land Act, of 1877, 7 Desert Research Institute, 87–88, 113–14 development, human: Lake Tahoe by, 40, 41...

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