Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. The Career of Luna Leopold IX
4. Foreword XIII
5. Preface XV
6. 1 Precious Water
7. Benefits and Costs 1
8. 2 Learning to Observe
9. The Skill of Estimating 7
10. Need for Trust 10
11. Opportunity 12
12. Interruption by War 14
13. 3 Research on a Practical Problem
14. Meteorology as a Profession 19
15. Observing Natural History 24
16. Kauai 25
17. Local Fishing 32
18. Agriculture 32
19. Grabs, Fish, and Research 37
20. Views from the Coastal Cliffs 40
21. A Chance Observation That Changed the Direction of My Research 44
22. Ranching on the Big Island 44
23. Water Supplies 47
24. The Rainfall of East Maui and Research in Climatology 49
25. 4 Travels Toward Science
26. Terraces of the Powder and the Bighorn Range 57
27. The New Fork and the Green River 70
28. A Plan for Research 79
29. Hydraulic Geometry 81
30. Flood-Control Problems 83
31. India: Water Development Viewed from the Inside 83
32. An Engineering Office 86
33. Poona Experiment Station 88
34. Looking for Data 91
35. Problems of Development 97
36. Plans Put on Hold 102
37. Nails in the Ground and Tragedy 104
38. Pursuit of Our Aims 105
39. 5 Science as a Graft
40. Framing the Questions 109
41. A Plan for the Work 116
42. The Gates of Lodore 119
43. Cataract Canyon of the Colorado 125
44. Russia 132
45. Ancient Sources and Developments 146
46. 6 Some Water Studies
47. The Concept of Base Leve 155
48. The Loop of the San Juan 159
49. Mesa Verde 161
50. The Negev, Israel 162
51. Effect on Geologic Thought 163
52. River Meanders 164
53. The Grand Canyon 170
54. The Arctic Plain and Kotzebue 180
55. The Mackenzie and Inuvik 188
56. Two Wild Rivers 193
57. Comparison of Two Wild Rivers 201
58. 7 Environmental Impact
59. The Florida Jetport and the First Environmental Impact Statement 205
60. The Oil Pipeline in Alaska 211
61. 8 Environmental Ethics
62. Values in Conservation 219
63. A Reverence for Rivers 226
64. Let Rivers Teach Us 234
65. Ethos and the Earth's Resources 237
66. Government and the Loss of Equity 240
67. The Hydrologic Continuum 243
68. Bibliography 247
69. Index 251